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 DP World - strong H1 2017 performance Dubai-based DP World handled 34M TEU in H1 2017, up 8.2% on the same period of 2016 and significantly ahead of global average growth rates calculated by a broad range of consultants... Click here for more Harren, SAL update Confirming our report in June, Harren & Partner has now completed its purchase of Germany's SAL Heavy Lift from K Line... Click here for more Barcelona reports best ever first half The Port of Barcelona has logged its best ever half-year traffic figures, with total traffic in H1 2017 up by 18% and lo-lo container throughput up by 27.2%, year-on-year... Click here for more ULCV grip on Asia-Europe trades increasing Ultra-large container vessels (ULCV) loading at least 18,000 TEU are set to play a dominant role in the Asia/Europe/Asia trade within the next two years... Click here for more Samskip moves on Norway's Nor Lines Subject to approval by Norway's competition authorities, Samskip has agreed with the DSD Group to acquire the activities of Nor Lines AS... Click here for more Konecranes in Italian negotiations Konecranes' Italian operations, taken over from Terex MHPS, could be set for a big change, with reports that Konecranes Lift Trucks plans to transfer production of LiftAce FLTs and masted container handlers from the plant in Brescello di Lentigione to France at the end of this year... Click here for more Six more STS cranes for Savannah Georgia Ports Authority is to invest US$72.75M in six more New-Panamax STS cranes, for delivery in 2020... Click here for more New and improved Cranes for Felixstowe The Port of Felixstowe has ordered two new gantry cranes for its Berths 8&9 and work has started to raise 10 of the existing cranes on Trinity Terminal at the port... Click here for more Transnet "bribery" turmoil South African transport utility Transnet has suspended some senior officials after an investigation into bribery allegations over the purchase of new locomotives... Click here for more Biggest vessel yet in Umm Qasr Gulftainer has received the largest container vessel to call at Iraqi ports to date with the call of Yang Ming's 5550 TEU YM WEALTH at Iraq Container Terminal in Umm Qasr... Click here for more Concession extension for Dar After years of criticism of its operations, Tanzania International Container Terminal Services' (TICTS) concession to operate Dar es Salaam container terminal has been extended by five years, pending a performance review. Meanwhile, the government of Kenya is to launch a new tender for the contract to operate the new container terminal at Mombasa... Click here for more 3000th strad for Noell Konecranes The customer for the 3000th straddle carrier since the first Peiner machine was built in Wurzburg, Germany, in 1968 is MSC PSA European Terminal in Antwerp... Click here for more Ecorys for Ludwigshafen combi-terminal Ecorys has developed an intermodal planner for KTL Ludwigshafen in Germany... Click here for more People on the move Round-up of latest appointments known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and allied sectors... Click here for more Rotterdam to tackle barge congestion Rotterdam port authority is set to thrash out a once-and-for-all solution to the container barge congestion problem with all stakeholders... Click here for more Greenock welcomes its biggest ever caller Scotland's deepest container terminal last week welcomed the largest container vessel ever to berth at the port... Click here for more "Whisper" wagons incentivised With the next winter rail freight timetable in December 2017, the Austrian government will grant a bonus for quiet-running freight cars... 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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