News 2008 October 13

Throughput of Tuapse Commercial Seaport down by 2% to 14.6 mln t in Jan-Sep 08

Auckland Ports may bid for Tauranga terminal

Gazprom may get 27 pct in Canadian LNG terminal

Bunker fuel spilled into the sea from two cargo ships in the Straits of Gibraltar

Hyundai Merchant Marine opens service from Japanese ports to St. Petersburg

STX Shipbuilding gets $129-M ship order

Singapore PSA's Jan-Sep container traffic up 10.5 pct

Hyundai Heavy submits bid for Daewoo Shipbuilding

Volgograd Shipyard launches 4,500-dwt ice-class chemical carrier

Throughput of Liepaja up 12.2% to 3.3 mln t in Jan-Sep 08

PRISCO vessels delivered 104 thousands tons to northerners

FESCO reconfirms the high standards of quality management

Stocznia Szczcinska Nowa launches 41850-dwt boxship built for FESCO

FESCO to boost Ro-Ro capacity

Further penetration of landlord port model is expected in the nearest future – Patrick Verhoeven

China eyeing transportation of transit cargo via Ust-Luga to Europe - Misharin

Corporatization of companies making Far East Center of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair to be completed by Oct 25

RF State Duma includes river ports into list of geographic objects

Russian naval task force arrives in Libyan capital

Maersk to upgrade Samba line

AADA lowers bunker surcharge

TUI sells container shipping unit for 4.45 bln eur

Yang Ming inaugurated new container liner service from the Far East to Israel

CMA CGM to modernise NEMO service

Pirates seize Greek chemical tanker

Hanwha to raise 1.5 tln won to fund Daewoo Shipbuilding bid

Cargo ship hits off Gibraltar on Friday

Eimskip sells its 50-percent stake in Euro Container Lines to Wilson ASA

Neptune Orient quits bidding for TUI's Hapag-Lloyd

Greece's Piraeus Port seals 4.3 billion euro deal with Cosco

Norwegian technology company ODIM ASA wins NOK95m crane order from Zhejiang Shipbuilding