News 2011 January 19

Crude exports from Russia unchanged, at 226,6m tons in Jan-Nov 2010, Rosstat says

HHI wins a $1bn contract for new drillships from NDH

Port of Brisbane’s terminals to handle ships from Jan.19

Ukraine to inject over 1bn hryvna in upgrade of ports’ facilities

Throughput of Krasnodar region’s ports down 1.3% to 153.7m tons

Alexei Klyavin joins the Association of Shipping Companies

Rosmorport’s St. Petersburg branch announces new appointments

E.R. Schiffahrt cancels AHTS orders at Korean shipyard

IMB reports dramatic growth of pirates’ attacks in 7 years

Tallink posts Q1 net income of € 1,1m

Competition authorities probe Stena-DFDS deal

China Shipping Container Lines halts trade in Hong Kong

Daewoo Shipbuilding to focus on offshore facilities due to high demand

Zim announced a general rate increase from India to Europe

Euronav reports Q4 2010 results

Hanjin receives two post-panamax ships

Samudera buys container ship for $13.6m

Long Beach 2010 container throughput up 23.6 percent to 1.2 million TEUs

Lloyd’s Register takes just under 30% of China and Korea newbuilding orders in 2010

NYK changes VLOC orders in DACOS

Japan export ship orders soar 162%

Crude futures price settles at $97.8 in London, in New York - at $91.38