News 2010 August 18

Los Angeles’ container volume up 16.85 in Jan-Jul., to 4.39m TEUs

Seven-month container trade of Long Beach is up 22.3%, 3.38m TEUs

Hong Kong's container throughput up 14.5% in Jan-Jul, to 13.4m TEUs

Volga Shipping’s four-month freight traffic rise by 31% to 3m tons

South Korean trawler sinks near New Zealand

Shenzhen container throughput up to 2.13 million TEUs in July 2010

Brightoil inks contracts for five VLCCs

Maersk starts Far East-Chennai weekly service

Vietnamese government aims to halt Vinashin's losses by 2012

MSC starts "Israel express" service between Israel and north European ports

Maersk ups 2010 outlook after H1 beats forecast

Maersk CEO says rates regained 2008 levels

DP World H1 net income up to $176.6 million

Evergreen Marine gets profit of $129 million in Q2 2010

Panama Canal Q3 transits down 2.8 percent to 3,476 transits

Sochi-Gagra service ships to sail twice a week

Russian cruise ship collides with barge

Riga port to handle 50-60m tons of cargo in 5-6 years

Hamburg container traffic down 4.3 percent in H1 2010

California ports container volume up 21 percent in July 2010

Duisburg container traffic rises 29 percent to 1.1 million TEUs in H1 2010

Charleston’s container volume up 26 percent in July 2010

Containership Co. adds Ningbo Port to its trans-Pacific service

Crude-futures price is up to $76.93 in London, in New York, to $75.77