News 2010 December 28

Duisburg Port's container throughput up 25%

Pirates hijack MV EMS RIVER in the Indian Ocean

Indian ports to improve hazardous materials handling

MV MARIDA MARGUERITE released

AO BMGS, KPA ink a €6,7m contract for expansion of Klaipeda port

Signs of growth trend in Russia’s shipbuilding, up 5% in 2011-2013

Sri Lanka's CPC back to bunkering business

Oka Shipyard delivers CV for the Russian Navy

Kozmino Terminal expects crude exports at 15,3m tons this year-end

Russian export oil duty increase effective from Jan 1, 2011

Keppel wins $185 mln contract

Tata NYK Shipping Pte Ltd plans to double its fleet by 2014

Korean ports’ throughput up by 13.5% to 106.79m tons in November

SITC orders two boxships

Qingdao port's box volume up 25.6 pc in the first 11 months

South China’s largest oil terminal in Zhanjiang port begins operation

Somali pirates release Germany's tanker for $5.5m ransom

Maersk upgrades South America feeder service

Crude-futures price is down to $91 in New York

China expects foreign trade to top US$2.9 trillion this year