http://www.fairplay.co.ukContinuously updated news for the shipping and maritime community from Fairplay International Shipping Weekly.60TheNewsSystemTue, 09 Feb 2010 11:28:42 GMThttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100209000009CHINA’S leading shipbuilding group, China State Shipbuilding Corp, is expecting a rebound in newbuilding contracts this year, with shipping showing signs of recovery.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:22:00 GMTCompany: China State Shipbuilding Corphttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100209000010ALARM is spreading among environmentalists as shampoo and other cleaning chemicals were in one of the containers that fell into the Baltic Sea, Fairplay was told today.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:21:00 GMTPort: St PetersburgCompany: Containerships Ltd OY (Containerships Group)http://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100209000011A MAERSK-chartered box ship is today being fumigated to eradicate beetles after Australian quarantine authorities swatted away the vessel.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:19:00 GMThttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100209000003NORWAY’S offshore equipment company Odim told Fairplay today it has won a $3.9M contract from ‘K’ Line Offshore.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:24:00 GMTCompany: ODIM ASACompany: 'K' Line Offshore AShttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100209000001INDONESIA'S government-owned PT Pertamina is planning a bidding round by the end of February to acquire LNG carriers for conversion to floating LNG receiving terminals.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:40:00 GMTCompany: Direktorat Explorasi & Produksi (PERTAMINA)http://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100209000002THE KREMLIN has made an unusual move to back fleet operators.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:40:00 GMThttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000021NORWAY’S STX Europe has posted losses of $7M for 4Q09, but preliminary results for the full year show a positive income of $22M, from losses of $67M in 2008.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:00 GMTCompany: STX Europe ASAhttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000015SEANERGY today backed out of its planned Capesize acquisition in response to China’s restriction of bank lending.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMTCompany: Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corphttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000020US CONTAINER imports are expected to jump by 25% year-on-year in the first half of 2010, according to a new forecast.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:15:00 GMThttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000017CROWLEY will pay $14M to settle a class-action suit alleging antitrust violations in the Puerto Rico container trade.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:51:00 GMTCompany: Crowley Maritime Corphttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000019CUSTOMER theft and rate undercutting are among the charges filed by one non-vessel operating common carrier against another at the US Federal Maritime Commission.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:51:00 GMThttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000005ODFJELL has reported an $11M net profit for 2009 thanks to two large one-off payments, an analyst told Fairplay today.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:12:00 GMTCompany: Odfjell ASAhttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000014VIKING Line has cancelled an order at Spanish yard Astilleros de Sevilla, the second cancellation at the troubled yard since Friday.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:46:00 GMTPort: SevilleCompany: Viking Line AbpCompany: Astilleros de Sevilla SAhttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000009TOXIC chemicals have reportedly fallen off a Finnish container ship into the Baltic Sea.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:24:00 GMTPort: RotterdamPort: DanskCompany: Oy Langh Ship ABhttp://www.fairplay.co.uk/secure/display.aspx?articlename=dn0020100208000011South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries has been chosen to build an FSPO unit for ENI Norge and partner Statoil Petroleum.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:57:00 GMTCompany: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co LtdCompany: StatoilCompany: Aker Solutions ASA