News 2012 November 6

Xuelong heads off for Antarctic expedition

Two German shipping companies convicted in Texas and Alaska for environmental crimes

Defence Ministry asks Kochi port to scan all containers

CKYH Group drops seven Med services

Wärtsilä clinches a major contract for fourteen tugs from Middle East

Yang Ming wants to charter 10 mega ships

Arkhangelsk port throughout jumps 23.9 percent

Prince Rupert to pilot screening of US cargo

Parties to international dumping treaties express concern regarding reported iron fertilization incident

MOL Group table top drill responds to scenario of steel product carrier collision off Mie Prefecture

Turkey tries Israeli military chiefs over Gaza ship raid

Box ships seek alternate ports

MEYER WERFT starts building Norwegian's second Breakaway class ship

Port Klaipeda cargo volumes down 5.7 percent

Maritime emissions down 40% in U.S. North West

STX lays keel of LNG carrier Veliky Novgorod for SCF Group

Oil product sales on Russian SEs reach 273.407 tons

Nevsky Shipyard lays down 8th ship of RSD49 project

Currency losses keep Hanjin in the red in Q3

Putin sacks Defense Minister Serdyukov

KVH Industries opens office in Japan

World's first nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, is decomissioned

Keppel’s overseas yards secure contracts worth S$160 million

Sembmarine's profits fall 48% in Q3

Odessa Port ten-month cargo volumes up 3 percent

Ingalls-built Arlington (LPD 24) successfully completes Navy acceptance trials

SapuraKencana buying Seadrill tender rig business for $2.9bn

Kvichak Marine delivers Louisiana pilot boat

Chinese Shipyard delivers Ulstein-designed PSV to Bourbon Offshore

Keppel bags S$160m in new contracts

MAN awarded contract to supply engines for two Greek LNG carriers.

Ilyichevsk port throughput rises 8.4 percent in Jan-Oct

HII promotes Tom Stiehle to CFO and VP of Business Management at Ingalls Shipbuilding

Bunker Prices Continue to Fall

Ports, waterways of NY, NJ open

Crude oil prices plummet to $105,68 in London, in New York - up to $84,86

Gazprom posts financial results for H1, 2012