News 2012 May 17

St. Petersburg Transport Committee: access roads capacity too low

Lianyungang throughput up 18.3% in four months

Nakhodka holds keel-laying ceremony for second tanker of 0021 project

BSL begins direct service from India to Sohar

Nippon Yusen says in talks with Tepco, Mitsubishi on Wheatstone investment

Seaspan profit tops estimates on higher vessel utilization

North Korean ship seizes 3 Chinese boats

2 Navy ships collide in Pacific

Great American Steamboat сontracts Apollo Ship Chandlers

Pakistan seeks $5,000 transit fee for each NATO container

China's first 3000-m DPV bound for gas field in the South China Sea

APM Terminals announces Q1 results

China Shipbuilding urges domestic vessel orders to avert slump

China Rongsheng Heavy awarded "Seatrade Global Performer 2012"

Glencore tightens grip on global zinc market

Volga Shipping puts into service final bulkers of RSD44 project

Iran petchem exports plunge due to EU sanctions

Hamburg Q1 throughput up 3.8 percent to 2.2 million TEUs

OOCL will again raise North Europe-Asia rates

DP World officials visit Terminal à Conteneur, West Africa's largest terminal

Cosco Pacific says Greek terminal has very good prospects

China to add 790 new shipbuilding standards

PetroChina, partners join in Canada LNG project

Singapore's Sembcorp Marine wins contracts worth $103 mln

Saint Lawrence Seaway cargo volume up 2.2 percent in March-April

Shell and partners announce LNG project in Canada

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Q1 earnings plunge

Sembawang bags S$130m in repair and upgrading contracts

MISC Group reports first quarter results, profit tumbles 93.2%

Transneft profit soars twofold in 2011 to RUB 191.2bn

Northern Shipyard first quarter net loss down 8.5 percent

Fairstar Heavy Transport secures rig transportation contract from Seadrill

USS Essex collides with oiler in the Pacific Ocean

Otto Marine in time-charter agreement for two AHTS with Global Workboats

ABB lands $18-m contract for subsea pipeline construction vessels

Thoresen Thai shrinks quarterly deficit

Cargotec secures contracts to equip 15 OSVs

Lines eye rates increase from June

Crude oil price is down to $111,71 in London, in New York - to $92,81