News 2011 October 20

Charleston container volume up 17.6% in September

CSAV to fire 700 staff

Yildrim vetoes CMA?CGM plan for new containerships

Coal stockpiles at China's main ports increased to 11.185 mln tonnes

OOCL revenue slips despite higher liftings

CMA CGM Group to upgrade its ASEA service between Asia, Kenya and Tanzania

Essar Group firm plans to develop port in Mozambique

China's icebreaker will set sail on new Antarctic expedition in November

Maersk prepares expansion of its terminal capacity in Nigeria

DNV installs Navigator No. 2000 on container vessel HS Chopin

STRABAG secures contract to build new port in Oman

Norway's Teekay to spend USD 823 mln for Sevan FPSOs

India's Gujarat government finalises plans to develop six to seven new ports

Golar LNG rents out vessel for $39 mln for 3 years

Pumping of oil resumes from stricken ship off New Zealand

Canada to award C$33 bln in shipbuilding contracts

Port Angeles proposes $130 million budget, no tax hikes

Zhuhai Port to issue CNY 300 million in bills

3 dead, 5 missing in ships crash off Albania

UK navy seizes pirate mothership

Long Beach container throughput climbs 0.8 percent to 4.6 million TEUs

Novoship to buy back 10 percent of its outstanding shares

OOCL container volumes up 6.6 percent in Q3

MOL renders aid to flood victims in Thailand

Summa Group to build Rotterdam oil terminal

UIC delays transfer of Severnaya Verf shares to Central Bank

Van Oord wins to dredge Port of Klaipeda access channel

Port of Nantong throughput rises 14.5 percent in Jan-Aug

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard builds two icebreakers for Sovcomflot

Rizhao Port throughput may reach 200m tonnes in 2011

Pacific Shipping Trust Q3 profit falls to $6.3mln

Three new crude oil tanks officially in use at Maasvlakte Oil Terminal

Rickmers-Linie starts regular calls in Bilbao

Transpacific rates fall to $1,486/FEU, lowest in 21 months

Louisiana authorities, Ingalls Industries ink MoU to preserve Avondale JV

Rena insurer to meet disaster obligations

Sea Port St. Petersburg throughput down 5 percent in Jan-Sept

Port of Osaka throughput grows 15.2% to over 1m TUEs

Guizhou signs customs deal with Shenzhen, Guangxi, Yunnan, Zhanjiang

Crude futures price down to $108,39 in London, in New York - to $86,11