News 2008 October 30

Rotterdam ups container throughput by 6% to 82.4 million tonnes in Jan-Sept 2008

Container throughput of Rotterdam port up 6% to 82.4 mln tons in Jan-Sep 2008

Valencia becomes Spanish container port №1

Baltic Plant appointed the director general

Taiwan, China to open direct sea cargo routes

Turkish ship hijacked off Somalia

Mitsui O.S.K. shares surge by the most in 21 years

New Zealand ports consider merger

Cayman Islands registry targets Asian owners

Antwerpen container traffic up 9% to 6.658 million TEUs in January-September

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics to start a new service between Gothenburg and Australia

Hyundai Heavy leads advances among Korean shipyards on currency

Cargo turnover at Latvian ports in January-September 2008 increased by 0.8%

China State Shipbuilding Co Q3 earnings up 16%

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding wins contract of USD $ 300 Mln

Cosco Pacific shells out 831m euros to lease two Greek piers

Amid crashing freight rates capesizes start to return to scrap yards

NOL announces Q3 2008 financial results

Wumen port's two 50,000-tonne berths to be operational

Adriatic and Bosphorus ports trade up with RTG purchases

Bharati Shipyard Q2 net up 29 pc at Rs 33 cr

Senator Lines joins North Europe-South America East Coast Express Service service

Transocean signs $1.2B drillship deal

Oil price up to $65.47 in London and to $67.50 in New York

Kochi port to turn into transshipment container hub