News 2011 December 21

Hamburg port fees to rise 3.5% in 2012

Court postpones SeaFrance decision again

Merchant ship crews held hostage in Somalia

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins $626 mln drillship order from Europe

PetroChina starts operating 2nd LNG receiving terminal

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg earns ISO certification

Murmansk Commercial Seaport acquires 4 forklifts

Rosmorport and EBRD ink $155m loan agreement to promote environmental safety in Russian ports

Aquila says Eagle Downs coal mine to proceed with Vale

Shares of NOL rise on shipping alliance

Phuket’s deep sea port expansion gets support

Kattupalli port to be commissioned by January

Baltic index stays negative; pick up likely in New Year

ENISA publishes first EU report on maritime cyber security

Rosmorrechflot names new harbormaster of Port of Ust-Luga

MNZ lays further charges against Rena officers

Singapore's GLP, CIC to launch JV for Japan logistic assets

US, China launch radiation detection system at Yangshan port

Svitzer removes more containers from stricken Rena

Wartsila announces new appointments in Board of Management

Fairmount Sherpa delivers rig Noble Paul Romano in Egypt

Jurong Shipyard breaks ground on first overseas integrated new yard facility

CSX to start service at APM Terminal Portsmouth

Hamburg Sud restructures several services

Hutchison completes construction of Huizhou berth

CMA CGM and MSC to launch new Black Pearl service

RNZAF aircraft drops equipment to help stricken Sparta

NCSP Group posts Q3 consolidated revenue of $288 million

Pacific Drilling takes delivery of its ultra-deepwater drillship

Hamburg Sud restructures Europe-US VSAs

Transneft net income soars 1.8 times in Jan-Sept, to RUB 155 bn

FSL Trust completes refinancing

More charges against Rena master and second officer

Drydocks World plans to sell SE Asian yard stakes

Asia - Europe G6 boxshipping mega-alliance formed

Russian shipyard to enter JV agreement with Finland’s Wartsila

Crude futures price is up to $106,73 in London, in New York - to $97,22