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| California\'s January exports jump 18.5% | |  | | California’s merchandise exports increased in January for the third consecutive month, demonstrating a rebound that’s getting the state back to early 2007 levels.
That’s according to a University of California Center Sacramento
analysis of international trade data released Thursday by the U. |
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| China cotton exports plunge, imports surge | |  | | Cotton exports by China plunged by nearly 79 percent while imports surged in the first month of this year. According to country’s Ministry of Agriculture, China's cotton exports fell to 204.9 tons while its cotton imports quadrupled to 329,000 tons in January. |
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| BP Books Tanker for ESPO Crude Oil to U.S. West Coast | |  | | BP Plc, Europe’s largest oil and gas company, chartered a tanker to ship Russian East Siberian Pipeline Oil to the U.S. West Coast, according to fixture reports from shipbrokers.
BP fixed the 80,000 deadweight-ton Iblea, classed as an Aframax tanker,
to carry the crude oil from Kozmino Bay, near Vladivostok in the Russian
Far East, to the U. |
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| Chemical Tanker Robbed In Johor Waters | |  | | A group of men brandishing knives, robbed a chemical tanker anchored off south Tanjung Ayam, Johor early Thursday.
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery
against Ships in Asia Information Sharing Centre here said the robbers
boarded the tanker, SP Athens, via the aft at 3. |
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| Freight transport index rises during month of January | |  | | The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.4 percent in January from its December 2009 level, rising after the index was unchanged in December,
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) reports. |
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| Nigeria: Nimasa Partners U.S. Navy On Surveillance | |  | | The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is partnering with the United States Navy in monitoring vessels within and outside the Nigerian waters. |
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| Too many ships ignore anti-piracy precautions, EU commission says | |  | | Too many ships passing through the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden ignore basic safety precautions, the European Union's executive said Thursday as it urged member states to warn shipping companies of the dangers. |
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| Egypt\'s SIIC cancels 300,000 T sugar tender | |  | | Egypt's state-owned Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) said on Thursday that it had cancelled a tender to buy 300,000 tonnes of raw sugar for local consumption due to volatile prices. |
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| Nigeria: Ship Owners Petition NNPC\'s Over Engagement of Foreign Ships | | | Watchkeeper: Too many eggs in one basket? | |  | | There is a great deal of interest in electronic navigation at present. It is regarded as the way forward, offering efficiencies and increased safety through integrated navigation displays,
electronic charts and better electronic position finding. |
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