News 2011 October 25

China may invest in Iran LNG plant construction

Northern European seaports offer most efficient route for container transport, says NEA

GE to buy stake in fuel-storage terminals

China to expand Dandong port

Deliveries of new containerships surpass one million TEU

O.W. Bunker fuels recruitment drive for physical division

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announces a time charter-in for an LR2 product tanker

Classification society ClassNK tops 190 mln gross tons

Maersk's drilling unit signs $780 mln deal with BP

Fitch maintains TransContainer on rtg watch negative

Rio Tinto blames iron ore price fall on Vale

China's shipbuilding orders drop 42.8 percent on-year to 29 million DWTs

DP World Q3 gross container volumes up 10 pct

Developing countries disagree with Hong Kong Convention on end-of-life ships

KOTC gets final oil tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding

Port of Seattle imports down 22.6 percent in September

DP World says volumes to grow over 7 pct in 2012

Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Harbor to become an LME hub

DP World has no plan to sell assets

Maersk deploys emissions monitoring system as part of biofuels initiative

COSCO Dalian completes VLCC to FPSO conversion job

Salalah Port GCT project to drive minerals, commodities growth

Horizon Lines to end Trans-Pacific services to China, Guam

INTTRA breaks transaction records

China Shipping spends $110m to buy four bulkers

Courage Marine buys new bulker for $26.6m

Samudera Shipping Q3 profit down 37.8% to $3.9mln

Dolphin Offshore profit plunges 92%

10 pirates board oil tanker of Kochi