News 2010 October 13

Rosmorport invites bids for dredging project in the Saimaa waterway

Sea Connect starts new container service between Rotterdam and Tallinn and Klaipeda

Royal Rotra to build container terminal in Doesburg

Vinashin names new chairman

Russia to ease customs procedure for transit ships passing via the NSR

India's govt approves building of new container terminal at Chennai Port

Estonia's railroad freight volume up 15% in Jan-Sept, to 21.4m tons

Singapore bunker sales up 5.3% to 3.55m tonnes in September

Somali pirates brought to German court

Danish tanker attacked off Lagos

Port of Gothenburg plans to establish new infrastructure for LNG bunkering

Adani group outlines expansion plans for Mundra port

Grand Alliance announces Winter Program for Far East Europe services

Freight volume handled by ASCP in Jan-Sept is up 27.8%, to 1.24m tons

Nine-month cargo turnover of Tallinn Port rises 16.8% to 27.26m tons

Jurong Port plans to set up terminals in Orissa

Legislation flaws hamper smooth short sea trade logistics

Helsinki-Tallinn ferry lines suffer from overcapacity

COSCO Pacific Chairman resigns

Shipbuilder STX OSV plans $400 mln Singapore IPO

SCI hikes rates from India to Europe

Nordecon and Sillamae Port to build a parking lot for Russia-bound trucks

Gazprom says it prepares Shtokman 1P investment project in due course

Ukraine’s Transport Ministry presents a $290m Ilyichevsk container terminal project in Brussels

Gazprom eyes Moscow's largest energy asset

Freight flows via Port of Singapore grow 7.28% in Jan-Sept, to 375m tons

MOL achieves continuous operation of main engine in all load ranges

Oman port to build $195 million cargo terminal

French dockworkers join nationwide strikes

US Govt to lift ban on Gulf of Mexico oil drilling

EBRD gives a RUB650m loan to Globaltrans to upgrade its rolling stock

Azerbaijan and Lithuania sign merchant shipping and trucking agreements

Crude-futures price down to $83.50 in London, in New York to $81.67