News 2009 February 11

Slump not to stop reconstruction of container terminal in Odessa

DP World to cut emissions by 35 per cent at Jebel Ali Port

China approves stimulus plan for shipbuilding industry

K Line launches new coal carrier

Hapag-Lloyd to continue Canada-Mediterranean service unchanged

Bharati Shipyard net rises 19.16% in Dec08 qtr

Rotterdam port, environment group agree pollution target

Port Klang container handling up 8m TEUs

CNPC to build LNG terminal in Shenzhen

S Korean bulk shipping line STX posts jump in revenue

Maersk shuts China headquarters

CMA CGM lands Syrian port deal

100 liner services dock at Hamburg

Transneft approves long-term investment program

NCC could give up its plans to build Latvia's largest container terminal in Riga

Russia to raise oil export duty to $114-117 per ton from March 1

Throughput of Klaipeda port down 8.7% to 2.2 mln t in Jan 09

Container throughput of Vladivostok Container Terminal down 3% to 14,760 TEU in Jan 09

Indian owners ask New Delhi for emergency funding

China's private shipbuilder Rongsheng Heavy delays IPO

Chilean flag carrier CSAV switched its Far Eastern service from Itajai to Imbituba

Global idle container fleet hits 800,000 TEUs

Throughput Yeisk port up 60% to 60,700 tonnes in Jan 09

Rotterdam down bunker turnover to 12,967,317 tonnes in 2008

Port of Duisburg 2008 volume rises 12pc to 1 million TEU

Stevedoring organizations of Leningrad region handled 99.9 mln t of cargo in 2008

Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC down 8% to 1.1 mln t in Jan 09

Oil price down to $44.61 in London and to $37.55 in New York