News 2012 June 15

Rosneft’s Tuapse facility starts oil exports handling

Vietnam carrier Vinalines racks up $2b in debts

Krestovsky Yacht Club hosts awards ceremony for UST-LUGA CUP winners

Statoil books supertanker to ship North Sea crude to South Korea

First stage of Rena salvage ends a month ahead of schedule

APM Terminals and Ningbo Port Group ink cooperation agreement

Northern Sea Route to lower Nordic bunker costs

Global bunker prices mostly steady

India's Petronet to pick up stake in Kochi LNG shipping venture

GE Marine engines to power Panama Canal Authority's 14 new tugs

Singapore cancels Winbuild Petrofin's bunkering licences

OSX appoints new Shipyard Operations Officer

Hong Kong places third after Shanghai, Singapore in box port rankings

Australia's PWCS announces two-year delay to start-up of fourth Newcastle coal terminal

Kenya solicits support for Somali fight

Gunvor fixes fuel oil Suezmax on Tallinn-Singapore route

Apeejay Shipping takes delivery of 7th bulk carrier

Australia supports IMO's technical co-operation programme with new agreement

Russia's oil export duty may drop 12% in July

Huntington Ingalls appoints Peter Diakun to VP of energy programs

Maersk unit takes stake in Ningbo port expansion

Ivory Coast's San Pedro port seeks $230 mln to expand

Port of Los Angeles container throughput up 5.5 percent to 731,353 TEU

Maersk Line sets Asia-Europe peak-season surcharge

Gazprom plans to reduce gas purchases from Novatek

STX OSV secures contract for advanced OSCV from two Norwegian companies

FSG to build two offshore ships for Western Geco

Baltic Shipyard to launch 2734 Project tanker for BFC

Dmitry Medvedev taps Alexei Tsydenov Deputy Minister of Transport

SSN "Severodvinsk" and "Alexander Nevsky" to undergo sea trials

Hallsberg linked to the Port of Gothenburg

K Line, Noble form new capesize pool

TAS Offshore sells offshore vessel for $15.4m

Damen Shipyards introduces STE100 in its DAMOS maintenance software

STX OSV inks deal with Troms Offshore Supply

Russian Caspian ports stevedores to submit development plans until July 15

Western Geco orders arctic-capable seismic ships at FSG

Sime Darby plans $442m expansion at Shandong port

Damen completes a cutter suction dredger for Egypt

Crude oil price is down to $97,03 in London, in New York - up to $83,91