News 2011 March 5

Shanghai Port's delayed Belgium port JV starts operations-exec

Brostrom initiates new tanker cooperation

Port Of Rotterdam to support new Nangang Port in China

MV Constantza is banned to enter EU ports

Russian ports beef up its capacities by 5.3% to 660,7m tons

PTP starts handling crude exports at the port of Primorsk

American Feeder Lines to start first service

Freight flows via Russian seaports to grow this year by 6.5%, to 560m tons, RosMorRechFlot says

Lenmorniiproekt wins RUB 1,6bn contract for development of Taman port area project

St. Petersburg ferry is stuck in Ust-Luga Bay

FCT’s boxes volume up 8.3% to 169,136 TEUs in Jan-Feb, 2011

NYK starts new direct service between Europe and Northwest India, Pakistan, and the Middle East

Maersk shares drops on fear of price war

Greek tanker wards off pirates attack in the Indian Ocean

Trans-Pacific container trade to increase 9.1 % in 2011 - forecast

Cosco rises Asia-Europe rates by US$300/TEU

French warship joins the EUNAVFOR forces

63 merchant ships stuck in the Gulf of Finland eastern part

Crude futures prices up to $115,97 in London, in New York - to $104,42

MSC rises Trans-Atlantic rates