News 2008 September 30

Ports of LA and Long Beach to ban older trucks

Exxon to invite bids for supply of PNG LNG tankers

Mitsui OSK falls as Baltic Index dips

New intermodal railoperator Shuttlewise starts a new connection between Rotterdam and Herne

Hong Kong government to finance new cruise terminal

Hamburg consortium trumps NOL's offer for Hapag-Lloyd

STX moves into the drillship arena

Port of Melbourne sets national throughput record

Cabinet meeting does not approve direct state financing for construction of BPS-2

Tanker carrying 195,000 barrel of crude oil aground near Philadelphia

Pipeline operator Transneft posts first-quarter $900 mln net profit

Kharis Shipping opens new marine container service to link Pusan and Vostochny ports

Russian Railways to invest RUR 1.6 trn in development of Far East railways by 2030

Three dead as Somali pirates settle scores on hijacked ship

Vitol to construct oil terminal in Malaysia

PCTCs to feature RoRo equipment

Marseille Port Authority to reduce Lavera VOCs

Korean shipyards to receive financial assurance

Tallin to see dedicated terminal for Chinese goods

Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine launches two new vessels

Cosco joins Xinjiang in logistics parks construction

Maersk Line resumes service from Dubai to Iraq

S.Korea pension fund may skip Daewoo shipyard bid

COSCO wins tanker-based FPSO conversion projects

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard begins construction on its ninth product tanker

Oil price down to $93.98 in London and to $96.37 in New York