News 2013 August 6

Throughput of Klaipeda Port and Būtingės terminal (Lithuania) up 4.2% to 25.24 mln t in Jan-July’13

Dan-Bunkering (Middle East) DMCC is open for business

IAA PortNews celebrated its eighth birthday on Kos Island (Greece)

BMT appoints Business Development Manager

Colombo International Container Terminal holds grand ceremonial opening ceremony

Drydocks World signs partnership deal with Tasneef

Sovcomflot’s backlog of orders placed with Russian shipyards exceeds $200 mln – Sergey Frank (photo)

Konecranes Plc to supply another 8 RTGs to Bolloré Group in West Africa

Head of Karelia Republic backed ecological initiative of Baltic Fuel Company (photo report)

Australia joins the ReCAAP

Ranger Offshore adds DP-2 vessel to its fleet

Iran's biggest passenger terminal to be inaugurated in September

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port up 36% to 2.5 mln t in Jan-July’13

Bunker prices in Far East ports up in early 32nd week (graph)

Farstad Shipping ASA announces charter agreements

Moscow River Shipping Company invites to take lease of its floating hotel Gleb Krzhizhanovsky

“K” Line (India) Private Limited adds new marine management services in India

Capital Product Partners L.P. plans to acquire three 5,023 TEU container vessels

Newest missile ship Grad Sviyazhsk of RF Navy starts Caspian trials (photo)

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,058 points

Oil price down to $108.7 in London and down to $106.56 in New York