News 2011 January 14

Alexei Klyavin elected president of ASC

Maersk to inject $2bn in Brazil, to boost the Group's oil division

St. Pb - Helsinki ferry line carries 154ths passengers in 2010

Norilsk Nickel mulls buyout of Yenisei River Shipping

Sovfracht-Sovmortrans Group expects strong results for 2010

Trade flows via Ust-Luga port grow 13.6% to 11,81m tons

KSCP’s cargo throughput soars 1,3 times to over 3m tons

Daewoo sees 18% gain in offshore orders this year

Topaz wins $48m contract from Maersk Oil Qatar

Los Angeles 2010 container throughput up 16 percent to 7.8 million TEUs

Korea ship export is likely to decline 5.6% this year

Gladstone's $16bn project will start LNG exports in 2015

Pirates board Danish tanker in Malaysian waters

Titan affiliate raises $20m to fund oil terminals expansion

India launches $110 bln maritime plan

Hamburg Sud reorganizes in North America

Rhine acid tanker could take days to shift

Suez Canal's revenues rise by 2.5% to $423m in December

Russian Gov't sells its stake in Yenisei Shipping on March 1st

New appointment at Rosmorport’s Murmansk branch

Charleston port revamps container handling system

Australia's Brisbane port to remain shut until Sunday

Evergreen divides intra-Asia loop into two services

Tianjin port hits 10 million TEU and 400 million tonnes in 2010

Crude futures price down to $98.06 in London, in New York - to $91.40

East-west freight rates to drop 7pc in 2011: Drewry