News 2011 December 29

Norilsk Nickel Board OKs the 2012 budget

NOL's chairman to retire, Temasek exec to replace him

A large coal terminal to be built at Chongqin’s Longkou Port

Carribean service expands capacity

Oman asks Iran to return three rented oil tankers

Pakistan Ministry of Ports and Shipping approves purchase of 14 new ships

Iran could easily block vital oil route, admiral warns

Criminal charges are prepared in BP spill

CPV traffic volume tops 6 million tons

Rotterdam port cargo volumes up 0.8 pct in 2011

Bumi Armada to buy tanker

Det Norske Veritas approves ChartWorld “Pay as You Sail” Service

Oil-tanker rates end year 23% lower as fleet surplus expands

Hanjin Shipping rises to 3-month high in Seoul on Asia-Europe partnership

Search continues for missing Vinalines vessel

First container ship docks at ULCT

Baltic Shipyard holds launching, naming ceremony for 2nd serial tanker Mary of Project 2734

Cargo ships cannot call ice-bound Port of Magadan

Russian Navy to join naval drills ‘Baltic Sarex-2012’

NYK introduces new approaches to reduce environmental impact at Eco-Products 2011

Jumbo exercises second heavy lift vessel option at Brodosplit Shipyard

Shanghai and Beijing offices become a fully Jumbo Shipping entity

USCG eases TWIC requirement for some mariners

Iran vows to close Strait of Ormuz

Baltic Shipyard to launch second oil tanker for BFC

Crude futures price is down to $107,56 in London, in New York - to $99,36

China Shipping Container Lines to hike charges from January 1

Severn Trent De Nora bags treatment contracts for China’s first deep sea gas field

Vizag port takes up five projects

Davao port to be privatized in 2013