News 2011 September 26

Environmental watchdog fines three Russian companies

Brussels may require shipyards to return the 'tax lease'

Marco Polo Marine wins contract to build five deck cargo barges

Pirates free hijacked Spanish oil tanker with crew

LUKOIL-Bunker supplies fuel to NSR-bound vessels

Yantian West Port expansion project passes acceptance

Star Bulk enters into time charter contract for ‘Star Polaris’

Shipping Corporation of India to acquire 24 new vessels

GL issues Safety Management Certificate for 5000th vessel

Pirates set cargo ship on fire after failed hijacking

Passenger ship burned in Indonesia, 4 killed

Turkey 'poised to start Mediterranean gas search'

Cargotec wins a large West Africa ship-to-shore crane contract

Bangladesh to set up LNG terminal

Thyssen may sell ship yards to British fund

Dubai World reopens Ain al-Sokhna port in Egypt

DP World plans to expand Jebel Ali Port

Oman ports register growth despite global economic downturn

Sinotrans, Keppel Logistics to develop and construct terminal in Wuhu

GL issues ISM/ISPS certificate for 5000th vessel

Alpha Trust controls 52 % of Torm

IHC Merwede launches heavy-lift jack-up NEPTUNE

Chevron to start work on huge Australia LNG hub

GL North American Committee meeting focuses on emissions control, ship efficiency

Channel extension readies Corpus Christi Terminal

China's ship industry's gross output up 25.6% in Jan-Jul

Coordinating Council set to facilitate ship control procedure at Tuapse port checkpoint

Excessive fees hamper development of Big Port St. Petersburg, Rosgranitsa says

Lloyds Register awards Kizad ISO certification for Customer Feedback Management

Maersk claims 65% emission reduction from Singapore low sulphur switch

Manila port upgrades radiation detection equipment

Brightoil Petroleum posts strong H1 results

Portek confirms delisting date

Keppel and Sinotrans ink Yangtze port venture

Port Vostochny throughput grows 13 percent to 11.3m tons

Netherlands opens 1st LNG terminal, with 12 BCM capacity

Tuapse grain terminal hits projected volume

Maersk names Thailand country manager

China to launch eight Antarctic, Arctic research expeditions in five years

Total logistics cost grows 18.7% from Jan to Aug

Asia-Europe rates fall 4.9% as Shanghai index plummets to US$754/TEU

Panalpina launches new Intra Asia LCL services

Crude futures price down to $103,97 in London, in New York - to $79,85

Germany's shipyard cuts first steel cut for Norwegian Breakaway

Tanker MT Mattheos I released

Russian fruit importer won't pay $16.5m owed, despite U.K. court order

Bollinger Shipyards gets contract mod for four more Fast Response Cutters

Norilsk Nickel to take delivery of first Arctic tanker from Nordic Yards