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1	Port Hedland Sept iron ore exports rise 15% 15th October 2010 Iron ore shipments from Port Hedland rose 15 per cent to 15.673 million tonnes in September, according to port authority figures.
2	S. Korea: Ban on Single Hull Tankers in 2011 14th October 2010 South Korea plans to ban single-hulled oil tankers from its waters from 2011 in an effort to prevent oil spill incidents, government officials said on Sunday
3	New orders up 200% 13th October 2010 Global new building orders shot up by 200% in the first nine months of 2010, figures from the world’s leading shipbroker show.
4	Who's who of the ports industry heads to Vietnam Lloyd's List - 12/07/10 VIETNAM, sited on the crossroads of maritime trade lanes, has been described as a smaller version of China: it has a communist government, but with an open door for foreign investment.
5	Growth in Asia Structural, not cyclical says London Metal Exchange chief Lloyd's List - 12/07/10 GROWTH in demand for commodities including metals in Asia is surging as nations ramp up infrastructure spending, according to the head of the London Metal Exchange, the biggest marketplace for industrial metals, Bloomberg reports.
6	Land-side infrastructure key to Vietnamese container trade Lloyd's List - 24/05/10 Vietnam's fast-growing container trade needs to be matched by land-side infrastructure if potential port bottlenecks are to be avoided, writes Roger Hailey.
7	Arrival of a giant marks new phase for Vietnam Lloyd's List - 12/05/10 A little bit of history was made yesterday around 80 km south of Ho Chi Minh City when the largest ship ever to dock in Vietnam pulled up in the sweltering afternoon sun at the SP-PSA International Port in Vung Tau.
8	Petro Vietnam receives FSO Lloyd's List - 28/04/10 Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry has delivered a 150,000-tonne floating storage and offloading unit to PetroVietnam Technical Service, an affiliate of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, in the northern port city of Haiphong, writes Hui Ching-hoo in Hong Kong.
9	Maersk to start 9,000 teu ship calls to Vietnam Lloyd's List - 01/04/10 MAERSK Line will become the first carrier to introduce the post-panamax class 9,000 teu vessel to Vietnam when it adjusts its Trans-Pacific 6 service to add a direct all-water call from south Vietnam to the US west coast in May, writes Colum Murphy in Hong Kong.
10	Vinalines plans $2.4bn fleet expansion Lloyd's List - 26/03/10 VIETNAM National Shipping Lines confirmed expansion plans worth $2.4bn between now and 2015, increasing tonnage by 6m dwt to 7m dwt, writes Colum Murphy.
11	Vietnam prepares shipbuilding master plan 16/03/2010 Vietnam is preparing a new master plan for shipbuilding according to a source close to its maritime regulatory body, Vinamarine. Under the new master plan to be formalised early next year, the prospective building of ships or docks will have to conform to the guidelines and principles laid out in the new master plan.
12	Vietnam’s 2010 exports still rely on key markets 12/03/2010 Having faced numerous barriers while expanding to new export markets, many local businesses have temporarily put such efforts on hold to focus on key markets with which they have strong relationships.
13	VN welcomes largest vessel yet 15/02/2010 BA RIA-VUNG TAU - SP-PSA International Port yesterday successfully handled a trial call by a Maersk Line 352m-long container vessel, the Albert Maersk, the largest ship ever to call at a Vietnamese port, whether by length, deadweight tonnage or container capacity.
14	Vinalines fleet continues to grow 05/02/2010 Viet Nam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) announced they invested US$180 million last year to buy 13 new seagoing cargo ships and one container ship. Last year’s purchases raised the company’s total loading capacity by 320,000 tonnes to 2.7 million tonnes, accounting for 45 per cent of the capacity of the entire nation’s fleet.
15	DP World's Vietnam Terminal Opened 01/02/2010 Hiep Phuoc near Ho Chi Minh City operating since October. DP World said on Sunday its new container terminal at Hiep Phuoc, near Ho Chi Minh City, had opened last year. The Saigon Premier Container Terminal, which is operated by DP World, began operations in October 2009.
16	Itochu and Vinashin plan new port in north Vietnam 29/01/2010 JAPAN’S Itochu has submitted a proposal to Vietnam¡¯s transport ministry for the construction of a $165m port in the northern city of Haiphong, writes Roger Hailey. Itochu plans to join state-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) in building the port, according to Dau Tu newspaper, which said that the project will include two container parks.
17	Vietnam, Greece hold great cooperative potential 14/01/2010 Despite the geographic distance, Vietnam and Greece hold huge potential for expanding bilateral cooperation in economy, trade, investment, culture and social affairs, said the Vietnamese government leader.
18	Vietnam-US East Coast direct shipment service debuts 10/01/2010 M.V. OOCL America, the first container ship of the Grand Alliance, docked at Tan Cang-Cai Mep deep-water seaport in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on January 9 before sailing directly to the US East Coast.
19	Vietnam seeks billions for ports overhaul 09/12/2009 HANOI - Despite the global economic downturn, Vietnamese trade is outpacing its outdated and overworked ports infrastructure. Filling the capacity gap will require substantial foreign investment, but questions about the country's underlying financial health, including a recent sharp devaluation of the local currency, could hamper those inflows.
20	Key ports unlock potential of Vietnam 15/11/2009 Another deep-sea port will also get underway in the north in less than a month. Van Phong Transshipment Port in Van Phong Bay, Khanh Hoa Province will be able to handle container ships carrying up to 9,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of freight once the first stage is finished.