News 2012 December 19

US Navy warship deckhouse successfully installed

China Shipowners’ Association calls for fair competition

DCNS to buy Ireland’s OpenHydro Group to expand in marine energy

Commission reinforces safety for EU ships

Wärtsilä wins ship design contract for new Subsea 7 diving support vessel

Panamax-class ships seen with fastest growth in dry-bulk fleet

Port of Haifa container traffic sets records in 2012

Soldiers turn hijackers of N.Korea ship in Somali port

NCSP Group cargo volumes up 2.7% to 146.8m tons

U.S. Gulf tanker rates climb to four-week high

Rosmorport’s icebreakers busy assisting shipping in Gulf of Finland

Wärtsilä secures major contract from COSL for six PSV and AHTS design

Keppel interested in second Chinese yard

Goldenport sells container vessel for $7.5mln

Bimco to open centre in Shanghai

CCCC to build port terminal in Congo

China firms to buy stake in Taiwan terminal

Bunker prices make gains in Asia

Damen Shipyards acquires shiprepair yard in France

CMA CGM Paris IPO by end-2014

Storm in Azov Sea delays ship convoys

CSSC Chengxi inks orders for eight bulkers

FUGRO Survey Ltd. orders new HUGIN AUV system

More newbuilds have RS class

Small rise in Rotterdam bunker prices

EU NAVFOR flagship conducts her first WFP escort

FESCO’s icebreaker heads for Magadan to provide icebreaking service

Singapore invests in Ezion

Mundra Port posts 16.7% growth in box traffic

U.S. Navy awards General Dynamics $48m for USS Toledo maintenance and modernization

Fifth Buyan-class corvette gets mame of Serpukhov

Kongsberg Maritime to supply survey suite to new German survey vessel

Bumi Armada unit secures $276m loan from Indian banks

Cruise industry forms global trade association

RV Akademik Treshnikov embarks on first Antarctic voyage

Rosneft, Saras set to create JV

Adani Hazira Container Terminal ready for operations

Crude oil prices up to $108,78 in London, in New York - to $87,93