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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 Felixstowe handles 1M TEU by rail Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has become the first port in the UK to handle over 1M TEU by rail in a single year... Click here for more Reefers and break bulk for Richmond The Port of Virginia has received a US$466,747 grant for equipment to support reefer containers and break bulk on its barge service linking Richmond with its deep sea terminals.... Click here for more ITF wages war on ICTSI The dispute in Melbourne goes well beyond issues the Maritime Union of Australia has with ICTSI over conditions at Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT).... Click here for more New records in San Pedro Container volume through the busiest harbour in the US will exceed 16M TEU in 2017.... Click here for more Drewry on port connectivity "Size isn't everything" Drewry concludes, with the launch of a new "global port connectivity index" showing sometimes smaller ports have better connectivity than their larger competitors.... Click here for more Dredging under way in Beira A six month dredging project has begun at the Port of Beira, following the arrival of a Van Oord dredger in November... Click here for more World's largest fully automated terminal opens SIPG and ZPMC have opened the 4M TEU Shanghai Yangshan Phase IV Automated Terminal.... Click here for more Lumber seized in Mozambique More than 100 containers containing illicit lumber have been seized at Inchope, where Mozambique's first inland container terminal is being built... Click here for more Reefers cut food waste in Nigeria APM Terminals Inland Services launches refrigerated truck transport to move perishable cargo from Northern Nigeria to Lagos... Click here for more WWL gets keen in the USA Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics ASA has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Keen Transport, Inc. from Platinum Equity for US$64M... Click here for more Jumbo signs for LNG-powered offshore construction vessel Jumbo has signed a LOI with China Merchants Industry Holdings for the provision of the detailed engineering and construction of a new DP2 heavy lift crane vessel (HLCV) estimated to be delivered in Q1 2020... Click here for more Rotterdam box barge congestion a Gordian knot Rotterdam container barge congestion at the marine terminals is leading to reverse modal shift: from inland shipping back to road... Click here for more Enter North Sea Port North Sea Port is the name given to the merged Zeeland Seaports (Vlissingen and Terneuzen) from the Netherlands and Belgium's Port of Ghent... Click here for more CLdN steps up Zeebrugge-Gothenburg service CLdN ro-ro SA has announced that it is increasing frequency of sailings between Zeebrugge from three to four per week in January 2018. It will also switch terminals in Gothenburg... Click here for more People on the move Changes at Hamburg Sud and Hoegh Autoliners; FMC commissioner vto step down; changes in ports in Argentina, Italy and Spain; end of year awards... Click here for more Latvian rail electrification The Latvian government has given the go-ahead to the first phase of a major electrification project... Click here for more APB turns to the sun Associated British Ports has announced plans to build a further 20MW of solar arrays making it one of the biggest corporate solar power producers in the UK... 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