News 2013 April 9

Bunker fuel price in port St. Petersburg sinks in early 15th week

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore announces new initiatives

MISC announces the receipt of the Notice of Revised Offer

Alfa Laval wins SEK 50 million environmental order to clean ballast water

InterMoor awarded license to construct service base at Açu Superport in Brazil

Bunker price in port Novorossiysk remained unchanged in early 15th week

Wilhelmsen Ships Service expands in Asia offshore market

Diana Shipping announces the acquisition of a capesize dry bulk carrier

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, ABS and SUTD ink MOU on Maritime Technology Professorship

STX OSV presents new brand name VARD

Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi awards AED 100 mln pre-built warehousing contract to System Construct

Statoil and SOCAR sign MoU to explore new Caspian acreage

Pacifico Marine to falsify court’s judgment on recovery of RUB 110 mln for Vladivostok catamaran

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard secures order for 10 tankers

Boskalis acquires EUR 75 million dredging contract in Germany

Teekay Tankers Ltd. orders four fuel-efficient LR2 product tanker newbuildings with options for an additional twelve vessels

Nuclear icebreaker Rossija completes operation in Baltic Sea

Ingalls reaches important DDG 1001 hangar construction milestone

LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker commences selling RМК-500 and RМК-700

Gazprom and Gasunie go into Nord Stream expansion project

BAE Systems gets $20 million contract from U.S. Navy to provide critical mine detection sensor prototype

SC Klaipedos Nafta transhipment results in March 2013

The Port of Long Beach and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers release Environmental Impact Report for new terminal

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 14.1% to 8.149 mln t in QI'13

Bunker price in Far East ports down in early 15th week

Keppel secures repeat jackup order from Ensco worth about US$225 million

STX awarded LR2 tankers contract from Teekay Tankers

Daily icebreaking service covered 34 vessels in the Gulf of Finland

Incotec Cargo delivers mining equipment from port St. Petersburg to Siberia and Urals (photo)

Global Port Tracker issues container forecast for ports in Northern Europe

RS suspends interaction with Russian Register

Vale obtains operating permit for Pier IV in the Ponta da Madeira maritime terminal

NYK launches tsunami alert system

Indonesia releases Skaugen's vessel Norgas Cathinka

Baltic Dry Index down to 858 points

Container throughput of Novoroslesexport OJSC up 22% to record-breaking 32,000 TEUs in March’13

Batumi Sea Port (Georgia) acquires 2 new gantry cranes