News 2012 August 16

ABS certifies Portugal’s first offshore wind turbine

Rickmers-Linie appoints Navitrans as its agent in Turkey

Hamburg harbor hurt as Europe debt crisis hits China

Brazil unveils plan to boost road, railway investment

Rouen grain shipments rise in a week to highest since April

Da Chan Bay receives transpacific calls

China again demands Japan free detained activists

European container lines to hike freight rates for Asian shippers

Baltic sea index falls further on lower vessel rates

Evergreen to launch Yangon feeder service

Ship carrying over 3 tons of cocaine seized off Spain

Wisdom Marine to step up fleet to 100 ships

More insurance companies join Iranian consortium to insure oil shipping

Hong Kong suspends ports, warns travelers as typhoon approaches

LA, Long Beach traffic down one percent in July

ASL Marine hit by $3.8m unpaid debt from BLT

Krasnoye Sormovo launches 7th tanker of project RST27 for VF Tanker

Port of Tallinn passenger traffic grows 4.6 percent

Port of Long Beach box traffic down 8.8 percent

Bergen Group Rosenberg awarded LOI from Statoil for Njord Bravo-FSO vessel modification

Wartsila to power four modern diesel-electric tugs for Australian owner

Damen's Scheldepoort awarded offshore rig converstion contract

JES International posts Q2 results

Otto Marine gets African charter contract

HII wins U.S. Navy engineering, technical services task order

Port of Long Beach sees 75% emissions reduction

Diamond Offshore announces order for deepwater semi rig

Taiwan approves $2.2bn in port development projects

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard to deliver OSV Vitus Bering ahead of schedule

South Carolina ports drop out of AAPA

Global bunker markets see mixed mid-week prices on Wednesday

Crude oil price is up to $114,19 in London, in New York - to $94,33