News 2012 June 29

Gazprom should remain state company, CEO says

MICT Berth 6 receives 10 new cranes

VBTH commissions seventh bulker of DCV36 project Onix

U.S. says Singapore, China OK to buy Iranian oil

Xiamen opens shipping route to Indian ports of Nhava Sheva and Cochin

Iran offers to ship crude to South Korea on its own oil tankers

United Shipbuilding Corp to float 20% in 2013

China keen to ratify MLC 2006

Russia’s Norilsk Nickel re-elects Andrei Bugrov as chairman-CEO

STX OSV lands NOK 500-m PSVs contacts from Island Offshore

Piracy threatens East African gas sector

Japanese ship export orders down by 40.8pct MoM in May – JSEA

STX Jinhae shipyard holds steel cutting ceremony for Sovcomflot's LNG tanker

Avance Gas Holdings expands VLGC fleet

Sri Lanka Dockyard launches platform supply vessel

ABB wins $80 million order from Samsung Heavy Industries

STX gets $650m in orders for 11 vessels

Spanish-led team may lose Ennore port contract

Gazprom eyes LNG plant in Far East in 2016-2017

Wärtsilä awarded to power six new Pipe Laying Vessels for Brazil

Andrei Diachkov appointed President of United Shipbuilding Corporation

Vanino railyard commences handling large containers

Penang Port to add car hub to boost attractiveness

IMO releases piracy guidance on PCASP

STX Dalian yard wins bumper order for 10 boxships

Atlantic Offshore chooses Havyard to design FSV

Transas adds Ukrainian chart folios to its TX-97 collection

MOL, Kansai Electric Power ink newbuilds deal, 2 LNG carriers charter agreement

MHI finilizes world's first hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace

India OKs Kintetsu-Gati JV

Manette Bridge underwater pier demolition begins next week

MSC hikes rates on Canada-S.Africa, S.A-USA trade

Anatoly Lazarev named as MD of JSC Vostochny Port

Morgan Stanley invests in Gateway Distriparks

Keppel Land breaks ground for International Financial Centre Jakarta Tower 2

Asia-Europe average rates down

MSC announces rationalisation of ISES & I-Med services

Keppel yards in U.S. and Azerbaijan secure projects for US$70 million

Crude oil price is down to $91,36 in London, in New York - to $77,69