News 2011 December 22

Transgarant traffic grows 4 percent in Jan-Nov

Cargo traffic at Ukraine’s seaports rises 5.4 percent

SATS venture to operate Singapore's Intl Cruise Terminal

Standard & Poor's Rating Services downgrades Japan's Kawasaki Kisen ratings to 'BB'

Suspicious cargo container disrupts traffic at LA port

Unique Maritime Group opens new office in Russia

President Medvedev taps new head of Kremlin administration

Moody's downgrades Hapag-Lloyd outlook to negative

EU continues to support the Integrated Maritime Policy

China ports 11-month traffic rises 13 percent to 8.32 billion tons

Gulf states back Kuwaiti port project disputed by Iraq

Sberbank extends RUB 6.6bn credit to Severnaya Verf Shipyard

13 foreign ships under detention in the UK during November 2011

Vale sells 4 out of 19 ships to Asian companies

Bharati Shipyard lenders planning to recast Rs 77.4 bn loans

Rescue team recovers 6 bodies at Kolskaya rig disaster site (update)

Rescue team recovers two more bodies at Kolskaya disaster site

US Military inks new charter for Austal HSV WestPac Express

STX France bags order for two luxury cruise ships from Viking Ocean Cruises

Containership alliances to rise rates in 2012, Platou says

DeepOcean Group charters offshore construction vessel from REM Ship AS

Jensen designs two eco-friendly ACD tugboats for Caribbean TugZ

Port of Antwerp hikes harbor dues by 2 percent

Port of Helsinki passenger traffic tops record 10 million

Crude futures price is up to $107,71 in London, in New York - to $98,67

India's Gangavaram Port plans port buys in Africa, Australia

DryDocks World looks to joint ventures

New Maersk chief wants more consolidation

Shell shuts offshore Nigerian oilfield after leak

Somali pirates free Italian tanker hijacked in February