News 2008 November 21

CASPAR takes delivery of sixth tanker project 19619 from Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard

Ferry on the Liepaja-Travemunde route set for 2009

State Duma passes draft law on visa-free regime for ferry passengers

HELCOM proposes introduction of amendments into MARPOL Convention

France's CMA CGM wins approval for port JV in China's Xiamen

Maersk pulls slower vessels off Gulf of Aden route

CKYH announces more European service adjustments

Merilinja launches new Finland-Belgium container service

Tianjin's throughput hits 7.3m TEUs

S.Korea, China not to expand container shipping

Throughput of Klaipedos nafta up 50% to 6.8 mln t in Jan-Oct 08

State Duma approves RF accession to International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

Russia to chair Baltic Icebreaking Management for two years

Stevedoring companies of Ust-Luga port cut cargo handling by 2.8% to 5.7 mln t in Jan-Oct 08

DP World Southampton sets a new record

IMO chief sees negative effect from ship diversion

Keppel wins four contracts

Intertanko supports Cape diversion

UN approves sanctions against Somali pirates

Ship-breakers eye better profit margins

MISC Q2 profit falls 29.5% on losses in liner biz

Zhang Jiagang port witnesses decline in iron ore import

Oil price down to $48.08 in London and to $49.62 in New York

EU approves EUR 10 million grant to co-finance project in Trelleborg and Sassnitz