News 2011 August 15

Investigators unveil causes of M/V Bulgaria sinking

Nevsky Shipyard lays 3rd RSD49 dry cargo ship for North-Western Fleet

Port of Murmansk cargo volume grows 10.6 percent to 8.2m tons

Port of Singapore throughput rises 6.4 percent to 312.8m tons

Port of Hong Kong box volume climbs 3.3 percent to 13.93m TEUs

Singapore July bunker sales down 5.6% to 3.64 mln tonnes

105-meter DSV Don Daniel arrives in Rotterdam

Suction dredger 'Junhai V' fabricated by GDC docked for closure

Los Angeles port container throughput down 5.8 percent in July

Christening ceremony of the TONG YUN

Matson Navigation to end Hong Kong-US West Coast service

10 China ports to be among top 20 in 2011

China Kingho to build Mozambique coal terminal

Nanjing Tanker posts H1 loss of 320m yuan

STX Pan Ocean foresees delays in bulker newbuildings

Shipping Corporation of India may hive-off offshore business into separate unit

OSX Brasil to expand with 14 more FPSO vessels

Pella Shipyard wins to supply a tug for Port of Riga

STX Finland Turku Shipyard starts building multipurpose deck cargo vessel

Maersk transforms 8,700 TEUs into 10,000 TEUs by stacking size of ships

Varun Shipping reports Q1 net loss of $7.8m

North-West Shipping H1 net loss grows 14.3 percent

Swiber secures $112m offshore services contracts

FE Railroad’s box volume soars 35 percent to 128 000 units.

CPV throughput is down 6.1% to 3.7 m tons

Russian ASW ship escorts 9th convoy in the Gulf of Aden

New offshore vessel named in Norway

UASC adds Asia-Europe Peak Surcharge

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for M/V Boston

Prison term for former shipyard NDT inspector

Rotterdam terminal updates AGVs

Crude futures price is up to $108,03 in London, in New York - down to $85,38

Syrian warships shell port city

Oil spill at Gannet platform is under control, Shell says

Germany takes over responsibility for Task Force 465