News 2013 January 14

INTERTANKO sends strong delegation to IMO Fire Protection Sub-committee

Throughput of Archangelsk port up 26% to 5.58 mln t in 2012

'Greatship’s Subsidiary takes delivery of a Platform/ROV Support Vessel

Beirut port expansion ongoing as Syria conflict redirects trade

S.Korean ship orders almost halve on weak demand

Petrochemical leak pollutes Shanghai port

BP Singapore retains top spot on MPA's 2012 list of top bunker suppliers

Leading cruise companies are urged to make Hong Kong a port of call

PSA International, ABG Group may get chance again to bid for JNPT project

Unipec seen overtaking Shell as largest booker of oil tankers

German freight trader tops miners in 2013 ship charters

Somali pirates release Syrian hostages after 2 years

Shipping tycoon Fredriksen raises cash for newbuilds

Concordia survivors mark first anniversary of cruise ship wreck

Frigstad orders two deepwater semi-subs at CIMC Raffles

China crude oil imports up 6.8% in 2012

Peru bunker prices climb nearly $20/mt on higher resupply costs

Hongguan Shipyard transforms into environmental equipment factory

Hellas and Finland ratify the ILO MLC 2006

Mississippi rock blasting puts river in ship shape

260 scrap ships, highest in five years, imported in 2012

China's top shipbuilder forecasts profit slump

Banks offer €65mln to create Baltic hub port

San Francisco officials reconsider allowing large ships to sail in fog near the Bay Bridge

Throughput of Murmansk Commercial Seaport up 8.6% to 15.69 mln t in 2012

Panamax coal freight rates slip on vessel oversupply despite fixtures

Singapore bunker prices make first dip of the year

Mediterranean and Black Sea bunker prices end the week strong

Oil and condensate production in Kazakhstan down 1.1% to 79.21 mln t in 2012

Maersk wants Hong Kong to require clean fuel

Ultrabulk orders kamsarmax in Japan

Rosmorport icebreakers escort 46 vessels in Azov Sea

Former Brightoil Bunker CEO joins Goldman Sachs

Cargo turnover of Russia’s Far East up 28.6% in 2012 – Viktor Ishayev

Alfa Laval win first PureSOx scrubber order

ClassNK receives expanded authorisation from US Coast Guard

Market can’t get any worse – China lines

CIMC Raffles wins $1.3bn twin rig order

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping accredited by Federal Accreditation Service

Labour woes add to slowdown in US box demand

Ezra bags multiple contracts worth $160m

China's Yantian International Container Terminals handled its 100 millionth TEU

Americas bunker prices end the week mixed

Alam Maritim seals contract extension

Freight traffic transfer to Losevo-Kamennogorsk line (Leningrad reg.) scheduled for 2013 – RF Transport Minister