News 2013 January 21

India's MCA reviewing continuation of CCI exemption for shipping pacts

International shipping confidence index shows signs of pulse in January

Far East Development Fund interested in Sovetskaya Gavan PSEZ

EU ports policy review: no convincing case for new legislation

Philippines says salvaging U.S. ship should not damage reef

2.9% growth for China's bonded bunker sales

CMA CGM receives the highest score on compliance and safety of its fleet

Malaysia's ports container throughput up 2.82 % in 2012

Wärtsilä to power fuel efficient RoPax ferry

South Korea's S-Oil hikes bunker sales after launch of Onsan terminal

China Shipowners’ Association opposes Vale’s distribution centre project in Zhanjiang

New maritime educational institution obtains its official name

Gunmen seize Panama-flagged tanker in Ivory Coast

Nordic papermakers call for shredding sulfur limits

Eitzen Chemical A/S and Transas Marine Denmark agree on Dual ECDIS installations and upgrades

Baltic Index rises most since November on shortage of ore ships

Wärtsilä to power new Scottish RoPax ferry

Australia's iron ore belt faces new cyclone threat

Russia to hold Black Sea antiterror drills

EU rules allow use of Iranian bunkers

Throughput of Neva-Metal CJSC up 16% to over 2.8 mln t in 2012

Biggest ever marine scrubber installation planned

Synthetic fuel manufacturer claims succees in sea trials

Nuclear icebreaker Rossiya enters the Baltic Sea

OOCL receives two new 13,000-teu ships

Throughput of Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport down 8.6% to 3.31 mln t in 2012

CSCL forecasts a profit for 2012

Brightoil gains approval to develop gas field

Mechel sells part of Vanino Commercial Seaport to investors

Fujian ports box volumes rise 10.6% in 2012

Xiamen Shipbuilding bags Höegh Autoliners trio

Russian Navy starts major inter-fleet drills in Black and Mediterranean Seas

Hongqiang Heavy Industry to build five 15,000-dwt bulkers

Over 1,000 lives lost at sea in 2012 - IMO

North America bunker prices end the week with gains

Bunker prices in Asia end the week with gains

Rotterdam bunker prices up at the end of the week