News 2014 March 19

BMT Fleet Technology welcomes new President

Concordia Maritime and Neste Oil sell their jointly owned tankers, Stena Poseidon and Palva

Expert says Russian ports of Baltic Sea are not competitive compared to foreign ports

COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard deliveres a pipelay heavy lift vessel to its Asian buyer

Nobel Bros Shipyard lays keel of diesel-electric passenger ship of PV09 design (photo)

Throughput of port Ust-Luga to exceed 100 mln t in 2017

PRISE optimises sequencing and arrival of mega-ships on the river Elbe and at the Port of Hamburg

RoRo equipment contract for Damen is supported by MacGregor's extensive experience with Canadian ferry services

Evergreen Group holds the naming ceremony for the EVER LOYAL

The Netherlands remains the largest maritime freight transport country in the EU

Expert says Russian Navy can do without French Mistral-class ships

FSL Trust reduces debt facility and FY2014 debt repayments with disposal of vessels

Wärtsilä to deliver its patented VIEC separation technology for three North Sea oilfields

Chevron increases support for HIV prevention in Niger Delta

RF Transport Ministry eager to ‘drag’ Baltic cargoes to domestic ports

Cargo transshipment should be moved beyond Saint-Petersburg, Russia’s deputy Transport Minister says

Western Bulk increases its presence in Panamax

Construction of Kerch bridge is a priority transport project in Crimea, Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister says

Throughput of Ukraine’s river ports up 15.1% to 292,800 t in Jan-Feb'14

Grup TCB doubles its investment in equipment in 2013

FESCO, Marubeni Corporation and United Grain Company sign memorandum of cooperation

Njord Offshore takes delivery of first Twin Axe

Wärtsilä Ship Design unveils WSD PSV Series of four vessels for Asia-Pacific ship owners

Throughput of port Singapore up 9% to 89.08 mln t in Jan-Feb'14

Port of Long Beach import volume down 2.7 percent in February 2014

Throughput of Chinese ports up 5.7% to 1.7 bln t in Jan-Feb'14

Oil price up to $106.79 in London and up to $99.70 in New York

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,518 points

NATO naval base could appear in Crimea, Vladimir Putin says

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg soared in early 12th week (graph)