News 2012 March 5

Icebreakers form a 16-ship convoy in Azov Sea

Port of Ust-Luga handles first EMU Desiro RUS

Stockholders name new members of NCSP Board

BP announces settlement with PSC in Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill

Cochin Shipyard may get new order for multi-purpose vessel

Iran-owned tankers storing crude down to two-year low

Two icebreakers lead a 6-ship convoy to Volga-Caspian channel

Greek tanker sinks off Athens

Singapore says LNG imports can replace piped gas supply

Maersk Line CEO says profitability is priority

Ukraine’s Odessa port dry bulk traffic rises 21.5 percent

World Container Index jumps 114%

NCSP Board OKs a 5-tranche Ruble Bond Program

Crude exports via CPC terminal down 13.36 percent

FSG secures order for two multi-function heavy-lift ships

Wellington port hit by industrial action

India's 12 major ports throughput down 25% in April-January

Paradip Port Trust offers Posco-India its port facility

Shipping tycoon Fredriksen sees sector recovery in 2014-15

Baltic sea index high on Pacific activity

Fredriksen to spend $3 bln from Seadrill stake on ships

IMO set to collide with EU over vessel CO2 emissions

Horizon rises US-Puerto Rico rates

APM Terminals to start CFS operations in Kochi

Hamburg-Poland throughput up 33.3 percent to 238,000 TEUs in 2011

Chongqing Lianglu/Cuntan Bonded Port posts results for its first year of operation

Nuclear-powered icebreaker "Russia" reaches Danish Straits

Norway's government issues new regulations on use of armed guards on ships

Icebreakers take a brief respite in Azov Sea

Lomar Corporation announces order for up to six new design fuel-efficient 64,000 dwt bulk carriers

Shipping group Torm sees another debt reprieve

Big Port St. Petersburg updates regulations for ships entering the port

Mediterranean bunker prices retreat from three-year highs

MOL launches new performance measurement program for containership service

Delivery delays hit shipbuilder JES International

Statoil to invite bids for a new concept drilling rig

Icebreakers lead a 17-ship convoy to Azov-Don Canal

Gunvor to buy Petroplus' Antwerp refinery

NCSP Group post strong performance for two months of 2012

Crude futures price tumbles to $123,65 in London, in New York - to $106,84