News 2013 April 22

Statoil and Petoro confirm significant Gullfaks discovery

Four new sea survival ETCs to be opened in 2013 - Russian Maritime Security Service (photo)

Keppel sets up subsidiary to apply for seabed minerals exploration licence

Maersk Line to deliver AC72 catamaran for America’s Cup regatta

International seminar “Sea survival – training standards” opens in St. Petersburg (photo)

Sovcomflot takes delivery of arctic offshore vessel from Arctech

Throughput of HaminaKotka up 4% to 3.7 mln t in QI'13

Hapag-Lloyd to revise Wharfage Port Charges in Bilbao

Van Oord completes land reclamation for expansion of Rotterdam port (photo)

DeepOcean buys 50% stake in AUDS

Suspected of using slave labor sailors on SS Veles taken into custody in Vladivostok

Maersk CEO opens the NASDAQ stock market

Yuri Solomatkin takes post of Deputy Director for Navigation Safety of Rosmorport Astrakhan Branch (photo)

Mediterranean Shipping Co announces bunker surcharge on several services

Mediterranean Shipping Company to apply surcharge for all shipments on Turkey-Israel & Egypt service

Pattaya boat collision injures 18

Daily icebreaking service covered 9 vessels in the Gulf of Finland

Bunker prices firm in Europe, Americas

Damen contracted to supply patrol vessels to Bahamas

Multraship confirms order for 2 new Damen ASD 2810 tugs

Tug boat with two bodies of crewmembers lifted from Neva bottom

Transocean Ltd. reports on its fleet status

Directorate on transport system development to be set up in St. Petersburg

New fuel-saving system for U.S. Navy ship

Italian shipyard secures RoRo vessel contract from Nordana

Baltic Dry Index up to 888 points