News 2012 April 9

Kazakhstan plans to build grain terminals in Iran and on Chinese border

Global maritime containerization market to reach 731 million TEUs by 2017

India сontainer traffic up 3 percent

EUROGATE presents German container terminals in South America

India's top three container terminals yet to cut rates

Fujairah oil terminal to begin operations in October

SOCAR begins using its oil terminal in UAE

Essar Shipping prepares to renegotiate vessel contracts

Arkhangelsk port’s throughput down 24.3 percent in Q1

Iraq resumes crude oil exports to Turkey port

Saudi oil shipper Vela books more tankers to U.S

World Container Index shows second large hike in Asia-to-Europe box rates in two months

Japan to map out safety standards for LNG-fueled ships

ZIM launches a new procurement organization as part of the strategic plan

FESCO’s bulker undergoes trials at Qingshan Shipyard

Petrobras charters six chemical/product tankers

Yangming Marine posts after-tax loss of NT$3.33 per share in 2011

Severnaya Verf to refit Algerian warships

Port of Helsinki traffic volume rises 2 percent in Jan-Mar

Transneft set to launch ESPO-2 in Oct-Nov 2012

OMS Shipping accepts delivery of three multipurpose tugs of Project TG-05

Port Ust-Luga doubles railcar handling in Jan-Mar

Aircrafts to deliver cargo to ice-bound Kamchatka region

Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Commercial Port Q1 throughput up to 1.6 million tons

SAJ sees Japanese shipbuilders steel consumption falling by 9.2pct in 2012

Chennai container terminals gets new cranes

First ADPC pilot boat arrives to Khalifa Port

Hanjin offers Tianjin to north Europe deploying 13,000-10,000-TEUers

Samsung Heavy gets drillship order

Vinashin may issue bonds to pay off debts

Courage Marine sells panamax for scrap

Port of Oakland supports 73,000 jobs

Port Vostochny’s first-quarter throughput rises 12.3 percent