News 2012 October 26

MSC hikes rates on cargo from Asia to SAEC

UK gas prices boosted by weather forecast, LNG tanker bypass

Transportation Ministry publishes rules of inland waterway shipping

Severe floods in Argentina affect port terminals at San Lorenzo

India's GAIL to buy 8 spot LNG cargoes in Oct-March

LUKOIL three-quarter income up 2.76 percent

Rosneft's nine-month profit soars 38 percent

Seized Argentine ship blocks Ghana port

German distributors face weeks of diesel shortages

Wrecked ship's owners plead guilty, fined in New Zealand

Ports eye LNG as marine fuel but shift will be slow

Floods in Argentina affect port terminals at San Lorenzo

Caspian Flotilla to add to auxiliary fleet new tug “RB-259"

RS set to create a methodology integrating ship energy efficiency requirements

Crowley hosts naming ceremony for two ocean class tugboats

Private equity firm to only invest in green ships

NAT in new $430 mln credit facility

CANSI boss issues offshore warning

New zero-emission yacht tender from Italy's Green Yachts

Gazprom Neft, JOGMEC team up for oil block exploration

Statoil net income up 4 percent in Q3 2012

Russia may cooperate with South Africa in military areas

NOL Completes Sale of Singapore Headquarters

Key international marine environment protection convention celebrates 40 years of progress

U.S. bunker barge sent 500nmi to meet low sulfur demand

Panama supply tight amid concern over Cristobal terminal disruption

Statoil expands its portfolio offshore UK

St. Petersburg may export marine and river vessels to Uruguay

HII secures $142.7m contract for submarine engineering and industrial work

Hapag-Lloyd selects International Paint coatings for its newbuild Hamburg Express

Vopak secures $1 billion in private placement programme

AMEC and Samsung form JV for offshore market

Russia holds EEDI, SEEMP seminar

Bunker prices up on Thursday

NOL posts first quarterly profit since 2010

Global acceptance of LNG bunkers unlikely this decade

Rolls-Royce creates dedicated team focused on naval ship design

Hapag-Lloyd announces GMX Winter Suspension of westbound call at Baltimore, MD

Harley Marine signs multi-barge construction contract

HMM implements equipment imbalance surcharge for PNW reefer exports

General Dynamics secures $18m contract for submarine planning services

Rolls-Royce to develop mini water jet for unmanned craft

Crude oil prices up to $108,49 in London, in New York - to $86,05