News 2010 July 15

COSCO in US$4.2 billion Piraeus Port deal

Pirate attacks decline in H1, 2010

New barge increases Le Havre bunker options

Vostochny Port posts a twofold freight traffic rise in H1, over 17m tons

Russian crude exports via Kozmino Port up to 7.14m tons in H1

Los Angeles’ container throughput rises 15% in H1, to 3.66m TEUs

Container count of Long Beach up 19.8% in H1, to 2.79m TEUs

Hamburg Sud to Launch North Europe-Israel Loop

Hong Kong’s H1 box volume up 16.1%, 11.4m TEUs

Papua New Guinea seeks to develop offshore LNG

Libyan Gaza-bound aid ship enters Egyptian port

Wan Hai plans to order 14 boxships from CSBC

Turkey's Geden Lines cancelled an eight-ship order at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

Stolt-Nielsen S.A. proposes plan to migrate parent company to Bermuda

Persian Gulf-East VLCC rates over w50 amid rush of end-July cargoes

Rhine rates for fuels increase as water levels drop

Vela International Marine Ltd. expands fleet

Two oil tankers go through North East Passage

Cargotec secures maintenance agreement for Finnlines RoRo fleet

Medvedev welcomes German investments in Russia's enterprises upgrading

OCI acquires ammonia terminal at Port of Rotterdam

Australia’s Hay Point port coal export up to 10.1 mln tons in June

Construction on the new quay at Muelle Prat container terminal starts soon

Bangladesh urges India to clarify on using its ports

Charlotte Maersk fire put out, but foredeck still hot

Northrop Grumman may sell or spin off shipbuilding unit

Port of Seattle OKs $5m upgrade facilities projects

Aker Philadelphia gets a letter of intent to build five containerships for American Feeder Lines

President Medvedev, EU discussions over Customs Union, visa regime

Crude-futures prices up to $76.77 in London, in New York, down $77.04