News 2013 September 27

China Oilfield Services's semi-submersible drilling rig COSLProspector completes the assembly of its upper and lower hulls

Aliança christens the second of four identical new container ships for its cabotage fleet

Rosneft and ExxonMobil select contractors for initial phase engineering and design for Russian Far East LNG project

Statutory negotiations completed at Konecranes in Finland

Seatrade Europe hails cruise business boom

IMO Symposium debates a Sustainable Maritime Transportation System

USC to be reformed on the principle of divisional structure

ClassNK inks cooperation agreement with Indonesian classification society BKI

ZPMC new crane unload the world’s largest container ship

Floatel wins contract for provision of support vessel for Ichthys LNG Project

Three new potential investors of port Taman sign agreements of intent

Admiralty Shipyards and Baltiysky Zavod to be gradually moved to new territory

G E Shipping takes delivery of MR product tanker

Dalian ship recycling facility gets HK Convention certification from ClassNK

RS centenary marked by midday shot at Peter and Paul Fortress (photo)

Marine Board withholds approval of draft Strategy for USC development

IACS Chairman calls for evidence-based assessment of ship efficiency

Statoil postpones resuming production at the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea

Sergey Shishkarev heads Presidium of RF Government’s Marine Board

Portion of St. Johns River closed after vessel struck Mathews Bridge

Mitsui, Marubeni and MOL participate in a long-term charter business for the purpose of providing FPSO in Ghana

Bunker prices in port Novorossiysk dropped in late 39th week (graph)

RS defines major activities to improve requirements for icegoing vessels

USCG tests oil spill technologies in Operation Arctic Shield 2013

Baltic Dry Index up to 2,113 points

Oil price up to $109.21 in London and up to $103.03 in New York

Technical surveying of offshore marine infrastructure is RS priority (photo)

Transas equips Estonian Maritime Academy grand training complex

RS and Makarov University join efforts on personnel training

Bunker prices in port St. Petersburg drastically down in late 39th week (graph)