News 2013 March 28

Nuclear icebreaker Rossija will work in Gulf of Finland as long as ice situation requires

Martek declares “ECDIS leasing option essential for shipowners and industry to benefit from early adoption”

Braemar SA announces new additions to its team of marine surveyors and consultants

Imtech Marine appointed as VAR for Inmarsat Global Xpress

ASPO launches two tugboats for OMS Shipping

Nordic Shipholding announces divestment of its chemical tanker operations

Bunker price in port Novorossiysk down in late 13th week

Korean Register elects a new Chairman & CEO

Bunker Review W.13, 2013

Gazprom 2012 net profit down 37% to RUB 556.34 bln

Gazprom signs long-term contract for gas supplies to Serbia

Exhibition “Maritime activities of southern Russia” opens in Novorossiysk (photo)

RF Transport Ministry considers attraction of private investors to hydraulic project in Rostov region

Port of Long Beach forecasts steady cargo growth for 2013

Large landing ships Kaliningrad and Aleksandr Shabalin call on port Novorossiysk

NYK to establish NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd. on 1st October 2013

Hapag-Lloyd to start a new Mediterranean - US East Coast Service effective June 2013

Daily icebreaking service covered 29 vessels in the Gulf of Finland

Bunker price in Far East ports down in late 13th week

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries licenses marine deck crane technology to STX Construction (Dalian)

Increase in capacity for crude oil in the port of Rotterdam

Krasnoye Sormovo to build more tankers for Turkmenistan

Drydocks World and Maritime World launch Dubai Maritime Green Initiative to propagate environmental excellence

NYK celebrates Japan's 1st environmentally-friendly tugboat in Yokohama

Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on its services from the Adriatic to the U.S.A.

Zaliv shipyard (Ukraine) undocks platform supply vessel Blue Protector (photo)

Keppel to build four more jackup rigs worth US$820 million for Mexican offshore market

Gazpromneft Marine Bunker acquires Romania-based Marine Bunker Balkan S.A.

Baltic Dry Index down to 922 points