News 2012 September 17

VBT expands its fleet with V.F.Tanker-7 of Project RST27

Nordic Yards to deliver HVDC BorWin2 by the end of 2012

Rosneft confirms no oil for Gunvor in major tender

Rosterminalugol coal throughput reaches 10 mln tons

Magellan opens biodiesel facility at Des Moines terminal

Höegh Autoliners secures new capacity from 2014

NAO: Port of Tallinn ignored Public Procurement Act

Los Angeles port’s box traffic rises 5.11 percent

Total Port Arthur refinery reports excess pollution

Japan brandname firms shut China plants after protest violence

Tesoro sells marine terminal, pipelines to partnership

AET bags Statoil DP2 shuttle tanker contract

Port of Long Beach container traffic down 4.6% in Jan-Aug

Damen and QaGroup to launch new inland shipping concept

Freight rate price war not an option: Maersk CEO

Marseilles welcomes Messina ro-con relaunch

China ports eight-month cargo volumes rise 6.1 percent

OOCL announces new Intra-Asia service

Global Ports slashes net debt by 49% to $33.8m

Arnaud Ranjard named head of development at Marseilles Fos port

IMO head calls for focus on ballast water

Port of Singapore cargo traffic slides 0.6 percent

Hong Kong box traffic down 3.7 percent

New UAE port opens

PMSA praise for California bunker tax law

Vladivostok braces for typhoon Sanba

Huntington Ingalls Industries hosts US Navy CNO at NNS shipyard

Lone Star ports take aim at China trade

Pengerang terminal to add LNG component

Naming ceremony for Eidesvik's Viking Princess

Sembmarine acquires North Sea capability

Xiamen to become China's fourth shipping centre

Bunker prices up as week closes

INS Vikramaditya trial malfunctions to delay handover

AET bags Statoil DP2 shuttle tanker contract

Nuclear storage vessel "Lepse" to be decommissioned at Nerpa Shipyard.

Pacifico Marine says its newbuilt catamaran hull damaged(photo)