News 2012 September 26

Yamal LNG invites bids for LNG carriers contracts

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems extends parts warranty

MSC throws lifeline to Timaru port

Felixstowe sets new productivity record

Russia to boost crude exports to APR via Kozmino to 30 mln tons a year, official says

Navy to name first Armstrong-class R/V Neil Armstrong

Indonesian ferry collides with ship

DP World awards Jebel Ali expansion deal

Transpacific liners back $800/FEU rate increase

$157m to go into expanding Indonesian yards

S. Korean shipyard holds steel-cutting for SCF’s LPG carrier (photo release)

AAR to bid for entire BP stake in TNK-BP

Exxon Neftegas tops off Sakhalin-1 platform GBS installation

Alaska Marine Lines says it already meets ECA standards

Rolls-Royce to sell TGL to Alstom

USCG responds to collapsed dock near Indiana Harbor

NOCC announces time charter contract for "NOCC Pamplona"

Algeciras reports 16% rise in bunker sales

Aker Solutions secures jack-up drilling equipment contract

Wärtsilä affiliate inks long-term power purchase agreement with Jordan's NEPCO

OOCL to handle supply chain for Bayer China

Lloyd's Register sets up new R&D centre in Singapore

Obama's Administration announces NPR-A oil & gas lease sale in Nov.

TMT penalised for failing to pay up for VLCC newbuilds

Rosneft to start offshore exploration in Okhotsk Sea next year

RZD set to invest heavily in southern ports rail infrastructure

Tianjin Port North slated to have three container terminals

Ningbo Port increases investment in Ningbo Commerce Bank

Maersk announces rates increase on Med-Asia/Asia-Latin America trades

DSIC bags boxship orders

Brightoil FY profit down 76% to $40mln

Russia hikes oil export duty to $418.9, effective Oct. 1st

Tuesday bunker prices mixed

US announces oil and gas lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico

Crude oil price is up to $110,45 in London, in New York - down to $91,37