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MacAndrews and OPDR consolidate at Tilbury Thamesport loses out as the two CMA CGM affiliates consolidate their shortsea business at Tilbury, where OPDR was already a customer... Click here for more BMT appointed by Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group The controversial US$50B Nicaragua landbridge project has taken a step forward with the appointment of BMT Asia Pacific and BMT ARGOSS to undertake various technical assessments for China's Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group... Click here for more Proxy war looms for control of Norfolk Southern After Norfolk Southern rejected its second offer for a merger, Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison said if it has to wage a proxy battle for shareholder approval then "so be it".... Click here for more Broad coaliton offers guidance on new container weighing regulations The World Shipping Council, the TT Club, the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association and the Global Shippers' Forum have jointly released a new Frequently Asked Questions document to address issues arising from the new container weighing regulations due to take effect globally on 1 July 2016... Click here for more ABB automation for Jebel Ali DP World will install ABB crane control and automation system on 13 quay cranes and 35 ASCs at the new Terminal 4 in Jebel Ali.... Click here for more China Harbour Engineering in Nova Scotia Deal Parent company China Communication Construction Corporation is to study building a new automated terminal at Sydney, Nova Scotia.... Click here for more Liege container barge service Danser Group has started a twice weekly barge service linking Liege (Luiken) with Antwerp... Click here for more Containerships seals LNG supply deal Shortsea operator Containerships has signed an LNG supply agreement with Shell... Click here for more Norfolk Southern spurns CP offer The Board of Norfolk Southern has unanimously rejected Canadian Pacific's offer to merge, arguing its proposal would actually reduce service levels, saddle NS with unnecessary costs and put the merged company at a competitive disadvantage.... Click here for more Containers overboard in Florida Up to 25 containers have fallen off a towed barge en route from Port Canaveral to Puerto Rico.... Click here for more NOL goes to CMA CGM French carrier plans to take APL out of the G6 Alliance and set up a new regional office in Singapore.... Click here for more Terex Gottwald's Indian file The number of mobile cranes supplied by Terex Port Solutions' Terex Gottwald arm to Indian ports since mid-2014 will soon increase to 10... Click here for more MGI launches Ci5 Marseilles-based port cargo logistics and IT expert MGI - Marseilles Gyptis International has unveiled its next generation cargo community system.... Click here for more Hamburg - no Olympics bid The city state's public referundum resulted in a 51.6%/28.4% split against submitting a bid for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games... Click here for more Lithuania, China joint rail venture Lithuanian Railways and China Merchants Group have established a joint venture company to handle freight transportation between Lithuania and China via Kazakstan, Russia and Belarus... Click here for more Planning consent for Felixstowe logistics park The first phase of a 1.4M ft 2 (130,000 m2) logistics park at the Port of Felixstowe has received planning permission... Click here for more New dredger for Port of London LONDON TITAN, a £7M multi-purpose dredger, can operate between the Thames Estuary and as far upstream as Richmond in South West London... Click here for more Corvus Li-ion for workboats Canada's Corvus Energy launched a scalable Li-ion power system for workboats, called Containierized ESS, at the recent International Workboat Show in New Orleans... Click here for more Unsubscribing You can change your selection of content in your Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online, or unsubscribe at any time. Click here and then click on 'Edit your email Alert' to modify your selection or to unsubscribe. If you have mislaid your password, enter your email address - angelo.evangelista2006.schedule@blogger.com - into 'Your email address' and click on 'Remind me': your password will be emailed immediately to that email address. Why not subscribe to the Market Briefing from Bulk Materials International? Just click here to subscribe and select the subjects that suit you. 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