News 2014 March 27

Concerns with IMO Ballast Water Convention can be addressed by IMO MEPC resolution - ICS

Judging panel composed for Ust-Luga Cup

Jinglu Shipbuilding invests in the future with AVEVA Marine

Bibby Offshore commences major construction and IRM campaign

Concrete works completed at decking of container berth No 4 in port Bronka (photo)

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on cargo from the East Mediterranean to the U.S.A.

BMT delivers concept jetty design for RAPID project

Konecranes appoints Ryan Flynn as Executive Vice President

Coast Guard, EPA continue cleanup efforts after oil discharge in Lake Michigan

Gray Offshore takes delivery of ocean deck barge from Conrad Shipyard

Moscow Shipyard lays down buoy tender of project 3052 for Volga Basin Administration (photo)

Throughput of Rosterminalugol hits 3 mln t of cargo from year beginning

Ship traffic via С-2 of Flood Protection Barrier in St.Petersburg suspended till May 8, 2014

Bunker prices in Far East ports down in late 13th week (graph)

Oceanteam Shipping and Grupo Diavaz create new offshore shipping company

Rosmorrechflot amends information on Ust-Luga Seaport in RF Register of Seaports

Primorsk Territory authorities: those guilty in disappearance of M/S Georg Ots will be punished

HHLA container throughput rises by 4.4 percent to 7.5 million in 2013

Russky Island (Vladivostok) to become an advanced economic development zone

A new Supervisory Council for JSC “Latvijas kugnieciba” elected

Vladimir Zakharenko built by Lotos Shipyard sets off for her maiden commercial voyage

Gazprom to seize 15-pct share in global LNG market by 2030

Review of Jan-Feb'14 cargo handling in Klaipeda Port, at Butingės Terminal and other eastern coast Baltic seaports

Statoil awarded exploration acreage offshore Myanmar

FESCO Novik joins FESCO Group’s fleet

Netherlands up in Logistics Performance Index 2014

A hungry gray seal pup found in Port of Bronka, now under construction (photo release)

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,496 points

Oil price up to $107.03 in London and up to $100.26 in New York

Gazprom set to develop small-scale LNG production