News 2010 August 30

The first tanker with Venezuelan oil for Belarus calls at Klaipeda Port

India's government aims to triple port capacity within a decade

Hanjin books 56 vessel orders worth $4.9bln

Mundra Port begins operations at new terminal in Gujarat

Four Wilh. Wilhelmsen ro-ro vessels to recycle in China

China region to build world-class port facilities

Arcelor Mittal’s representative to speak about the prospects of JadeWeserPort project at TRANSTEC-2010

STX Norway Offshore to build LNG powered PSVs for Island Offshore

Vladimir Putin does not rule out only Russian-flagged fishing boats get the green light in Russian waters

Vladimir Putin: Russia’s civil shipbuilding should be built from scratch

RZD to sell 10,000 gondolas at public auction

Argos sues Maersk for ?8m over price rise on goods from Asia

Mexico orders 50 Kalmar terminal tractors

China Cosco to spend $3.2b between 2010 and 2013

UN appoints special advisor for piracy

DSME bags order for eight 12,000-cbm ethylene carriers

Samsung Heavy will not cancel $4bn deal with Flex LNG

Maersk confirms Trans-Atlantic rate hike

India to force ports to offer compensation for congestion delays

Metinvest to complete construction of new terminal at Mykolaiv port by 2011

Cruise ship stranded in the Arctic

Neptune Orient issues bonds to finance newbuildings

Horizon Shipbuilding wins $8.6 million towboat order

Russia-China pipeline is launched

Russia to supply to the APR 50m tons of crude via ESPO, Vladimir Putin

Moscow hosts International Conference Exchange and OTC markets of Russia’s petroleum products, October 5-6

Crude-futures price up to $76.65 in London, in New York, to $75.17

Vietnam suspends new head of shipbuilding group