News 2011 October 4

Port of Helsinki throughput rises 4 percent to 7.6 million tons

Krasnoye Sormovo secures new order for 5 products tankers from VBT

DP World sees London Gateway port operation in Q4 2013

Three ships collide in Kolkata port

US mulls levy on cargo from BC ports

Yuzhny port’s nine-month throughput grows 29.1 percent

Work at Egypt's Al-Dekheila Port partially suspended

Bahrain opens new seafarer's centre

Rolls-Royce wins first order for Environship

Port of Cork announce new weekly container service

Modec converts tanker for Petrobras

BW Maritime idles two supertankers

SapuraCrest inks offshore vessel order

Sembcorp Marine secures FPSO conversion project

DP World to invest another $1 billion on London Gateway

Port of Aktau cargo volume down 4.8 percent in Jan-Sept

NYK, Evergreen, Hanjin Shipping to launch WIN service between India and north Asia

Chongqing launches container shipping service to Luzhou

K Line projects full year loss of $391m

OCSP throughput up 0.6 percent in Jan-Sept

Pirates rob chemical tanker off the coast of Benin amid mounting piracy threats in West Africa

FCS facilitates cargo clearance for foreign carriers

Hercules Offshore's liftboat capsizes near Port of Fourchon

Yang Ming puts 6,600-TEU vessel on Taiwan-US east coast service via Suez

Michael Else & Company debut PIMS, new insurance product

Maersk Line, Limited names ice-classed U.S.-flag tanker

Hanjin, Cosco cut two transpacific routes for the rest of the year

Safmarine announces merger into Maersk Line

Marinvest undertakes second NSR passage

Upgraded shipping service will help boost African trade

Congested Port of Chennai appeals for aid

Rolls-Royce wins first order for award-winning Environship

Crude futures price down to $101,761 in London, in New York - to $77,61

South Carolina blocks savannah dredging permit