News 2013 April 3

BAE System's commercial shipbuilding continues to grow

Georgia's state legislature approves the $50 million in additional port deepening funds

Russian oil exports down 3% to 57.907 mln t in Jan-March'13

Sietas undocks first German-built jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms

ASL Marine releases clarification on press report

Russian coal exports up 6.1% to 30.534 mln t in QI'13

Unifeeder opens new sales office in Düsseldorf

Otto Marine invests in subsidiares

Russian transport system is permanently underfinanced and lacks stability reserves – Oleg Belozerov

ULJANIK Shipyard launches the first of two Stern Trawls for CJSC “Taurus”

CTruk Boats to launch the first payload support vessel in February 2014

Rosneft got interested in possible participation in Murmansk economic port zone – Marina Kovtun

CEO of Panalpina steps down

COSCON announces General Rate Increase for all general shipments from Far East and Indian Subcontinent to Canada

RF Ministry of Transport and Federation Council agree on simplification of fishing vessels’ registration (photo)

IAA PortNews publishes documents confirming innocence of Myre Seadiver crew accused in Nigeria

Nordic American Tankers Limited announces pricing of follow-on offering

Throughput of Illichivsk port (Ukraine) down 6.5% to 3.62 mln t in Jan-March'13

Mohammed Bin Zayed restructures Abu Dhabi Ports Company's board

DCT signs lease agreement with Port of Gdansk Authority

SOCAR announces its crude oil export volumes

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. to sell 35% of its Terminal Division to Global Infrastructure Partners

Daily icebreaking service covered 25 vessels in the Gulf of Finland

Fairmount Sherpa delivered rig Arctic I in Las Palmas

Throughput of Evpatoria seaport (Ukraine) more than doubles to 86,827 t in March’13

Danish and Turkish prime ministers lend support to Petkim Container Port

Baltic Dry Index down to 896 points