News 2010 July 2

Lithuania, Belarus eye oil supply via Lithuanian ports

Klaipeda port representatives participate in the EMSA meeting

Estonia to upgrade its transport network

Six-month crude volume via the CPC down 0.4%, to 17,1m tons

Qingdao shipyard launches 2nd dry cargo ship for UCLH

Throughput of Russian seaports rises 10% in Jan-June

Russian Govt. tasked to expand integration plan for Customs Union

Six-month freight volume at FCT rises 31.7%, to 554,720 TEUs

Kozmino port’s terminal exports first ESPO oil for Japan Mitsui

CEVA expands partnership with Renault

APL Logistics forms alliance with Sumitomo Warehouse

Jumbo Shipping forms joint venture in China

Nevsky Shipyard delivers the Neva VIP passenger ship

Gulftainer's traffic at Sharjah Port up 23.75% in Jan-May

UACC gets $280 million credit line to expand its fleet

Nippon Yusen may beat container forecast on peak-season surcharge

Bureau Veritas introduces Green Rating

International Association of Classification Societies gets a new Chairman

Russian Govt eyes a coal terminals project

Germanischer Lloyd issues the first EEDI certificate

Gemalink Joint Stock Company to develop Vietnamese container terminal

Abu Dhabi oil ports to bar all single-hull tankers from Jan 2011

China offers new shipbuilding incentives

Baltic Dry Freight Index drops to 2351pts

Diesel-futures prices down to 16.800 r /t on the Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange

Vostochy Port stockholders cancel dividend payments, cover last year’s losses

“K” Line, CSCL and Hapag-Lloyd start direct service from Asia to West Africa

PD Ports to boost Teesport box capacity

U.K.'s port operator Forth Ports first half earnings beat 2009

Paragon Shipping buys two container ships

Panama Canal lock expansion work begins

Samsung Heavy gets $1.7 b order from Evergreen

S-Continental puts off cruise line until July 9

LA Harbor Commission extends lobbyist contract

Crude-futures prices down to $72.34 in London, in New York, to $72.95