News 2011 April 1

SCPI posts throughput decline in Q1, 2011 to 3,76m tons

Singapore completes 30% of LNG terminal

TransAtlantic sells three roro ships

OW Bunker launches operation in Brazil

NYK outlines $6bn fleet expansion plan

APL to scan Japan exports at Yokohama port

Indian Navy captures 61 pirates from one mothership

PetroChina to build refinery in Chongqing

Volga Shipping starts navigation on the Lower Volga

Rebels seize key cocoa port in Ivory Coast

IFG Port Holdings Invests $59.5mln in Louisiana grain export terminal

Radioactive contamination of fish products detected on two ships in Primorsky Territory

TransAtlantic CEO resignes

APM Terminal invests N28b in Apapa Port

DonRechFlot starts river navigation-2011

Mombasa port gets new Sh500 mln container depot

Hyundai Heavy Industries gets order for 6,500 CEU car carrier

Nippon Yusen car shipments down on Toyota earthquake blow

LA-LB terminals reduce off-peak gates

MSC raises Trans-Atlantic rates from May 1

Asian clean tanker freight rates rise to $10.02 last week

Ouhua Shipbuilding buys Zhejiang yard

China’s shipping companies return to profit

Crude exports via Kozmino in Q1, 2011 up 10% to 3,6m tons

LA-Long Beach ports plan expansion

93 ships need icebreaker assistance in the Gulf of Finland

Crude futures price soars to $117,2 in London, in New York - to $106,72