News 2012 August 9

NATO Shipping Center provides Weekly Piracy Update

Global newbuild orderbook halved since 2008

Renault plans for Africa auto boom

RN-Bunker taps interim CEO

CSA' Board names new President

Sinopec pledges help to clear Hong Kong plastic spill

China Shipbuilding plans next component of 'oceanaut' station

China's Guangdong Zhenrong agrees to rescue deal for Titan Petrochemicals

Tidewater reports Q1 results for fiscal 2013

Bronka port completes construction of 4 berths pile foundation (photo release)

Suez Canal celebrates 56 years under Egyptian control

JNPT likely to scrap deal with CFC operator

Turkish handysize scrap import prices cement in $411-420/mt range

Grain exports from Rouen surge as North African cargoes resume

Three vessels blown away during typhoon Haikui

EU Commission offers €2 million for Spanish shipbuilders

Crude exports via Varandey Terminal drop 2.3 times

Maersk Line adds four new services from Malta Freeport

Abu Dhabi's Khalifa Port to open as Mina Zayed hits capacity

Boat carrying Syrian refugees lands in southern Italy

Nearly 2 mln evacuated as Typhoon Haikui hits China

Naples port to modernize with EU funding

GE to supply propulsion systems totaling 1,105 megawatts for 23 new LNG ships

Oil industry loses $1bn because of pirate attacks

Port of Oulu traffic down 2.1 percent in Jan-Jul, 2012

GL to class six new Fjellstrand designed WindServer trimarans

Chinese firm sets up Thai cruise venture

NOL reports $57m y-o-y improvement in Core EBIT

China’s largest bulk shipping company established

Totem Ocean Trailer Express granted ECA exemption during LNG conversion

ASI urges FAS to step in to settle a business entities dispute

Panama Gov't OKs canal toll increase

River cruise sales leap in China

Nordic American Tankers improves earnings, makes fleet more fuel efficient

Ezion Holdings secures rig deals

Aegean announces Barcelona bunkering expansion plans

Port of Long Beach clean air programs cut pollution by 75%

Port of Vladivostok seven-month throughput up 11.3 percent

KS Energy secures extension on rig contract

Crowley introduces LCL logistics services to Colombia

Ingalls Shipbuilding starts building LPD 27

Impairment, restructuring charges keep NOL in red in Q2

Russian Gov’t to expand Rosmorrechflot authorities

Crowley's Logistics is a Top 100 3PL provider for fourth consecutive year

Swire Shipping launches new Asia - Australiasia service

Excelerate Energy and DSME ink newbuilding contracts for 8 FSRUs

Global bunker prices up on Wednesday

Crude oil price is up to $112,14 in London, in New York - to $93,35