Beijing: China's major sea and river ports handled 42.12m teu of containers in the first half, up 22.4% year-on-year, Chinese authorities have announced. Container traffic for June totalled 7.54m teu.  [31/07/06]

Penang: Nautica Nova Shipbuilding & Engineering (NNSE) has won an order from Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship for two innovative combi-tugs, which incorporate the unique Carousel towing system. The 33-metre tugs are designed by...

Seoul: Korea's STX Shipbuilding has won a $205m order for three aframaxes for Turkish owner Aktif Shipping Co. The 115,000dwt vessels are set for delivery in 2008. The vessel type is something of a departure for STX, which normally builds...

Tokyo: NYK has secured a 20-year charter contract with Tokyo LNG Tanker Co which will result in the construction of a 153,000 cubic metre LNG carrier at Kawasaki Shipbuilding for delivery in 2009. The Japanese operator will have a 30% stake in the...

Tokyo: The New World Alliance (TNWA) - MOL, APL, and Hyundai Merchant Marine - are to join with member lines in the Grand Alliance in the transpacific trade - Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL - to offer a new Asia/US East Coast service via the Panama...

Felixstowe: Hutchison-owned Port of Felixstowe has welcomed what is officially the world's largest containership, the 9,560teu CSCL Xin Los Angeles. The vessel, which has a gross tonnage of 106,700, a length of 337 metres and a breadth of 45...

Mumbai: Essar Steel Ltd (ESL) is believed to be the first Indian company to have won ISO 27001:2005 certification fot its Information Security Management System, from Italian classification society RINA. The company's Global Data Centre in...

Dubai: A special celebration took place for the inaugural call of the 5,888teu OOCL Dubai in her namesake port, attended by various UAE dignitaries, OOCL toppers and the Consul General of the PRC in Dubai. The vessel is the first deployed on OOCL...

Doha: Technical studies of a new 140metre berth expansion at Qatar's Port of Ras Laffan, the world's largest LNG exporting facility, have been completed by BMT SeaTech, which concludes the project is accessible and creates no adverse...

Singapore: Singapore Technologies Marine, a unit of ST Engineering, has secured a $32m contract to repair and modify a cutter  suction dredger - a ship used for land reclamation - from Dutch-based Baggermaatschappij Boskalis. The work, which...