News 2014 May 16

Port of Houston anticipates arrival of its third serial ERV FireStorm 70

Rickmers Maritime successfully issues S$100 million of fixed rate notes

Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) appoints Senior Bunker Traders

RS STC strengthens association of education, science and production

Tromsø Cooperation 66° North gathers stakeholders from Arctic coastal states, UK, Japan, and Austria

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping participated in ‘New MARPOL Regulations’ seminar

Vallianz enters Latin America with charter and ship management contract worth US$82.0 million

DOF Subsea AS has been awarded several contracts

Passenger throughput of Port of Helsinki up 9% to 850,000 passengers in April’14

GAC invests in its facilities major upgrade in the port of Novorossiysk

TTS Marine GmbH in Bremen signs five new contracts for delivery of hatch cover systems for two ConRo vessels

Wärtsilä inert gas titanium units selected for Statoil's huge spar platform

MOL's coal carrier for Hokuriku Electric Power Company ready to launch

Rotterdam Fruit Wharf and Seatrade ink contract for twenty visits of conventional refrigerated ships

Conrad Industries reports first quarter net income of $6.4m, with backlog of $155.8m

Technip confirms very major project award for engineering, procurement and construction of Yamal LNG

MOL reaches deal on joint ownership of new LNG carrier for Chubu Electric Power Company

GDF SUEZ inaugurates on-shore LNG storage tank in Chile

Russian President praises the SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta (photo)

Port of Ghent gets PERS certification

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,021 points

Throughput of Vostochny Port up 18.9% to 6.68 mln t in Jan-Apr’14

Unique passenger superliner for polar expeditions arrives in Vladivostok

Port of Long Beach container throughput up 9.7 percent in April 2014

Alfa Laval wins environmental order for marine exhaust gas cleaning systems

NYK teams with Chubu Electric Power for the transport of Australian LNG

Project on construction of new dry cargo district of port Taman obtains State Expertise approval

Oil price up to $110.44 in London and down to $101.50 in New York

Bunker market of port St. Petersburg saw mixed price movements in late 20th week (graph)