News 2010 September 22

Iceland invites China to Arctic shipping

New protected areas in the Arctic

NZ port Timaru profit down to $466,470 this year

Gazprom to buy 15 cargoes of LNG from GDF Suez

Raw materials shipments via Riga Port up to 1 million tons

Papau New Guinea LNG project cost steady at $15 bln

TUI approves Hapag-Lloyd refinancing

China Merchants signs wharf deal with Sri Lanka

Brazilian port in Ceara to invest $1.3b on infrastructure

Gulftainer and Prominvest to set up joint venture

Malaysian shipyard IPO expected to raise over RM1bn

Golden Ocean cancels capesize newbuilding at Deahan Shipbuilding

Iraq signs deal with Swiss firm to jointly operate 66 cargo ships

Berg Propulsion wins six vessel order in Ukraine

Rising supertanker demand fails to reduce 20% vessel surplus

MOL issues Environmental and Social Report 2010

Hyundai Engineering to build terminals at new Khalifa port

European ports show interest in India's Vizhinjam seaport project

Excelerate, Repsol to build second LNG terminal in Argentina

Chennai Port acquires 125 acres for dry port

Chinese operator Wuhu Port plans $84.25 million port expansion

Port of Baltimore cargo down 2 percent for FY10

Cargo ship fire injures 18 in Hong Kong

LA-Long Beach import up 23.9 percent in August

South Carolina Ports to replace operating system

Onega Shipyard launches a bulk carrier

ICTSI takes over new reefer facility

FAS OKs the purchase of majority stake in Sovfracht-Primorsk by Primorsky port

Drydocks World Dubai delivers third 3 D seismic vessels to Polarcus

Russian Railways eyes buying the state-owned stake in NCSP

SC ports to replace operating system

World's leading container liners join forces in fight against piracy

Vladimir Putin doubts Russia to join the WTO before the end of 2010

Crude-futures price is down to $78.42 in London, in New York to $73.52