News 2014 April 16

Odessa Commercial Sea Port to boost capacity to 10-12 mln t of grain by 2015

Damen developed conceptual design for Arctic class LNG-powered vessel

CIMC Raffles delivers "HYSY 932" jackup drilling rig

Atomflot to work with major clients under long-term contracts

Coast Guard monitoring damaged drilling rig in Gulf of Mexico

Throughput of port Gdansk (Poland) up 5% to 8.01 mln t in QI'14

IMB warns of new charter party fraud tactics

RF Border checkpoint at Sabetta to be opened by July 1, 2014

BHP Billiton announces the appointment of Non-Executive Director

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on the Panda and Wallaby services from the Far East to Australia

Tender on construction of support fleet for Gazprom Neft New Port terminal can be announced in 2014

Havyard to construct hybrid battery powered Arctic PSV

Subsea platform to be used at Shtokman field, Gazprom says

MARAD celebrates groundbreaking for final stage of $50 mln Port of Guam expansion project

Zamakona Yards wins to build Voith Schneider tug for Haifa Port

Oil shipments from Novoportovskoye field via sea terminal at Kamenny Cape (Yamal) to commence in 2016 (map)

Golden Ocean to buy ice class Panamax vessel

Rosmorport announces tender for dredging at port Novorossiysk and oil terminal Sheskharis

Ensco orders two ENSCO 140 series jackups

Baltic Dry Index down to 970 points

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces GRI on cargo from Asia to the Caribbean

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg slightly down in early 16th week (graph)

Cargo transportation by North-Western Shipping Company down 8% to 1.42 mln t in QI'14

Wreck-removal convention to enter into force

Oil price down to $108.74 in London and down to $103.75 in New York

OW Bunker and Genoil to build upgrader in Rotterdam