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Long Beach begins construction The Port of Long Beach launched construction of its $1.2 billion Middle Harbor project, which the port and Orient Overseas Container Line say will be the most automated container terminal in North America, the Journal of Commerce reported.		Mermaid Maritime wins extension Mermaid Maritime Public Company secured an extension to a contract worth about $16.1m to provide drilling and related services for its existing client in Indonesia's offshore oil and gas fields, Seatrade Asia online reports.

Port of Los Angeles receives The Port of Los Angeles has received project achievement awards from the Southern California Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) for two of its major waterfront development projects.		Singapore shipowners welcome The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has welcomed the air strikes on Somali pirate bases, Seatrade Asia online reports. On 15 May EU naval forces launched their first onshore raid attacking pirate bases from the air.

Surcharge on Shipments Hanjin Shipping has announced today that it will impose peak season surcharge for Asia-Europe trade as of June 1st, 2012, the South Korean company press release said.		STX OSV expects to benefit STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”, the “Group”), a major global designer and shipbuilder of offshore and specialized vessels headquartered in Norway, is pleased to report robust order intake for the first quarter ended 31 March 2012 .

Siemens to Equip Maersk ships The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has been awarded a contract worth tens of millions of Euros from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) .		ADIK Shipyard Launches The Eight vessel of the LCT (Landing Craft Tank) Project undertaken by ANADOLU (ADIK) Shipyard on the Contract signed with SSM in 2009 (Turkish Undersecretariat of Defense Industries) NB 230 / Ç-158 was succesfully launched on May 11th 2012.


Elgin well kill operation kicks off Work to halt the gas leak on the UK Elgin G4 well has kicked off.		EU Naval Force strikes Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action against known pirate supplies on the shore.

Chairman honored in Japan In recognition of his ethical contributions assisting the reconstruction of Japan following the March 2011 (311) Earthquake Tsunami that devastated much of the country, Evergreen Group Chairman Dr. Yung-Fa Chang was honored.		SASCO reports Q1 net loss The net loss of Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO) for the first quarter of 2012 according to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) was RUB 45.28 million against net profit of RUB 36.64 million a year earlier, the Russian shipping company said.

FESCO’s quarter profit jumps Net income of JSC Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO Shipping) in the first quarter of 2012 according to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) surged by as much as 30 times year-on-year to RUB 1.22 billion, the Group said.		Wärtsilä Hamworthy secures Wärtsilä Hamworthy has won a contract to supply its Flare Gas Recovery packages to four floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units under construction for Petrobras, MarineLink reported.

10-year agreements for T56 AMCs Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced a new ten-year agreement covering its global network of T56 engine Authorised Maintenance Centres (AMCs).		Bumi Armada buys two AHTS Malaysia-based Bumi Armada has acquired two anchor handling towing supply (AHTS) vessels from Japan-based Sanko Steamship, Seatrade Asia online reports.


STX OSV posts Q1 net profit STX OSV posted a slowdown in earnings in the first quarter but expects to benefit from renewed demand for larger and more complex offshore vessels, Seatrade Asia online reports.		DSME begins construction Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME, South Korea) has commenced the construction of the world's largest container vessel with a capacity of 18,000 TEUs, the South Korean media reports.

Support from Steelmakers Vale may soon see its “Valemax” vessels – the world’s largest iron ore vessels – docking at Chinese ports if the Chinese government listens to its own steel companies.		China NewbuildingIndex down 4% The China Newbuilding Price Index (from April 15 to 30) fell 0.4 per cent to 905 points and a four per cent fall compared to 939 points earlier this year, Xinhua reports.

EU Naval Force rescues On 11 May EU NAVFOR frigate HNLMS Van Amstel released a fishing dhow and her Iranian crew off the coast of Somalia. The dhow had been pirated 10 days earlier and was being used to carry out pirate attacks on merchant vessels, the EUNAVFOR press release sa		Turkey flagged ship moors The 25,000dwt Minanur Cebi 1 (Turkey flag) docked today at Tuapse Bulk to take on board the prilled urea cargo manufactured by Nevinnomyssk Nitrogen and Novomoskovsk-based Azot JSC, the stevedore company said.

Ponnani port to be delayed The proposed cargo port in Ponnani is likely to be delayed by another six months.Construction can start only after the ministry of environment conducts an environmental impact study during the monsoon, TNN reports.		Germany approves expansion he German parliament gave final approval to an extension of the European Union's anti-piracy operation off the Horn of Africa to include targeting equipment stored on Somali beaches, AFP reports.