News 2008 August 6

Rotterdam ups ore throughput by 13% in H1 2008

HPH named preferred bidder for the Port of Thessaloniki

Daewoo leads drop in Asian shipyards

Pacific Basin shares up on higher profits

Q2 net jumps 15 pct for's Korea's STX Shipbuilding

Guangzhou Shipyard expects 15% drop in 2008 margins

Net profit of Commercial Port of Vladivostok up 4.2 times to RUR 445.128 mln in H1 08

Throughput of Klaipeda port up 16.2% to 18.24 mln t in Jan-July 08

Oil price down to $117.7 in London and to $119.17 in New York

California Senate approves container fee

MOL launches 320,000 dwt iron ore carrier

VLCC conversions keep tankers away from ship breakers

Australia's Newcastle coal exports jump 20%

The New Mangalore Port Trust reports 59 % growth in box traffic

Bremen, Bremerhaven ports volume rises 15pc to 2.7 million TEU in H1 08

Wuzhou plans to increase throughput to 400,000 TEU by 2015

Indian container traffic grows by 19% YoY in 2007-08