Market Briefing from WorldCargo News Online

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LATEST WCN E-NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER Welcome to the latest eNewsletter from the publishers of WorldCargo News, the world's leading resource for international cargo professionals. Click here to view a sample issue of WorldCargo News and subscription information. Click here for information on advertising in print or online. Market Briefing XVELA & INTERSCHALT integrate ship files XVELA users can now access INTERSCHALT Marine's library of StowMan and MACS3 ship files directly within the XVELA application.... Click here for more Rotterdam container labour deal accepted A 76% majority of FNV Havens' container sector members have accepted the master deal to stave off compulsory dismissals in the Rotterdam container sector through to June 2020... Click here for more Growth in US 3PL truckload activity Q2 2016 figures released by the Transport Intermedaries Association show a 6.2% increase in truckload activity compared to Q1 2016, with combined truckload, LTL and intermodal numbers up by 7%... Click here for more Amsterdam ports down 5.4% in H1 2016 First half traffic in the sea ports in the Dutch North Sea Canal Area, which includes the ports of Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk and Zaanstad, totalled 48.4 Mt, down 5.4% year-on-year... Click here for more Takoradi on the blocks Four companies have reportedly qualified for Ghana's Takoradi Dry Bulk Terminal concession... Click here for more Auckland losses its crown to Tauranga The Port of Tauranga has overtaken Auckland as New Zealand's largest container terminal by volume.... Click here for more Comb Lift's longest yet Combi Lift has loaded a 73.5m long vacuum column in India, the longest cargo loaded by Lo- Lo in the company's history... Click here for more Cargo returns to San Francisco Pasha Automotive services has handled its first shipment of automobiles at the Port of San Francisco.... Click here for more ICTSI Congo receives new crane Matadi Gateway Terminal, the new container and general cargo terminal on the Congo River in DR Congo, has received the first of two new Terex Gottwald mobile harbour cranes... Click here for more Forecasting the future of container shipping The keynote conference sessions at Intermodal Europe 2016 (Rotterdam, 15th-17th November) aim to address and provide an in-depth overview of the current and future perspectives on strategy, finance, demand and supply within the container shipping industry... Click here for more UK P&I Club issues warning The club says that mis-declared cargo are responsible for 27% of incidents on ships... Click here for more TTS reports solid Q2 2016 results Despite difficult market conditions in some segments, Norway-based TTS Group ASA has reported EBITDA of NOK32M in Q2 2016, in line with the same period in 2015... Click here for more People on the move Latest round-up of comings and goings known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and allied sectors... Click here for more Barges stack higher in N E France For the very first time in inland navigation in Northern France a container barge has sailed with a 3-high stack... Click here for more VIPs at Liebherr Rostock Last week the US ambassador to Germany visited the Liebherr factory in Rostock... Click here for more DP World's credit rating upgraded On the back of a solid H1 2016 financial performance, DP World has had its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) upgraded by Fitch Ratings to BBB from BBB- and its Short-Term IDR upgraded to F2 from F3... 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Publisher WCN Publishing Ltd The Coach House 24 Bridge Street Leatherhead SURREY KT22 8BX United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1372 375511 Fax: +44 (0)1372 370111 Visit other WCN Publishing publications: Bulk Materials International (c) WCN Publishing FEATURED EVENT Intermodal Europe 2016 Intermodal Europe is the world-leading exhibition and conference for companies associated with the container and intermodal industries and covers all areas of container transport and logistics across road, rail and sea. 15-17 November 2016 AHOY, Rotterdam, Netherlands Click here for more information FEATURED EVENT TOC Americas 2016 The Americas meeting-place for people who own, move & handle containerised cargo. This conference-led event is the complete container supply chain show for the Americas region, bringing together cargo owners, logistics providers, carriers, ports, terminals and other key stakeholders to learn, debate & network. 11-13 October 2016 Cancun ICC, Cancun, Mexico Click here for more information Reports Container Terminal Planning - A Theoretical Approach A major study by Dr Itsuro Watanabe (Container System Technology). This comprehensive 245 page study is an in-depth analysis of capacity constraints, productivity, selectivity and flexibility of different container handling systems in terminals of different types and sizes: common-users or dedicated; hub centre (transshipment and/or relay) or import/export vocation; gateway or feeder port; intermodal rail or truck distribution inland; with or without CFS, etc. Click here for more information Upcoming events FEATURED EVENT Breakbulk Americas 2016 26-29 September 2016 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas, USA Click here for more information 2nd Cool Logistics Asia 7 September 2016 Asiaworld-Expo Hong Kong Click here for more information 8th Cool Logistics Global 27 - 28 September 2016 Park Hotel, Bremen Germany Click here for more information Breakbulk Americas 2016 26-29 September 2016 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas USA Click here for more information TOC Americas 2016 11-13 October 2016 Cancun ICC, Cancun Mexico Click here for more information Breakbulk Middle East 2016 23-26 October 2016 Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Click here for more information Intermodal Europe 2016 15-17 November 2016 AHOY, Rotterdam Netherlands Click here for more information TOC Middle East 2016 6 - 7 December 2016 Le Meridien Hotel, Dubai United Arab Emirates Click here for more information Breakbulk China 2017 13-16 March 2017 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center Shanghai China Click here for more information Intermodal Asia 2017 21-23 March 2017 SWEECC, Shanghai China Click here for more information Powered by Blogger.