News 2010 August 3

UAE invests $500 million in Poti port expansion

Dubois appointed CFO of CMA CGM Group

Overseas Shipholding posts results for Q2 2010

Keppel pays S$86.5m to raise stakes in Philippines yards

Tanker Kirill Lavrov starts sea trials

Port of London cargo throughput up 1.3% to 23.3 million tonnes in H1 2010

Port Vanino pays dividends for 2009

NUTEP’s throughput in Jan-July up 32.1%, to 74,779 TEUs

Igor Levitin: To ensure transport security, Russia needs to 7,8bn rubles

Samsung Heavy Industries to invest in new Malaysian yard

Cosco Corp Q2 net profit up 85 per cent to $68.4 million

Portugal ports cargo traffic rises 9% in H1 2010

Saudi ports H1 cargo throughput up 6.8 per cent to 72.7 million tonnes

India's shipping ministry plans to merge existing port legislations into a consolidated act

US West Coast H1 container volume up 15 percent

Seven-month freight volume via Vostochny Port up 3%, to 8,6m tons

Panama, Gulfport sign trade development pact

Crude-futures price soars to $80.82 in London, in New York, to $81.34