News 2010 October 5

Port of Kotka posts a 40.7-percent rise in freight traffic, to 8m tons in Jan-Sept.

Safmarine forms new Indian Subcontinent region

Fayard inaugurates new dock

SeaFreight to lease new Port Everglades terminal

Port of Le Havre adds new all-electric straddle carriers

NCSP’s investors should be happy about coming of Transneft, Vladimir Putin says

Cruise lines seize opportunity for eco-friendly initiatives

Ust-Luga Company eyes a logistics center construction worth RUB9.8bn next year

Freight turnover of Ust-Luga port to exceed 40% this year, Maxim Shirokov says

Cargo turnover of VCT soars 50% to 212,420 TEUs in Jan-Sept., 2010

Port of Primorsk handles 5,5m t of exported crude oil this September

Freight flows via Aktau port down 7.6% in Jan-Sept. , to about 9.5m tons

China's JES bags 8 bulker newbuild contracts

Idle container fleet up 1.6 per cent to 224,000 TEUs in late September 2010

Kencana denies plan to buy Labuan Shipyard

Hutchison Ports to deepen terminal in Poland

Adani to bid for Port of Brisbane

Total throughput of Russian ports to reach 750m tons by 2015, Transport Ministry official says

NYK Logistics hires two executives

Barge crash closes Houston ship channel

Vostochny Port’s throughput down 3% in Jan-Sept, to 11m tons

Pirates demand $15mn for Maltese ship

Hapag-Lloyd hikes bond to $700 million

EuroChem gets a 25% stake in Baltic General Gargo

Crude-futures price is down to $83.28 in London, in New York to $81.47

Cargotec wins order for 14 Kalmar Edrive straddle carriers