News 2011 August 4

Pirates attack two oil tankers off Benin coast

CNOOC starts construction of LNG facilities in Hainan

Eagle Bulk Shipping posts $1.4 mln loss for fiscal second quarter

Panamanian ship sinks off Mumbai coast, 30 crew rescued

Rolls-Royce lands a ?50m contract for AHTS vessels from Farstad Shipping

Rolls-Royce secures ?20m from major Norwegian ship owner

Helsinki port’s cargo volume grows 5 percent to 5.9 m tons

Suspected Libya rebels seize fuel tanker off Malta

Hutchison Whampoa H1 profit up 632 percent to $5.95 billion

Pelindo II to build two ports in Indonesia

Port of Salalah looks to capture sea-air market

Oman extends bidding deadline for expansion of refinery in port of Sohar

Suez Canal revenues up to $5.05 billion in 2010/11 fiscal year

Odessa port's cargo traffic up 3.2% to 14.4m tons

MOL and Hoegh Autoliners create Euro Marine Logistics to handle? European short sea transportation of vehicles

Trans-Pacific spot rates hit 20-month low

Diana Containerships reports Q2 loss of $600,000

Seaspan takes delivery of 63rd ship

Sri Lanka Ports Authority starts a project to widen a bridge inside the Colombo port

Mitsubishi Heavy wins cruiseship orders

Pacific Basin H1 net income down 94 percent

Yang Ming, OOCL to combine China-India Service

Yangzijiang gets $21.7m of government aid

Turkmenbashi port to buy 2 pilot boats

NewLead Holdings Ltd receives new 35.000dwt dry bulk vessel Navios Serenity

Jumbo Shipping appoints agent in Brazil

US container imports grow 4%

Cochin Shipyard to complete and launch aircraft carrier this Dec

Prospector Offshore orders two more jack-ups at Shanghai Waigaoqiao

CMA CGM’s low liquidity troubles bond investors

Crude futures price drops to $113,23 in London, in New York - to $91,93