News 2014 January 31

Bunker sales of Gazpromneft Marine Bunker up 10% to 3.2 mln t in 2013

Tall ship Mir arrives at Sochi to participate in Olympic events (photo)

DFDS Logistics expansion through acquisition in Scotland

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard starts the hull assembly of the icebreaker project 21900M

Boreal Transport Nord orders two LNG powered ferries of Multi Maritime design

Ice campaign announced at port Odessa from January 31 (photo)

Container ship of COSCON collide with tanker in Singapore

Donjon-SMIT and MSRC announce alliance

RUB 80 bln to be allocated for approaches to ports of Krasnodar Territory by 2020, RF Transport Minister says

Suspect pirates apprehended by EU Naval Force flagship transferred to the Seychelles

Throughput of Vostochny Port is forecasted to grow by 3% to 50 mln t in 2014

KONGSBERG wins $36.8m contract to supply electrical, control systems for new Petrofac derrick pipelayer

U.S. Department of Transportation provides $7 mln for maritime education

Rosmorport Head Andrey Tarasenko elected as Krasnoye Sormovo BoD member

Vigor Marine awarded a $6.6m contract from U.S. Navy

62 vessels expect ice escort towards Azov Sea ports, 72 vessels are ready to leave them

Dutch Navy to buy tugboats in cooperation with FMV Sweden

Vigor set to buy Seward Ship’s Drydock

Detyens Shipyard secures $9.6m contract for overhaul and drydocking of replenishment oiler

7 icebreakers are involved in ice escorts in the Gulf of Finland

Damen Shiprepair Brest wins double order from Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers

Throughput of Mariupol Commercial Seaport Port (Ukraine) up 4% to 14.65 mln t in 2013

London to host RORO 2014 exhibition, 24-26 June

Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sagaidachniy continues her counter piracy patrols with operation Atalanta in the Gulf Of Aden

Aker Solutions completes sale of mooring and loading systems business to Cargotec

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg plunged in late 5th week (graph)

Rosmorport’s icebreaker involved in rescue operation in the Gulf of Finland

Oil price up to $107.95 in London and up to $98.23 in New York

Development programme of Sovcomflot will be considered by relevant Deputy PM

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,127 points