News 2013 February 6

Icebreaking assistance suspended in Yeisk port due to weather improvement

New Barranquilla Container Terminal to implement Tideworks' solutions

Ports urge European leaders not to cut in transport infrastructure budget

Transas Marine completed AIS-based VTS installation for the EU-funded SafeMed II Project

MSG to provide Simrad ECDIS training worldwide

Bluesea Shipping Lines provides services to Europe

Farstad Shipping to present the 4Q 2012 and the preliminary accounts 2012

MSC Mediterranean announces GRI on cargo from Asia to the Mediterranean, Black Sea and North Europe

Royal Caribbean starts constuction the next generation of cruise ships

Rosmorport icebreakers assist 22 vessels along Volga-Caspian Seaway Canal

Daily icebreaking service covers 43 vessels in the Gulf of Finland

Throughput of Commercial Port of Vladivostok down 5.2% to 489,500 t in Jan’13

Bunker fuel price in port St. Petersburg up in early 6th week

RUR 123 bln allocated for infrastructure development of Ust-Luga UTC in 2012

Bahri announces receiving a new general cargo vessel

Emma Maersk faces months out of service

FESCO foreign trade transportation up 14.1% to 342,700 TEUs in 2012

Swedegas and Vopak plan to invest in LNG terminal at the port of Gothenburg

Clipper Group receives the ISO 50001 certification for their vessels

NOVATEK to supply S. Korean YNCC with 300 t of light naphtha produced in Ust-Luga

North P&I Club publishes guidance on emplying armed guards in West Africa

Throughput of Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (Ukraine) up 32% to 1.48 mln t in Jan’13

International Chamber of Shipping Board meets in London

Export of Russian coal up 7.4% to 10.462 mln t in Jan’13

Export of Russian oil down 3.1% to 19.811 mln t in Jan’13

GAC Bunker Fuels opens new office in Norway

Solbian Energie Alternative to collaborate with Eco Marine Power

Malaysia's IJM to sell 40% in Kuantan Port to Guangxi Beibu

Rosmorport announces open tender for dredging works at Azov-Don Sea Canal

Arvydas Vaitkus takes post of DG of Klaipeda State Seaport Authority (Lithuania) (photo)