News 2011 September 29

GEFCO UK appoints new Managing Director

China's Jiang Dong launches 35,000DWT vessel

Keppel secures USD 142 mln conversion contracts

Tansi buys 20 percent shares in Vostochny Port

World Maritime Day 2011 - "Piracy: orchestrating the response"

USC, St. Petersburg Govt set to create mega shipbuilding center

EUNAVFOR warship detains, disarms pirate boats

Kerch Strait bridge project goes ahead

Pirates release M/V EAGLE for ransom

Greek shipowner orders LNG tanker in Korea

Klaipeda port registers 40 cruise ship calls this year

Khabarovsk Shipyard lays ASD tug for Rosneft

ASW ship Severomorsk calls at Tartus, Syria

Fire at Shell's Singapore refinery surges again

10 Terex RTGs delivered to Xiamen container terminal

Perimeter security system to be installed at Haifa port

Russia ready to continue anti-piracy mission in Gulf of Aden

Singapore's PSA joins India's ABG to win Nhava Sheva terminal contract

Kuwait to receive 320,000-ton oil tanker from Korea

Chongqing launches container shipping service to Luzhou

DHL launches three Germany-Africa LCL services

Sinochem International to build chemical facilities in Lianyungang port

Marco Polo bags ship upgrading contract

Three container lines to launch India-China service

Baltic Fleet marines to visit Swedish naval base

Kuehne+Nagel appoints Rooney to Trans-Pacific post

Rongqing Group to build cold chain logistics base in eastern China

Maersk adds China port call to Asia-Europe Service

US Navy's warship to visit Vladivostok

Felixstowe port commissions berths to handle mega ships

Tsakos Energy Navigation secures time charters for eight tankers

MOL to raise capacity of Japan-Korea-Thailand CBE service in October

China Rongsheng gets $5.5bn credit facility

Port of Cadiz plans to boost container traffic

Pilot fatigue blamed in Eagle Otome collision

Vale's 3rd VLOC to serve Brazil

Trans-Siberian eight-month box traffic totals 747,302 TEUs

Ore shipments from Odessa port soar 69 percent to 2.2 million tons

Trans-Atlantic freight rates continue upward trend

Maersk confident giant ships won't ruin market

Yangzijiang launches 'Super Green' vessel

Crude futures price plummets to $103,81 in London, in New York - to $81,21