News 2013 November 19

Polish flag officially raised on AKUL, most powerful tugboat in Polish ports

Seacon starts rail service between Poland and the United Kingdom for large shippers via the port of Rotterdam

Eastern Shipbuilding launches first of 6 OSVs for Hornbeck Offshore Services

Piraeus port, Cosco sign agreement on West Pier container Terminal III

Scorpio Bulkers announces newbuilding agreements for three Capesize dry bulk vessels for $162 mln

COSCO Container Lines announces Rate Restoration for Far East to Red Sea trade

ABB signs $33 million service contract with QGC

Kherson shipyard (Ukraine) delivers Gloster 1, lead tanker of project RST26

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard holds ceremonial keel laying for second Aframax tanker for Seariver Maritime

Five of the largest quay cranes in the world were put on transport in Shanghai to go to Rotterdam

Alexey Miller and Sergey Frank discuss LNG marine shipping

Ukrainian ports accepted 293 cruise ships in navigation of 2013

SapuraKencana subsidiary forms Austrian jv with Seadrill

Fesco handles American cargo in the port of Rotterdam

Star Bulk announces the acquisition of two modern Ultramax vessels

Boskalis deepens approach channel to port of Southampton in United Kingdom

Bunker prices at Far East ports down in early 47th week (graph)

Net profit of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg down 19% to RUB 494.4 mln in Jan-Sep’13

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on cargo from the Far East to SAEC

MacGregor wins a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane

Rosneft puts into operation its bunkering tanker RN Olimp (photo)

Great Lakes Shipyard commissions new cutting machine

APM Terminals Rotterdam retrofits cranes

Forum of dredging companies to take place in Moscow on February 5, 2014

Rolls-Royce to design and power live fish carrier for the Faroe Islands

Throughput of Ukraine’s river ports down 41.6% to 2.69 mln t

ABB to supply waste heat recovery systems for fourteen new box ships

United States Coast Guard grants AMS acceptance for Wärtsilä’s AQUARIUS®UV Ballast Water Management System

Net profit of Port Vanino up 2.7 times to RUB 406.62 mln in Jan-Sep’13

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,500 points

Wan Hai Lines to launch a new Northeast Asia to Vietnam direct service

Container throughput of port Hong Kong (China) down 5.4% to 18.3 mln TEUs

RF Government’s Decree on fulfillment of obligations under Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 comes into effect

Oil price down to $108.47 in London and down to $93.01 in New York

Havyard to construct icebreaker for Russia

Hapag-Lloyd to restructure and upgrade the Baltic Service Network