News 2009 June 23

Aker Solutions eyes teaming up with Sevmash

Two St. Petersburg bridges to be drawn up for yachts finishing Volvo Ocean Race on June 27

Ukrainian Parliament relieves Vinskyi from post of Transport and Communications Minister

Box throughput will drop 20% - Shipping Association of Malaysia

Port Klang poised to be LME distribution hub in Asia

Bharati Shipyard ups bid for Great Offshore

Chinese May oil consumption up 6% year-on-year

Laden Maersk aframax attacked in Gulf of Aden

Somali pirates free Dutch vessel

Maersk shares fall 4 percent on downbeat shipping outlook

ZIM imposes bunker fuel surcharge

EU rejects a change in tonnage taxes

Iran authorizes Russian Maritime Registry of Shipping for vessel survey

One step closer to deep-water port in Arkhangelsk

Commercial Port of Vladivostok to increase annual container capacity to 700,000 TEU by 2015

North Korea closes coastal waters for 16 days over military drills

Israel issues tender for LNG terminal

Shipping Corporation of India postpones fleet expansion

CMA CGM announces rate restoration program between India/Pakistan and Europe

Chennai International Terminals begins trial operations

Jafza posts 18 per cent revenue growth

Maersk to cut investment in ships

Maersk names new head of group accounting

Evergreen, NOL deny Taiwan fraud charges

Oil price down to $66.98 in London and to $66.93 in New York