News 2011 January 20

Klaipeda Port reports a 10.9% growth to 31,27m tons

SILPORT’s cargo throughput soars by 40% to 3,5m tons in 2010

Maritime piracy costs global community up to $12 billion a year

Kuehne + Nagel launches KN Euro-Line

China plans high-speed rail to Singapore in 5 years

Kuwait Petroleum invests $100 mln in steam generation complex at the port of Rotterdam

Seattle 2010 container throughput up to 2.1 million TEU

Exports via Primorsk down 2% to 77,54m tons

Throughput of the Big Port of St. Petersburg rises by 15.2% to 58m tons (Update)

Krasnoyarsk shipyard to build bunker ship for Norilsk Nickel

MV Motivator released from pirate control

Pirates hijack Mongolian-flagged bulker in the Indian Ocean

VSC’s terminal starts handling reefer containers

Transgarant posts strong results for 2010

Conteinersteve Oy’s workers stage walk out at the port of Kotka

Zim to launch Tampa-Mexico service

Hyundai Heavy gets $1.03bn drillship order

ASL Marine completes purchase of 21 vessels

Singapore's FSL Trust posts a full year net loss of $5.7m

Container ship overcapacity to last 12 months - Alphaliner

Alibaba to invest in Chinese logistics market

Paris MOU warns on tanker damage stability problems

China Shipping Container Lines expects a substantial increase in profits for 2010

Wartsila to supply scrubber for Containerships Ltd

EC makes no decisions yet on Croatia?s shipyards

Crude futures price rises to $98.16 in London, in New York - down to $91.81