News 2012 February 2

Nuclear icebreaker 50 Years of Victory enters the Gulf of Finland

Big Port St. Pb Authority posts ice forecast for Gulf of Finland

Old Dominion adds 10 Asian ports to Pacific Promise service

Singapore unveils six new patrol craft for port waters

Shenzhen maps out plan to be a financial hub

Essar Ports net profit jumps five fold in September-December

Paris prosecutor to probe Italian cruise grounding

More than 100 missing after Papua New Guinea ferry sinks

Malaysia's TNB, Petronas to build gas plant, LNG terminal

MPA invests S$19mln to boost marine security

Pelindo II to take over Kalibaru terminal project

Ningbo container throughput up to 14.5m TEUs in 2011

ABG bags orders for six offshore vessels

Japanese shippers suffer quarterly losses of over $500 million

Igor Shuvalov to head Transport & Communications Commission

NTK boosts traffic volumes by 32 percent

Vladimir Putin taps interim head of Industry & Trade Ministry

Klaipedos Nafta to be responsible for building LNG terminal

Thoresen Thai Agencies plans $67m share sale in 2013

Baltic Dry Index down 58% in January

Intercargo launches ‘Guide for the safe loading of nickel ore’

Melbourne port to start maintenance dredging project

Huanghua port's two new container berths start operations

Damen Shipyard Galati launches FISVs for Angola

MARAD hands over two HSVs to US Navy

Russia tightens control of ship registration and pilotage

Wilhelmsen Ship Services expands into Tianjin

OOCL hikes Asia - Europe box rates

Crude futures price is up to $111,56 in London, in New York - down to $97,61