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Eurotunnel to sell last ferry Eurotunnel has put the last of its three ex-SeaFrance ferries up for sale after a Supreme Court ruling ended any hope it may run freight services across the Channel... Click here for more DP World to study Prince Rupert expansion DP World and the Prince Rupert Port Authority have announced a study to determine the speed at which Phase II of the Fairview Container Terminal should proceed.... Click here for more More Kalmar E-RTGs for Piraeus Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a third large order (15 E-RTGs) with Piraeus Container Terminal SA, part of COSCO Pacific Ltd... Click here for more Deltaport gets "Big ship ready" GCT Deltaport in Vancouver has ordered two "megamax" ZPMC cranes as it prepares to handle bigger container vessels.... Click here for more Legal challenge in West African rail Geftarail has gone to court to block the development of the new railway between Benin and Niger by Bollore Africa Logistics... Click here for more Peel Ports acquires Great Yarmouth Peel Ports Group has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Great Yarmouth Port Company Limited from International Port Holdings for an undisclosed sum, rumoured to be £50M... Click here for more Terex books Manila STS crane revamp Terex Port Solutions will upgrade the electrical drives and controls of two STS cranes at Manila North Harbour Port, Inc... Click here for more LA prepares for 18,000 TEU vessel CMA CGM will bring the largest container vessel ever to call on the US West Coast to Los Angeles on December 26, moving a regular call from Long Beach.... Click here for more Houston tops 2M TEU Port of Houston has passed 2M TEU in a calendar year for the first time, and is investing heavily next year in anticipation of 14.7% growth in 2017.... Click here for more Bremerhaven for Austria The one millionth container to be shipped by rail this year from Bremerhaven to Austria has been received at the Wiencont terminal in Vienna... Click here for more Strikes still on the cards in Rotterdam Tension has returned to the Rotterdam labour front, after negotiations on the anticipated container terminal dockers' job losses due to the MVII automated terminals collapsed on Friday, 11th December.... Click here for more New SCT rail shuttle Katrineholm is about to acquire a second rail shuttle link with the Port of Gothenburg... Click here for more Rohlig unveils FCL improvements Rohlig Logistics has rolled out the latest improvements to its warehouse facility near Solihull (Birmingham, UK)... Click here for more ICHCA announces conference speakers ICHCA, the global cargo handling NGO, has announced new speakers from around the world for its 2016 conference "Bigger Ships, Greater Challenges," running from 29 February to 2 March at the World Trade Center, Barcelona.... Click here for more DB Schenker Logistics to expand land transport network in the UK Early next years the transportation and logistics services provider of the Deutsche Bahn AG will acquire 75% of Redhead Holdings Ltd... Click here for more Marshall Islands adopts new PMSC standard The Republic of the Marshall Islands, the convenience flag for more than 3640 ships, has adopted the new IMO MSC standard for private guard companies... Click here for more Rotterdam 2015 volume up 4% to 462 Mt Rotterdam is heading for 2015 whole year growth of 4% to around 462 Mt, thanks to oil cargoes. Lolo container traffic is expected to be stable, although ro-ro has grown strongly... Click here for more Antwerp on track for record-breaking 200 Mt The port of Antwerp reports that this year it is set to achieve a freight volume of more than 200 Mt for the first time ever... 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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