News 2011 October 6

Algeria unveils plan for new port

Ust-Luga cargo traffic soars 87 percent in Jan-Sept

First call of the Hanseatic at Odessa port

STCW-F Convention goes into effect in 2012

BP shuts Rotterdam refinery unit for maintenance

Australia's Port Hedland iron ore shipments down 1 pct in Sept

DP World agrees for 20-yr financing for London Gateway

Marubeni, Teekay make joint bid for Maersk LNG unit

Maersk ‘opts for price war’ on Asia-Europe route

Philippines to become 4th leading shipbuilder in the world

Russia’s southern ports see grain exports surge

Customs eyes relocation of posts in Big Port St. Petersburg

Saudi Arabia's National Chemical Carriers gets new chemical tanker

Maersk adds Malaysia-Mozambique calls

Honda Marine launches new four-stroke engine

Caterpillar wins order to power 16 new offshore vessels in Brazil

Vysotsk Coal Terminal throughput soars 48 percent in Jan-Sept

Brunswick Rail takes delivery of first new-generation railcars

EUNAVFOR warship saves five Somali fishermen

BTT prepares for large vessels

Multipurpose Bronka Terminal project gains pace

Private persons won’t buy nuclear-powered icebreakers, Rosatom says

Port of Brunswick's Ro-Ro throughput soars 40 percent

Qatari LNG cargo to be delivered to Belgium

Ventspils Port's nine-month throughput up 12 percent to over 21 m tons

London P&I Club warns of inflated claims

Dalian Port to issue RMB 1 bln of offshore RMB bonds

Panama Canal cruise season opens

Horizon expects completion of a $655m refinancing by Thursday

New 400-kilometre expressway opens in north eastern Liaoning province

Wan Hai to expand service

Japan's Toko Kaiun Kaisha installs water treatment system on two bulkers

Evac to equip newbuilds with wastewater handling system

Evergreen reinforces intra-Asia service

Australian container ports face strikes, go-slows, overtime refusals

India ports' boxes volume grows 4.3 percent

Crude futures price rebounds to $102,73 in London, in New York - to $79,68