News 2014 April 11

Alewijnse signs contracts with new subsidiaries in Singapore and Malaysia

I ‐ Tech ́s Selektope ® recommended for EU approval by the UK Health and Safety Executive

Sinopacific Shipyard deliveres Platform Supply Vessel "Sea Springer" to Deep Sea Supply

Armada Shipyard kicks off construction of Palmali's RST22M Armada-series tankers

MPA, WDA and e2i step up efforts to attract Singapore workers to the harbour craft sector

OOCL Korea named to join modern fleet, delivering premium services

Maritime Environment Protection Committee calls for speedier action on ballast water

Ezra records 22% increase in 1H14 revenue to US$640.3 million

Throughput of port Tallinn (Estonia) up 7.5% to 8.3 mln t in QI'14

MCC Transport and Maersk Line launch the AC3 service

UASC adds new Asia-Mediterranean service (AMC2)

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation announces acquisition of one VLCC

GasLog to buy additional three LNG carriers from BG Group

The Georgia Ports Authority throughput up 15.5 percent to 2.61 million tons in March

Damen ARNO Dunkerque gets a new set of ‘feet’ to the world’s first purpose-built offshore wind turbine installation and maintenance vessel

Net Profit of Transneft under IAS down 14.3% to RUB 158.01 bln in 2013

Cruise shipping season opens in the Port of Kiel

EMAS scores award from Noble Energy for the Gunflint Project in the Gulf of Mexico

Port Authority of Singapore and PSA Corporation extend Memorandum of Understanding on Developing

USCG suspends search for two missing crewmembers in Mississippi and for teen at Ocean Beach

Tranzit-DV bunkers container carrier Ital Contessa at Zarubino port (photo)

IMO and Bangladesh announce major collaboration to improve ship-recycling standards

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,029 points

Oil price down to $107.46 in London and down to $103.40 in New York

Ingalls Shipbuilding delivers to US Navy amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6)

Yaroslavsky Shipyard launches landing craft Lieutenant Rimsky-Korsakov built for RF Defence Ministry (photo)

Mexican, U.S. leaders hold seminar on coordinated oil spill response in Gulf of Mexico

Port Vanino posts 2013 net profit of RUB 336.13 mln (up 2.26 times, y-o-y)

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg slightly down in late 15th week (graph)