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It's about thinking together to find original integrated financial solutions to support the entire asset lifecycle of your equipment fleet.  See what counts:  click here for more information  INTTRA teams with Info-X Combination improves booking cargo process for shippers and NVOCCs.... Click here for more Long Beach approves rail upgrade The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners has approved the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility.... Click here for more New record for Canaveral The MOL BROOKLANDS became the largest vessel to call at Port Canaveral in Florida when it called this week.... Click here for more Konecranes makes a move in lift trucks market Konecranes has appointed KCL Liftrucks Limited, headed by Ken Loh as a distributor for China and Hong Kong.... Click here for more TCP hits 31 mph with N4 Brazil's Terminal de Conteineres de Paranaguá (TCP) credits achieving record productivity of 31 moves per hour to the implementation of the Navis N4 TOS... Click here for more Savannah breaks 4 million TEU barrier Savannah handled 4.04M TEU in 2017, an increase of 11% (400,000 TEU) on 2016.... Click here for more Halifax roars back After lagging US East Coast ports in throughput growth for years, Halifax has outdone Savannah with a 16% increase in container throughput last year.... Click here for more BEST reaches higher Hutchison Ports BEST terminal in Barcelona has increased its ability to handle the world's largest container ships by increasing the height of three STS cranes... Click here for more Brazilian logistics moves Two European logistics operators, Samskip Logistics and the Rhenus Group, have announced plans to increase their presence in South America's biggest market... Click here for more TT Club – risks with enclosed ship spaces The latest edition of TT Talk discusses the risks of poisonous vapours in enclosed cargo holds... Click here for more HES shortlist "down to five" The owners of Rotterdam-based dry and liquid bulk terminal operator HES International are understood to be talking to five remaining potential buyers... Click here for more Russian ports traffic up 9% in 2017 Last year, all Russian seaports (including those in annexed Crimea), handled 786.97 Mt of various cargoes, up 9% on 2016, according to the country's Association of Seaports... Click here for more Kiel posts record results In 2017 the Port of Kiel handled more than 7 Mt for the first time... Click here for more People in the news Tony Berkeley to step down from UK Rail Freight Group; new CEO at Transinsular; ZIM creates digitsation post; important changes in Italy; addition to COA Board; changing the guard at Buss and Bertschi; Transnet appointments; new Head for Konecranes BU mobile harbour cranes (Gottwald); and other news of appointments in the shipping, ports and allied spheres known to WorldCargo News... Click here for more DB Cargo UK and Malcolm extend DB Cargo UK and Malcolm Logistics have announced a £21M contract extension... Click here for more Transnet ports scoop awards The Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) has announced its winners for 2017, with Durban the big winner... Click here for more Transcontainer minority stake sold Yenisei Capital, whose ultimate beneficiaries are Roman Abramovich, the owner of the Chelsea Football Club, and Russian billionaire Aleksandr Abramov, has acquired a 24.5% stake in TransContainer from the Blagosostoyaniye pension fund (BPF), which is affiliated with Russian Railways... Click here for more Another 14,000 TEU vessel for K Line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha has announced the delivery of MILANO BRIDGE. Separately, Milaha has acquired its biggest container vessel to date, the 3,768 TEU MAJD... Click here for more EST-Floattech energy storage approved EST-Floattech's Green Orca Energy High Energy Storage system has been approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority... Click here for more Genma MHCs delivered to India Genma (Nantong Rainbow Heavy Industries) has reported the delivery of three GHC 100 mobile harbour cranes to J M Baxi Group in Paradip Port... Click here for more UK P&I Club on mooring operations A recent incident involving a bulk carrier illustrates the dangers that need to be avoided... Click here for more Service "first" for Brittany Ferries The French ro-pax operator will introduce its first ever direct link between Ireland and Spain (Cork-Santander) in April... Click here for more ONE secures SACC approval Ocean Network Express (ONE) has finally secured approval from South Africa's competition watchdog.... Click here for more MSC to go ro-ro in West Africa Mediterranean Shipping Company is to start car carrying/ro-ro services on the route from mid-February.... 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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