News 2008 August 19

Klaipeda port remains leader in Baltic States

Panama-flag fleet rises 4.7% in H1 2008

MISC Q1 earnings down 9.2%

Norasia to add Lisbon to North Europe service

Irish firms build warehouse in Shanghai

Port of Felixstowe invests in new equipment

Sovcomflot becomes SCG Group

Evergreen Line to start direct service to Haifa

MISC expects tanker rates to slide

MISC to get two more LNG tankers in expansion move

Vietnam coal exports to China to fall this year

Kozmino oil terminal 1st stage to be completed late 2009-official

Eesti Ehitus and Aktsiaselts Saarte Liinid to sign an agreement for the construction in Port of Virtsu

Murmansk supertanker gets new owner

Oil price down to $111.94 in London and to $112.89 in New York

Loading turnover of Estonian ports at the level of 1998

Ethiopian Shipping Lines net up to Br 417m

Doosan Group abandons bid for Daewoo Shipbuilding

Cochin Shipyard plans Rs 800-crore IPO

Norway's Farstad Shipping ASA signs vessel charter agreements for NOK293m

Malaysia's MISC Q1 profit down 9.2 pct

Neptune Orient hires 11 banks for Hapag-Lloyd loan

Singapore's NOL moves 14 pct more cargo in July

Mexico plans to spend $785 million to expand Veracruz Port

Fangcheng container throughput up 33.8 per cent in first half

Billions of dollars to be poured into Russian ports

Aker Yards loses its name