News 2012 August 13

Nordic Yards lands contract for construction of WTSJUV

ADPC takes delivery of new tugs for Khalifa Port

Active dry bulk fleet increases by 8% so far in 2012 in terms of tonnage capacity

Severe weather closes Port Kembla traffic

Kenya and South Sudan sign pipeline agreement

Khalifa Port in trial phase for upcoming opening in September

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise hails Prirazlomnaya platform

Greenpeace Africa welcomes Rainbow Warrior to South Africa

Pakistan National Shipping Corporation and Pakistan State Oil sign MoU to purchase tankers

Tanzania confirms reflagging Iran oil tankers

ICTSI signs deal to build, run Nigeria terminal

Vietnam’s Cai Mep in the doldrums

Qatar's Nakilat inks $380m Islamic loan

TCC readies aframax orders

Emirates Shipping Line announces rate increases

Yangtze cruise prices fall by a third in H1

China initiates rent-to-own scheme

Bulgaria's Port Varna registers record freight volumes in July 2012

Strait of Hormuz open after tanker, US navy ship collide

Soyo LNG tanker to arrive in Belgium on Aug. 16

STX Finland ready to launch MS Viking Grace

Australia provides 2m dollars to fight piracy

Novomoskovsk submarine to serve decade after refit

ICTSI H1 profits up 17%

Khalifa Port project nears completion

GL Noble Denton to provide DP assurance services for HOS vessels

STX Turku Shipyard launches M/S Viking Grace

Okskaya Shipyard to launch RST27 project tanker V.F. Tanker-14 on August 23

Viking O&M posts Q2 net profit of $891,638

Singapore's services provider Sinwa posts Q2 results

Russian seaports cargo volumes up 4.7 percent in Jan-Jul, 2012

Otto Marine issues profit warning

Nantong Mingde Shipyard holds naming ceremony for car carriers

US warship collides with Japanese tanker

Malaysia's Nam Cheong posts Q2 net profit of $7.2m

Pelindo I to spend $318m on Belawan port expansion

Port of Salalah H1 container throughput up to 920,000 TEUs

Hapag-Lloyd to implement Low Sulfur Surcharge

TOTE to convert two ORCA-class shipts to LNG

Portland to compensate terminal operator for losses

Keppel FELS Brasil secures $950m FPSO contracts from Petrobras

Crude oil price is down to $112,95 in London, in New York - to $92,87