News 2011 January 12

Kotka port’s throughput soars 50.5% to 11,3m tons

Freight flows via Yuzhny port grows by 5.2% to 18,22m tons

New blast near oil port Fos-Lavera, traffic normal

Australia floods cut 5pct of world coking coal supply

14 firms bid for India Vizhinjam port project

Keppel eyes buyout of Subic shipyard

Adani plans six ports in India by 2015

Iraq to buy nine ships for $100 million

Panama exits shipping 'grey list'

Demand for LR1 clean tankers rises in NW Europe and Mediterranean

Far East-US trade volumes rise 17 per cent in 2010

Active global containership fleet grows 21pc to 14 million TEU in January

Maersk to add two 13,092-TEU ships to AE-7 service

Indian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates off Oman

DP World shares rise to $0.666

Crude exports via CPC Terminal up 0.9% to 34,9m tons in 2010

French port workers go on strike

NY-NJ terminals closing for winter storm

Port of Oulu’s freight volume hits record high in 2010

Ilyichevsk Port’s throughput fall 7.5% in 2010 to 15m tons

Trade flows via Tallinn port grow 16% to 36,65m tons in 2010

MSC hikes Europe-South America bunker surcharges

Pavel Oleynik appointed Managing Director of Sea Port of St. Petersburg

Temryuk Port’s freight turnover drops 7.4% in 2010 to 2,11m tons

Floods in Australia may effect gloval coal and steel market

Kavkaz Port posts a 18.8% gain to 9,65m tons in 2010

Rosterminalugol’s coal throughput up 6% to 7,5m tons

Vanino Port’s cargo throughput grows 0.2% to over 6m tons

Petersburg Oil Terminal handles 12,2m tons of oil products in 2010

SCF orders two VLCCs from Chinese shipyard

Crude-futures price is up to $97.61 in London, in New York - to $91.11