News 2013 January 10

Extra ice restrictions introduced in Big Port St. Petersburg from Jan 23, 2013

Russia should secure its position in building special vessels – Vladimir Putin (photo)

MacGregor wins electric crane contract for PIL's four new container vessels

Rickmers-Linie expands its global presence with a new office in Singapore

Larsen & Toubro and AVEVA sign Teaming Agreement

RF Transport Ministry originates a bill on transit cargo transportation

MSC to withdraw cruise ship Melody

Two men missing after cargo ship sinks in Selayar

Port of Kiel’s annual results show a slight rise

Vitol, MISC to double oil storage in Malaysia in 2014

Shanghai to double bonded warehouse storage for metals

Seized Argentine naval ship gets jubilant homecoming

Australian cyclone shuts Rio Tinto ports

Turkey's Global Yatirim mulls port unit sale, hires JPMorgan

SC Lowy completes Korean financing first

Tangshan gets nod to build coal berths

Zhuhai Port launches largest coal-shipping base in South China

OW Bunker secures exclusive marine lubricants contract with Shell Brazil

IMO Secretary-General launches 2013 World Maritime Day theme

Vietnamese cargo ship runs aground in W.Lombok

Congestion of 1600 loaded wagons in Kaliningrad ports and terminals - KRW

Sinopec Company buys stake in Fujairah storage project

EBRD invests in Lithuanian port’s future as major hub

Bunker prices in Asia continue to climb

MOL to install ballast water treatment system on VLCC

Wednesday sees further gains for European bunker prices

Mid week bunker prices mixed in North America

No change for Hong Kong bunker sales volume in December

Singapore bunker company facing liquidation

Malaysia's Northport goes green with electric RTGs

Mermaid Marine Australia wins offshore vessel charter deal from BHP

China Merchants Energy Shipping posts 47% plunge in profit

Triyards bags $60m contract

US Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to ferry allision in Manhattan

HII announces promotion of Chris Miner as NNS's VP of in-service aircraft carrier programs

Russian coal exports up 20.1% in 2012, to 125.702m tons

Shanghai handles 32.5m teu in 2012

Marco Polo Indonesian unit buying two more anchor handlers

Port of Riga throughput rose 5.8 percent in 2012

At least 74 injured when commuter ferry crashes in Manhattan

Port of Oulu throughput was flat in 2012

Passenger ship calls at Murmansk port up 2.5% in 2012

Vizhinjam Port project set to become the largest transshipment container terminal

GD's Electric Boat awarded $4.6bn for submarine programs

World's largest man-made port welcomes world's largest container ship

Crude oil price down to $111,76 in London, in New York - to $93,1