News 2010 August 10

UK blocks sanctions against suspected Somali pirates

Newcastle Coal Group completes financing for $824 million port expansion

STX Offshore wins 294 bln won order for drill ship

Greek container ship owner Danaos to raise $200m to build ships

Sinotrans Shipping's H1 profit down 8.7 percent

India plans to sell stake in Shipping Corp, MMTC

Fredericia Skibsv?rft sells large floating dock to Turkey

Tianjin Port to issue RMB 1 billion in short-term bills

Exports volume via BalttransServis soars 52%, to 3,15m tons in Jan-Jul.

LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker starts operating at the mouth of the Danube

LUKOIL-BUNKER starts bunkering at Augusta Port

Cargo turnover of NCSP Group in Jan-Jul. down 1%, to 50,9m tons

Indonesian yards to boost Pertamina fleet

Singapore reduces ports dues concession

Norwegian Green Reefers became member of Hamburg Reefer Pool

MSPC to represent Malta's EU shipping industry's interests

Ningbo companies spent 80 million USD on purchasing foreign vessels

India's shipping ministry to award 25 port projects this fiscal

Daewoo Shipbuilding raided on suspicions of creating a slush fund

Riga Port’s throughput up 0.4% in Jan-Jun., to 17.28m tons

Grand China Logistics to acquire shares from Norwegian shipping company

Russia may lift grain export ban, depends on this year’s crop

Saudi Arabia's fund and Singapore's port authority to sign port deal

Brightoil Petroleum to buy 2 oil tankers

Vladivostok posts a 25.2-percent rise in freight volumes, to 3,97m tons in Jan-Jun.

Dockworkers blockade Israeli ships around the world

Mumbai port reopens today after ships collision

Crude-futures price up to $80.99 in London, in New York, to $81.48

Vietnam's Communist Party pledges to rescue shipbuilding company