News 2010 October 12

TransContainer reveals IPO plans

Freight turnover of Ust-Luga port in Jan-Sept grows 15.8% to 8.31m tons

Throughput of the Big Port of St. Petersburg is up 14.7% to 42.55m tons in Jan-Sept

Cargo turnover of Russian ports in Jan-Sept up 6.7%, to 393.32 million tons

Yantar Shipyard bags a three warships contract, to be delivered to the Black Sea Navy by 2015

Throughput of Latvian ports is down 3.4% in Jan-Sept, to 45.5m tons

LUKOIL sets route for first Caspian oil shipment

CSX and Port of NY/NJ open Liberty Corridor Freightway

Port of Seattle announces new FTZ program

Sembcorp Marine wins S$351 mln FPSO conversion order

Russia plans coal port in Barents Sea

Golar LNG to build Jakarta LNG receiving terminal

Krasnoye Sormovo launches a 7,000dwt tanker

Kuehne + Nagel expands in Duisburg logport

Rosmorport eyes a terminals dredging project at the port of Ust-Luga, next year

Rosterminalugol posts a record volume loaded to a ship

Maersk warns over cost pressure for ports

Mongolian-flagged vessel sinks in Black sea, 3 still missing

Throughput of CPV rises 17% in Jan.-Sept. to 5.3m tons

South Korea's YS Heavy Industries reborns as 'Yeosu Offshore'

Tanker and container ship collide off Netherlands coast

French dock workers union calls for open-ended strike

US cargo imports to increase in October -NRF

Passengers and crew rescued from the burning LISCO GLORIA ship

Cargo turnover of Vanino Port is up 2.1% in Jan-Sept., to 4.64 m tons

Somali pirates hijack NYK ship off Kenya

NOL carry 6 pct more cargo in 4 wks to Sept 17

Italy to build $1.8 billion offshore terminal

New container shipping line to link Tallinn with Rotterdam

STX Offshore & Shipbuilding wins $555 mln order

Crude-futures price is down to $83.72 in London, in New York to $82.21