News 2014 April 2

Kongsberg Seatex announces the launch of a new generation of Blue Force Automatic Identification Systems

BMT delivers Metocean support for Tullow Oil

Icebreaking assistance at Big Port St. Petersburg to be over from April 10, 2014

Port of Charleston gets new coffee warehouse

A.P.Moller-Maersk Group signs strategic cooperation with China Shipping

Seadrill secures contracts for multiple jack-up units

Oil products exports of SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department in March’14

Ingalls Shipbuilding secures $497 million contract for seventh USCG NSC

Puerto Caacupe-mi is the first port in Paraguay and South America to select both Navis N4 and Kalmar SmartPort

Crude oil exports of SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department in March’14

GD's Bath Iron Works gets $24.3 million contract mod for DDG 1000 services

Rosmorport’s Astrakhan Branch holds transportation security exercise involving icebreakers

Dolphin Geophysical AS achieves ISO 9001:2008 certification

Port of Antwerp publishes procedures for LNG bunkering

Eastern Shipbuilding contracted to build suction hopper dredge ATB unit for GLDD

RF Transport Ministry approves compulsory regulations in Taman seaport

Ports of Piraeus, Bremen/Bremerhaven and Aqaba receive high environmental recognition

NorSea Group buys Danbor from Mærsk

Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 19% to 1.21 mt in Jan-March’14

SIPG throughput up 8.1% to 33.773 million TEU in 2013

Palmali tankers officially open navigation 2014 in Azov-Don Basin (photo report)

CSAV Group announces new service configuration between North of Europe and East Coast South America

FreightArea launches new web-based application to help cut logistics costs

Maersk Drilling takes delivery of the world’s largest jack-up Maersk Intrepid

Paragon Shipping signs commitment for the financing of two Ultramax newbuildings

Bunker prices at port Novorossiysk up in early 14th week (graph)

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,316 points

De Vries en van der Wiel and Geka hand over the extension of the Botlek Tank Terminal site to the Port of Rotterdam

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg up in early 14th week (graph)

Bronka terminals to be paved with concrete slabs suitable for heavy working conditions (photo)

Hapag-Lloyd informs about an enhanced service coverage between North Europe and South America East Coast

Oil price down to $105.62 in London and down to $99.74 in New York