News 2013 January 15

Shipping ETF sails higher as Baltic Dry Index rebounds

ICS updates Flag State Performance Table

EPC contract awarded for SDIC terminal at Qinzhou Port

Chemoil dismisses most of its Singapore fuel oil team

Russia’s Mechel pays RUR 15.5 bln for govt stake in Vanino port

Chemical Tanker design order for Deltamarin

Coal transshipment via Baltic Coal Terminal (Latvia) up 18% to 4.79 mln t in 2012

Shanghai chemical spill exposes faults, expert says

Saudi Vela quits spot market ahead of merger

First bunkering with LNG in Belgian port of Antwerp

China's shipbuilding output down 21.4 pct in 2012

Throughput of Ust-Luga port (Leningrad reg.) doubles to 46.61 mln t in 2012

Adani Group looking to buy port in India

Container throughput of Hong Kong Port down 5.3% to 23.1 mln TEUs in 2012

No position of deputy Harbor Master in Big Port St. Petersburg

Taiwan’s CPC seeks heavy low-sulfur crude for March delivery

RINA Group supports Tasneef

Lukoil to spend RUR 325 bln on shelf projects by 2021

Petronet board okays LNG terminal at Gangavaram

FAL Oil suspends restructuring talks

Throughput of Rosterminalugol OJSC up 26% to 13.76 mln t in 2012

Frontline 2012 plans newbuildings, raises $310mln

BW orders FSRU from Samsung Heavy Industries

PetroChina to start internal bunker business in Dongying

Sembcorp Marine restores tilted rig

Results of environmental monitoring in Russia presented to Finnish authorities

EMEA bunker prices start the week soft

EU funding for LNG bunkering vessel

Cosco may invest 1bn euros in Piraeus

Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC up 9.3% to over 18 mln t in 2012

Singapore bunker sales bounce back in December

DNV and GL to merge into DNV GL Group

Vale claims clearance for valemaxes to call at Chinese ports

Throughput of Russia’s seaports up 5.6% to 565.5 mln t in 2012

Americas bunker prices start the week soft