News 2012 March 19

Heavy ice stalls icebreaking operations in the Sea of Azov

Maersk announces general rate increase on India-West Africa trade

Transport Ministry presents draft changes to border crossing procedure at ports

Navy funds FY 2012 littoral combat ships

LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker resumes bunkering on the Danube

Krasnoye Sormovo launches second RST27 project tanker for V.F. Tanker

Fincantieri wins a $90m newbuilds contract from USCG

RV Professor Khlustin to set sail in August - September

Japanese ship orders down 23.1 percent

Port of Olya dedicates new grain terminal

Gazprom and Statoil focus on cooperation in Shtokman P1 field

Fugro acquires EMU Ltd to advance growth in marine environmental survey

Gazprom Group eyes bidding for DEPA

POLSTEAM accepts delivery of 16,900dwt bulker from Sanfu Shipyard

SASCO launches new Busan-Nakhodka service

Russia to regain its water transport capacity, Rosmorrechflot says

Dragon Oil completes test drilling of Dzheitune (Lam) C/167 well

Port of Riga cargo volumes grow 28.8 percent to 6.19 mln tons

Georgia detains Russian cargo ship

Fugro and Statoil ink LoA for seismic survey offshore Newfoundland

DCI and Ministry of Shipping ink MOU for the 2012-2013 period

Transit cargo shipments through Latvian ports up 26.9 percent

Canada set to invest in modernizing projects of Port of Montreal and St. Lawrence Channel

BAE San Francisco secures contract for renovation of USNS Alan Shepard

Latvian ports container traffic soars nearly 40 percent

Riga Port reports traffic volume surge in Jan-Feb.

Great Lakes Shipyard completes work on Canadian tug and barge

Three icebreakers escort 36 cargo ships in Azov Sea