News 2012 December 6

Port of Antwerp starts next stage in construction of world's largest lock

Rotterdam port says not affected by ship collision in North Sea

Iran shipping signals conceal Syria ship movements

GE, KTZ and Transmashdiesel create JV to produce diesel engines in Kazakhstan

Dutch trawl North Sea for survivors after ship sinks

New wind power design to offer 20-40% fuel savings

Crowley announces changes to senior leadership team

Ocean Bunkers add new supply vessel

Wan Hai to raise reefer rates

Frontline 2012 considers more VLCC cancellations

Vale plans to invest $443m to Lumut project in 2013

Transiidikesuse AS container traffic up 17 percent

Liquid Robotics' marine robot crosses Pacific Ocean

Estonian Gov't nixes marine studies of Nord Stream

GE Marine announces timeline for EPA Tier compliance

Berdyansky port cargo volumes grew 12.5 percent in Nov

House passes Coast Guard Authorization Act

DSIC officially inks VLCC order with COSCO

CSSC Huangpu rig building cooperation announced

FNTPP will not be installed in Pevek - source

Vanino port’s checkpoint sets round-the-clock service

China Merchants Group establishes offshore base in Nantong

Rail Garant: the terminal in Muuga will be opened with delay

JFE-IHI shipbuilding merger OK'd overseas

Disney Cruise Line Gets Highest Environmental Grade

U.S. union accuses Maersk of spying on it

Portek seals PNG ports deal

Teekay LNG Partners and Exmar to enter into LPG carrier JV

Murmansk port cargo throughput reaches 14.3m tons

Yantar Shipyard launches RV Yantar for Ministry of Defense

Yang Ming starts new direct service to SEA and Taiwan

General Dynamics Board declares dividend

DeepOcean awarded extensions on IMR contract with Statoil

Van Oord secures dredging contract in Indonesia

Vale pumping in $443m to Lumut project in 2013

John Deere announces new 4.5L, 6.8L Tier 3 marine engines at International WorkBoat Show

General Dynamics NASSCO lays keel of second mobile LPD

China iron ore demand to grow 7.5% in 2013: Bimco

North Sea collision kills four after cargo carrier hits container ship

Gazprom pioneers LNG cargo transportation to Asia via Arctic route

New rules for passenger safety agreed by IMO

Government of Indonesia issues new regulations on imported horticulture products

DNV launches a design framework for floating structures in ice

Crude oil prices drops to $108,81 in London, in New York - to $87,88

Bunker prices soften in Asia

Fujairah steady as bunker prices in Northern Europe firm

LA / Long Beach IFO380 down for a seventh consecutive market day