News 2013 August 8

Maersk Line to support Burkina Faso community

OW Bunker appoints new Regional Manager for North America

Rio Tinto announces first half underlying earnings of $4.2 billion

Emirates Shipping Line announces General Rate Increase on multiple trade lanes

Bunker prices in port Novorossiysk continue growing in late 32nd week (graph)

ABB to supply propulsion transformers to leading Chinese shipbuilder

New river ship christened in Germany

Unifeeder notifies local union strike to affect Kiel Canal operation

Expert predicts downward trend in bunker fuel prices next week

COSL buys semi-submersible drilling rig

Throughput of Murmansk Commercial Seaport up 10.9% to 9.87 mln t in Jan-July’13

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 7.7% to 20.2 mln t in Jan-July’13

Port of Klaipeda gets investments of 233,612 million litas in H1 2013

Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) up 2.6% to 8.5 mln t in Jan-July’13

NOL Group reports first half 2013 results

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) down 4.1% to 18.6 mln t in Jan-July’13

Boskalis offers combined refloat and dry dock solution through SMIT and Dockwise

Bunker prices in Far East ports continue growing in late 32nd week (graph)

Peel Ports appoints BAM - Van Oord JV for Liverpool2

Throughput of Liepaja (Latvia) down 31.5% to 2,777,000 t in Jan-July’13

Pacific Drilling announces Q2 2013 results

InlandLinks network now covers the entire port of Rotterdam area

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a terminal change intended for October

RF Transport Ministry published draft Strategy for RF water transport development till 2030

Nordic Yards to build accommodations unit for icebreaker ЛК-25

UK ratifies Maritime Labour Convention

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,022 points

Oil price down to $107.39 in London and down to $104.29 in New York