News 2011 August 17

NWS' heavy-lift carriers dock at Big Port St. Petersburg

Zelenodolsk Shipyard launches A145 Project lead ship

Dubai's Drydocks $2.2 bln loan deal unlikely in 2011

South Korea signes $84 billion LNG deals with Shell, Total

Japan's IHI-led consortium wins LNG EPC contract

CMA CGM Group inks MoU for Jamaica's Gordon Cay Container Terminal

Rickmers Linie extends its executive board

Sri Lanka signes a $500 mln port deal with China Merchants

MV Zealand Delilah docks at dry bulk terminal in Tuapse

Maersk CEO sees no signs container growth is slowing

New port project in Arkhangelsk to be funded through federal program

Courage Marine sells bulker for scrap

Charleston container throughput down 4.4 percent to 115,168 TEUs in June

Port of Algeciras container throughput up by 47 % in June

World's biggest solar boat docks in Hong Kong

Oil spill in Kherson harbor

SinOceanic buys 13,100 TEU newbuilding from MSC and charters it back

Revenues at the Suez Canal hit US$450 million in July

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering posts Q1 profit of RM79.3m

Iran rejects reports on seizure of its ships

Emirates sets Congestion Fee at Nehru Port

Maersk profit climbs 8 percent in H1, 2011

Great Lakes iron ore trade up 18% in July

Horizon Lines appoints VP International Services

Bangladesh Supreme Court allows ship breaking to continue

China's Dongfang Shipbuilding to list on London Market

ABB gets $200 million marine orders from Samsung Heavy Industries

Los Angeles, Long Beach port terminals agree to reduce diesel emissions

New Vietnam terminal receives first Maersk ship

North Sea discovery larger than expected, Statoil says

China Merchants, Cosco, IMC and Qingdao Port sign harbour development deal

Hamburg half-year container volume up 17.4 percent to 4.3m TEUs

Conrad Industries reports increased income and earnings

Crude futures price down to $109,47 in London, in New York - to $87,65