News 2008 October 29

Maersk Line trims bunker charges on lower oil prices

Steel export via Shanghai port up in Jan-September

Commissioners approve a master plan for $1b expansion of Gulfport

Frigate of the US Naval Force pier in Klaipeda Seaport

Crane drops container in southwest China, killing 11 workers

Britannia Bulk (UK) faces bankruptcy

HK-listed COSCO Pacific Q3 net down 17.4 pct on yr; core earnings up 17 pct

Ships collide in English Channel

China State Shipbuilding net profit up 48.64% in Q3

MOL quits Transpacific Stabilization Agreement

Shanghai Waigaoqiao delivers world's first VLCC built to common structural rules

China more than doubles ship exports in 1st 7 months

Emirates Shipping Line plans to expand its operations in Africa

EU plans to combine liner shipping consortia market shares

Oil price down to $60.29 in London and to $62.73 in New York

EU backs Fos 2XL container terminal at the Port of Marseilles

Polish shipyard workers protest in Brussels

Russia's Admiralty Shipyard to 'float out' new ice-class tanker Oct. 31

Deep-water port opens in China's Yangtze River Delta