News 2009 February 4

Russian shipbuilders to rise 20% in 2009 to 180 bln rubles - Khristenko

RZD reduces cargo transportation by 33% in Jan 09

OOCL Australia launches controlled-temperature LCL consolidation service

Senator Lines discontinues services

Bocimar and FMG establish shipping JV

German yards suffer in financial turmoil

Hanjin Shipping to build dedicated Vietnamese terminal

India’s biggest port project delayed

APL and Port of Salalah sign terminal JV

Danish shipping company Erria expands fleet with nine tankers

Odfjell charters ships from National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co

Port Hedland ups iron ore shipments 13.6m tons in January

Kalmar strengthens its presence in the STS market

Gazprom Neft buys majority stake in Serbia's NIS

Port capacities are enough to fulfill a plan on Ukraine's grain export - expert

Yuzhniy port breaks its own record of railway cars unloading

Throughput of Global Ports container terminals up 22.4% to 1.3 mln TEU in 2008

Throughput of Odessa port down 25% to 2.2 mln t in Jan 09

Sales of shipbuilding industry total RUR 150 bln in 2008 – Viktor Khristenko

Investors to pump $2.7 billion in new Bahrain projects

TUI mulls Hapag-Lloyd loan

Missing UAE ship feared seized by pirates off Somalia

DP World’s Terminal Two at Jebel Ali port to be completed by the end of this month

UAE shipping industry set to bounce back in 2010

Shipowners want Panama canal toll cut

Zim moves its operation from Barcelona to Tarragona

Zim drops out of Indian container terminal tender

Angola's state oil company to build port in Sao Tome

Port of Zhanjiang capacity to reach 150 million tonnes in 2011

East-west capacity falls 15pc in last six months

Weak US container import volumes fall 17 months straight - Port Tracker

Port of Taicang container volume surges 42pc in 2008

'K' Line launches new Cape Town to West Africa loop

Panama Canal issued precise details on dimensions for the next era of Panamax ships

PKN Orlen has funds to buy out Mazeikiu Nafta shares

2009 may be the worst year for shippers: Enam

Somali pirates free Turkish ship

Oil price up to $44.08 in London and to $40.78 in New York