News 2010 September 1

World’s largest pipe-lay vessel starts laying Nord Stream pipeline in the Gulf of Finland

China Merchants Holdings inks $450 mln Sri Lanka port deal

LNG tanker arrives at US Freeport terminal

Vopak, Essent, Gasunie cancel LNG terminal plans

TransContainer’s subsidiary company opens in S. Korea

Danaos posts net loss of $14.7 million for Q2

Russ. Govt. lists exceptions for grain exports

India's Gujarat Pipavav IPO priced at 46 rupees

Three groups bid for Indonesia port project

NYK starts nine-day NY-Antwerp service

Latvian Shipping Company plans to add 4 new tankers to its fleet

Brightoil orders five VLCCs from Hyundai Heavy Industries

New Times Shipbuilding to build two tankers for Jo Tankers

Net loss of Latvian Shipping Company in H1 over €20.5m vs profit a year earlier

Empty oil tanker and Chinese ship collide, 6 missing

Active container fleet expands 19 percent to 13.8 million TEUs

Two terminals in port of Aarhus to combine facilities

Alexander Chebayev, a new chief of the Baltic Customs

Hapag-Lloyd appoints chief commercial officer

Ventspils nafta's H1 turnover reaches LVL29m

China COSCO to issue RMB 5 billion in mid-term notes on Sep 3

PLA Navy to conduct live-ammunition drill in Yellow Sea

Eurogate marks 40-year record of 33,333,333 containers

India's Mormugao Port iron ore exports up 10.8 pct in current financial year

EUNAVFOR welcomes Spanish amphibious ship SPS GALICIA

International Transport Workers' Federation to hold a protest against pressure on TUMTIS union members

Yuzhny Port handles ships of total 500,000DWT

Crude-futures price is down to $74.64 in London, in New York, to $71.92

NAFTA trade volume up 4.6 percent in June