News 2014 March 18

Agreement on the accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation signed

DeepOcean awarded major trenching contract

NYK / Yusen Logistics inaugurates new logistics center in the Port of Duisburg

RF Transport Ministry approves compulsory regulations in Onega seaport

TTS Group ASA enters into four new contracts

SMM 2014 Hamburg to host GMEC

The Japan Fair Trade Commission issues cease and desist orders and surcharge payment orders to certain shipping companies

Port of Klaipėda signed Cooperation Agreements with major U.S. ports

Pacific Radiance declares options for ULSTEIN’s PSV designs

Rickmers Maritime signs a two - ship charter with Maersk Line

3 icebreakers escort vessels in the Gulf of Finland

Wärtsilä to retrofit two UK ferries with its new AQUARIUS READY ballast water management system solution

COSCO Container Lines announces a THC adjustment for all shipments from/to port Buenaventura, Columbia

Bunker prices in Far East ports still high in early 12th week (graph)

Nine foreign flagged ships under detention in the UK during February 2014

Throughput of Arkhangelsk Sea Commercial Port down 9.2% to 195,100 t in Jan-Feb'14

Baltiysk ferry starts working (photo)

Expansion of Port of Gdansk container terminal co-funded under Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme

COSCO Container Lines announces GRI for all shipments from Far East to South America West Coast & Mexico

Container throughput of Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (Ukraine) up 25% to 40.03 TEUs in Jan-Feb'14

Incat Crowther's catamaran passenger vessel under construction and available for purchase

Kongsberg Maritime technology chosen for 10 Petrobras pipelaying newbuilds

RF Government approves activity plan to promote competition in port service sector

COSCON announces GRI for all dry and reefer cargo from Far East and Indian Subcontinent to USA and Canada

OW Bunker launches physical operations in Australia

Guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun departed Bulgarian port of Varna

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,481 points

Oil price down to $108.54 in London and down to $98.08 in New York

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO up to RUB 11,284 in RF spot market

Russia’s heating oil production up 4.5% to 13.24 mln t in Jan-Feb'14