News 2013 July 31

Far East Shipping Company sees a 35% drop in half-year profit

Handling of vehicles at CPV terminals rose 23.5% in H1 2013 to 47,900 units

Kenian court puts nine Somalis behind bars for pirating

NYK vessel rescues family in distress

GPA ports set records in cargo throughput in FY2013

Deltamarin designs Wallenius car carriers at Tianjin Xingang shipyard

VF Tanker takes delivery of 10th vessel of RST27 product tanker series (photo release)

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announces public offering of common stock

RTL launches 3PL service for Haima cars delivery

Moscow Shipyard launches 3050.1-class buoy tender for Volga-Baltic basin authority (photo release)

Konecranes delivers SMV containerhandler to Novolesexport

USGS to have new Great Lakes research vessel

Figaro ferry delivers new autos to RTL terminal in Big Port St. Peteburg (photo release)

UK cruise ship Saga Ruby calls at St. Petersburg passenger port (photo)

CNOOC Limited makes two new exploration discoveries in Bohai

A foreign bulker allides with quay wall in Novorossiysk port

First Triple-E vessel calls at Shanghai, China

Bronka port starts construction of facility for autonomous fire-fighting system (photo)

Baltic Dry Index drops to 1,067 pts

COSCO Container Lines announces General Rate Increase for Far East to South America trade

Court rules in favour of Petrotrans-Primorsk in a dispute with RZD

DP World handled 26.6 million TEU in H1 2013

New Irish Maritime Administration to be created

BILK Kombiterminál first Hungarian terminal to join InlandLinks

Paris MoU maritime authorities to inspect safety of propulsion and auxiliary machinery on ships

Kvichak delivers P/V Bering to SWAPA

Crude oil prices drop to $106,91 in London, in New York - to $103,08