News 2013 July 22

BMT Reliability Consultants awarded ISO14001 and OHSAS18001

“IMO Conventions: Effective Implementation” selected as World Maritime Day theme for 2014

Tugboats of Port Fleet to tow three naval ships under St. Petersburg bridges at night of July 23-24

Cargo throughput of Klaipėda Port and in Būtingė terminal up 6.8 pct to 21.7 mln. tn in January – June of 2013

Milaha reports net profit of QR 574 million for H1 2013

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO up to RUB 11,073 in RF spot market

Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on the Cheetah service from Asia to South Africa

New 135,000-ton cruise ship set to debut in 2016 to be named Carnival Vista

Throughput of Universal Reloading Complex (Leningrad region) up 14% to 1.6 mln t in HI’13

CMA CGM expands feeder service to Liverpool

Throughput of Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg up 54% to 197,927 TEUs in HI’13

Bintulu Port contract a sign of ramp up in momentum

Ust-Luga Container Terminal handled first Team Lines call (photo)

Marine Façade (St. Petersburg) hosts M/V Crown Princess for the first time in its history (photo)

Temasek Holdings announces new Chairman

Intermodal Europe 2013 to present container trade outlook for Asia

Damen Shipyards launches IFS’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system at its Romanian branch in Galati

Seadrill secures commitment for newbuild ultra-deepwater unit West Tellus

Malaysia's Kuantan Port to double annual capacity to 52 million tonnes

Bergen Group sells its majority stake in shipbuilding division to Zaliv Shipyard

Emirates Shipping Line announces Peak Season Surcharge for Indian Subcontinent and Middle East trade

Hapag-Lloyd announces relocation of NYE Service to NYCT Terminal in New York

Houston bunker prices make mixed movements

Rates of port dues collected by Rosmorport take effect on July 23, 2013

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,138 points