News 2011 September 23

Norilsk Nickel’s investment in Murmansk terminal to reach RUB 1.1bn

Suez Canal transits slump 35 percent in Jan-Aug

Exports of Kazakhstan wheat to Iran halted

UK P&I Club has concerns about ECDIS introduction

Russia expects grain exports to be 23m tons in 2011-2012, official says

NCC Logistics box volume grows to 2640 TEUs

Weekly report of China Export Container Transport Market

VOPAK plans expansion of Dutch LNG terminal

Huanghua port starts berth construction

Marco Polo wins contract to build five barges

Swiber orderbook swells to $1bn

SapuraCrest spends $227m on two heavylifts

Manila port rises security with radiation detection upgrade

Mercator Lines buys 50% stake in Indonesian coal mine

HHI gets USD 530 mln drillship order from Noble Drilling Holding

New rules at port of Mombasa to cut business expenses

Ethiopian Shipping Lines finalises preparation to buy 9 ships

Throughput of Nikolayev regional ports slides 6.6 percent to 15 million tons

Sri Lanka BOI says signed $500 mln port deal with China Merchants

SITC exercises and extends shipbuilding options

Prosecutor’s Office finds depths discrepancy at Vostochny port

Port tech companies invited to India trade mission

Eitzen Chemical to terminate two charterparties

Diana Shipping enters into time-charter agreements with EDF Trading

Malaysia's SapuraCrest awards $227 mln vessel job to China's Cosco Nantong

Prosecutor’s Office accuses Nakhodka Harbormaster over safety negligence

Chongqing's Cuntan bonded port area trade value hit US$5.6 billion

Tidewater announces fiscal Q2 financial results

Zim follows Hapag-Lloyd, drops Nhava Sheva and diverts to Mundra

Waterways seek project prioritization

Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard launches 56.000 DWT bulk carrier

DMCA, Maritime stakeholders to establish professional bunker standard in UAE

Belkomur design will require RUB 3 billion, regional official says

Hamburg Sud christens its new 7100teu boxship in Brazil

Statoil announces small discovery on Aldous Major North

Asia-US spot rates decline 5.6pc to US$1,561 per FEU, says Drewry's

Federal court won’t rehear Horizon stockholders’ suit

U.S. Coast Guard orders more response boats from Marinette

Hallin dedicates ROV support vessel

Fincantieri to build third mega-yacht for Compagnie du Ponant

Maersk hikes Asia-New Zealand rates

Crude futures price plummets to $105,49 in London, in New York - to $80,51