News 2013 November 15

Yantar shipyard lays down Admiral Istomin frigate for RF Navy (photo)

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard secures commitment for an additional $65m term loan

“K” Line to support transportation of emergency relief supplies to typhoon-hard-hit area in the Philippines by its containerships

Gazprom Neft to launch Novyi Port terminal (Ob Bay) in late 2015 (map)

Seadrill Limited agrees to acquire high specification jack-up Prospector 3

Siem Offshore announces charter contract for the PSV “Siem Sasha”

BOURBON sells two vessels for US$130 million, generating capital gains of approximately US$63 million

Yacht builder Amels sells its first Limited Editions AMELS 242

ClassNK issues Japan’s first Statement of Compliance for ship recycling facility to Miyaji Salvage

GAC opens office in Labuan to support offshore oil and gas sector in Malaysia

ABB wins over $23 million marine orders for fourteen container ships

Evergreen with Hanjin to create its New Ho Chi Minh Service

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on cargo from Asia to Europe

COSCO Container Lines announces Rate Restoration for all shipments from Far East to Persian Gulf trade

Shipyard Pella (Leningrad region) delivers tugboat “RB-400” to RF Navy

Customs warehouse opens at Novaya Gavan terminal (port Ust-Luga)

Transit navigation at Volga-Baltic Waterway to close from November 16, 2013

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg transferred RUB 25.9 mln for implementation of environment programme in Jan-Sep’13

Maersk Drilling posts Q3 2013 results

Russian Railways Holding and South Korean consortium agree to cooperate

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a terminal change on Indian Ocean Service

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg up in late 46th week (graph)

Euronav sells VLCC Ardenne Venture

Net profit of Far Eastern Shipping Company down 2.1 times to RUB 612 mln in 9M’13

APM Terminals throughput up to 9.3 million TEUs in Q3 2013

NOVATEK posts 9M’13 net profit of RUB 26.9 bln (-23.5%, y-o-y)

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,517 points

Oil price up to $108.54 in London and down to $93.76 in New York

SIBUR signs agreement to sell its LPG Rail Cars fleet to Rail Garant

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports down 5.3% to 117.7 mln t in Jan-Oct’13

Throughput of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port down 12.2% to 118.1 mln t in Jan-Oct’13