News 2011 October 18

Pro-shipbuilding bill passes second reading in State Duma

NSR’s traffic volume may total 3 m tons this year, Rosatomflot says

Kaliningrad port cargo traffic up 16.4 percent to 2.76 million tons

Court orders UIC to hand over Severnaya Verf’s shares to Central Bank of Russia

Port of Salalah to open sea-air cargo corridor

NOL fleet switches to marine gasoil in Singapore port

Portugal to invest $3.4b in port infrastructure

Century Logistics buys products tanker for $4.8m

Mozambique to ask Japan for $300 mln port funding

Murmansk Fishing Port throughput up 17.6 percent in Jan-Sept

Freeport Indonesia mine halts copper output

Weather stops oil recovery from stricken ship off New Zealand

MOL completes disaster response drill in Tokyo Bay

FESCO set to streamline the Group management

NOL revenue drops but volumes rise in four-week period

CMA CGM, MSC and CSAV reshuffle Asia-Americas service

MSC to donate $1m towards clean-up

Marco Polo wins shipbuilding contracts worth $27m

Rosmorport names Bobrov as CEO

ICTSI to deploy 8 RTGs at Manila terminal

Precious Shipping inks $85m loan from two banks

Maersk to lease two tankers

Odfjell buys chemical tanker

NCRW boosts exports/imports handling by 5.9 percent in September

Insurers vow to pay for Rena disaster

Port of Antwerp commences construction of largest lock in the world

FTS updates port dues at three southern ports of Russia

AAR reports gains in weekly rail traffic

Maersk plans to use armed guards on its ships

Port of Antwerp throughput rises 7.5 percent in Jan-Sept

CSX to haul Maersk cargo from Virginia to Midwest

First serial Borei-class sub ready for sea trials

Zentech to convert derrick barge for wind farm work

Ningbo Port Q3 throughput up 23.4% to 102.04 million tonnes

JNPT set to get PIB nod for widening of Mumbai harbour channel

Beijing spent US$22.9 billion in 5 years for interior roads, waterways

CHEC launches deepwater port project in Cameroon

Brazilia renegotiates all ports contracts

Wuhan to build Yangluo port area to serve middle and upper Yangtze

Shanghai Shipping Exchange seeks to open futures trading to foreigners

APL appoints new president for its North Asia business

Sea trials of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov put off

T.S. Lines launches India-Middle East Service

Crude futures price is down to $110,16 in London, in New York - to $86,38