News 2014 January 10

Triyards Holdings secures two cruise ship contracts

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard deliveres a bulk carrier of 57000DWT to its Asian buyer

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) down 5.3% to 28.8 mln t in 2013

IHI awarded EPC of two LNG tanks in Dahej LNG Terminal, India

Throughput of HaminaKotka port (Finland) down 3.6% to 14 mln t in 2013

CIMC Raffles secures order from Central Shipping Monaco (CSM) to build 2 jackup rigs with options for 4 more

The new-built vessel “NEVA-LEADER 7” arrived from her maiden voyage

Wärtsilä signs a contract to supply LNG terminal to Tornio in Finland

DeepOcean to inspect the Nord Stream pipelines

Throughput of Aktau ISCP (Kazakhstan) down 8% to 10.08 mln t in 2013

Damen double hull oil tanker 8000 delivered to De Opfeart and James Fisher Everard

Russia plans to triple LNG exports to 35 mln t per year by 2020

WWL received draft cease and desist order in Japanese fair trade investigation

Registration for Forum of Dredging Companies continues

EU to spearhead international efforts to fight Somali piracy

Crude oil production in Russia up 0.87% to 523.2 mln t in 2013

RF Government decreases export duties for crude and diesel fuel

Samsung Heavy Industries wins order for five 14,400TEU container ships worth USD 580 million

BAE Norfolk awarded $13.9m contract modification for USS Wasp maintenance work

In 2013 Port of Tallinn served record number of passengers, cargo handling declined slightly

Wärtsilä and Rolls-Royce end takeover talks

Cashman Equipment Corp. expands its fleet with 14 new hopper barges

Seatankers receives sixth of twelve PSVs

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg go down (graph)

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,706 points

Oil exports via CPC terminal up 6.9% to 32.7 mln t in 2013

Oil price down to $106.39 in London and down to $91.66 in New York