News 2011 September 15

RTL Group’s Board taps new chairman

Container-ship glut clips peak season Asia-Europe rates, Maersk Chief says

Panama Canal Authority, Port of Corpus Christi ink MoU to promote trade opportunities

Antwerp Port to renew talks with Essar for investment in Hazira terminal

Kochi port shortlists 5 companies for liquid terminal project

US Congress moves to arm ships against pirates

India to participate in developing Iran’s Chabahar port

Pirates hijack vessel with 23 crew off Benin

Southampton objects to Liverpool cruise terminal plan

Reliance increases fuel exports in August

Cargo throughput at L.A. and Long Beach ports declines 5.8% to 376,190 TEU in August

Cruise ship with 262 aboard evacuated off Norway after catching fire

Mikhail Aivazov to head RMRS

Russian crude exports via Kozmino terminal up 3.6 percent in Jan-Aug

Los Angeles port box volume climbs 0.4 percent to 5.17 million tons

Hong Kong container traffic up 3.7 percent to 16.14 million TEUs

OOCL and Freightliner update contract for another ten years

China ports eight-month throughput rises 13.4 percent

ADPC holds keel laying for two new tugboats

Port of Nakhodka throughput down 7.2 percent to 9.96 million tons

Port Vostochny’s cargo volume grows 16.9 percent in Jan-Aug

Philippine, British governments announce support for SaveOurSeafarers campaign

LA-LB imports down 9.4 percent in August

MSC adds weekly calls on Mobile Container Terminal

Canada's west coast ports struggle, but Prince Rupert box volume up 33%

Hanjin launches 2 ‘world class’ cargo vessels in Subic Freeport

Sendai resumes international box operations

Port of Rotterdam rewards the 25 most sustainable vessels with a discount

Oil tanker waits off Libya for loading instruction

Rates for Asian tankers to stay near 2011 lows on supply glut

Salazar, Bromwich announce proposed rule to strengthen workplace safety in offshore oil&gas operations

ICS urges shipowners to get EEDI

Oil-tanker glut in Persian Gulf stays near an 11-month high

Marco Polo bags eight newbuildings contract

First Steamship improves H1 net profit

Global Ports posts H1 profit of $82.4m

Drewry transpacific container spot rates plunge 11% in less than 7 days

Deepwater Horizon joint investigation team releases final report

APL sets India-US peak surcharge

China's 5-year plan promotes Hong Kong as American logistics centre

Horizon Lines closes on $25m bridge loan

Governors urge New York to ease ballast rules

Florida Inland Port forges alliance with JaxPort

Crude futures price up to $112,4 in London, in New York - down to $88,91