News 2013 December 3

Damen delivers cutter suction dredger to China

Navig8 Chemical Tankers announces 6 additional shipbuilding contracts

Russian coal exports up 9.7% to 125.54 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

Wärtsilä to design environmentally advanced container ship for US owner

Rolls-Royce secures design & systems integration contract from SINOPACIFIC

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port up 15.4% to 3.825 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

Port of Antwerp invites expressions of interest for new opportunities in the Deurganck dock

Seadrill Limited sells the semi-submersible rigs West Leo and West Sirius to Seadrill Partners LLC

Russia’s oil exports down 2.3% to 214.533 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

DNV GL and SDARI introduce new Green Dolphin bulk carrier concept

Damen to deliver 80 m Ice Class ferry for Fogo and Change Islands, Canada

Oil exports via CPC up 7.3% to 29.8 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

Bunker prices in Far East ports down in early 49th week (graph)

Seadrill announces new Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President

Shell floats hull for world’s largest floating facility

Kalmar to deliver revolutionary RTGs to Port of Oslo

G6 Alliance plans expansion to Trans-Pacific West Coast and Trans-Atlantic trades

Hapag-Lloyd to revise and enhance its Gulf Caribbean Service

Diesel fuel production in Russia up 2.9% to 65.062 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

Saint-Petersburg navigation of 2013 to be marked by 502 calls of passenger vessels

Hamburg Süd сhristens “Cap San Augustin” in Hong Kong

Gazprom Neft’s BoD to consider purchase of oil transshipment terminal at port Novorossiysk

KNUD E. HANSEN to design first 120m Ro-Pax vessel for the Chinese market

Van Oord CEO Pieter van Oord to participate in Forum of Dredging Companies

20 more companies sign the Maritime Singapore Green Pledge

Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 50.6% to 4.48 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

Deutsche Bahn and Port of Rotterdam Authority to coordinate on construction of 3rd track

RF Government approves adjustment of Sochi port boundaries

Diana Shipping Inc. announces delivery of the capesize dry bulk carrier m/v P. S. Palios

Vladimir Putin signs Decree to limit cargo transportation to North Korea

NYK, MOL, "K" Line, and SCI reach LNG long-term time charter for one LNG carrier with Petronet LNG

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,865 points

Ilya Gudkov appointed as Director General of Rostransmodernizatsia

Dubai to host 2nd Annual Port Management Strategy Summit

Oil price up to $111.45 in London and up to $93.82 in New York