News 2012 March 2

Icebreakers escort ships convoys to Azov Sea ports

NCC announces top executives appointment

MOL to issue performance measurement data

Sandstorm closes Kuwait port

India begins use of Chabahar port in Iran

BP wins 4 cargoes in Rosneft March Primorsk tender

Maersk Drilling gets $148 mln North Sea order

TransCanada gauges interest for Keystone storage terminal

Seaway to link to Enterprise terminal via new pipe

CNOOC breaks ground for China's 1st floating LNG project

Iran tanker to discharge 1.5 mln bbls at Shell Singapore

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Q4 profit rises 24%

JFE Holdings to target $6.2 bln of sales in five years

Ennore Port sets 16 million tonne cargo-handling target for 2012-13

Dublin Port unveils new 30-year masterplan

Shipping magnate Fredriksen to cut stake in Seadrill

New rules may steer Shanghai's port to grow

FONASBA endorses revised Norwegian SALEFORM

Zolotoy Rog bridge construction nears completion

Latvian Shipping Company net loss has decreased three times in 2011

China protests EU shipping carbon tax

Rolls-Royce wins Norwegian contract

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping launches new office in the Republic of Panama

Pacific Basin net profit down 69% in 2011

Sinopacific launches new bulker capable of 13% fuel savings

Vinashin looks to 2014 for turnaround

Unknown ship collides with fishing boat, kills 2 fishermen

Hyundai Mipo gets $250m order from KOTC

Regional Container Lines posts net loss of $25.8m

Pacific Basin settles for 69% drop in net profit

Drydocks World 'confident' of restructuring debt

Sinopacific launches new bulker capable of 13% fuel savings

Asia-Europe rates rose 114% this week - Drewry

Khalifa Port set to open this year

Russia to ship 58 Urals cargoes from Primorsk

Final Restoration Plan completed for Cosco Busan oil spil

UK fuel tanker drivers to vote on strike action

Consortium expects to complete new Panama Canal locks on time

Crude futures price jumps to $126,2 in London, in New York - to $108,84