News 2012 November 7

Crude exports via Varandey Terminal grew 1.7 times in October

Rotterdam and Gothenburg to establish LNG facilities by 2015

Northern Shipping adds M/V Engineer Veshnyakov to its fleet

Baltic Coal Terminal 10M throughput grows 26 percent

Newcastle port ship waiting time down to two days

Iron ore stockpiles increase at China's ports

Maersk Line remains the most reliable carrier

Capesize freight rates likely to soften

Biodiesel leaked from Carteret, NJ terminal

Russian scuba divers find shipwrecked Polymetal gold cargo

Vela-Bahri merger creates one of the world’s largest shipping firms

Some vessels fail to meet US Jones Act standards

Shippers want supply/demand to dictate rates

New NE rail link to boost Dandong Port

SATS Q2 profit up 25.4% despite higher costs

Korean ports see box volumes shrink

Two shipping companies to use waiver to ship fuel to U.S. Northeast

Klaipedos Nafta sales fall 12% in October

Zhangjiagang Chemical Machinery sets up offshore subsidiary

Chongqing will scrap 700 ships in the next four years

Russia mulls LNG deliveries to Vietnam

Fisker says $30 mln in luxury cars destroyed by Sandy in NJ port

China Shipping Group to integrate vessel assets

Colonial resumes more service out of NJ terminal after storm

JNPT rejects fresh container terminal bid from ABG

DSME expedites sharpening competitive edge in marine plant technology

Indian firm gets Fujairah storage contract

Port of Helsinki cargo volumes down 3 percent

Murmansk Port throughput rises 11 percent

Port of Oulu cargo volumes climb 0.2 percent

Five dead, one hurt in LPG carrier gas leak

Crude exports via CPC terminal down 6.2 percent in Jan-Oct

Disappeared ship Amurskaya found on seabed

Singapore bunker term contract premiums down in November

FESCO’s nine-month container trade up 13 percent

India's Shipping Board inquires States to set up maritime boards speedily

Thales and Transas enter cooperation agreement to develop FWST

China provides subsidies for shale gas exploration

JNPT received 'Letter of Acceptance' from DP World for 330 metres Container Berth Project

Qinqdao box volumes up 11% in first nine months

Diana Containerships announces agreement to acquire a panamax container vessel

GPA gets green light for Savannah Harbour Expansion Project

Anchorage to host 'Anchorage' LPD commissioning

Mermaid Maritime bags $25m Qatar subsea contract

TUI Cruises orders second cruise ship from STX Finland

Martek Marine secures orders from Korea for emissions monitoring system

Crude oil prices rebounds to $110,87 in London, in New York - up to $88,71

Bunker prices start to rise

Sergei Shoigu appointed Russian Minister of Defense