News 2014 July 9

New lineup of Rosmorrechflot Collegium approved

ABB awarded $400 million order for Maritime Link power project in Canada

Throughput of Russian seaports up 6.5% to 251.7 mln t in HI’14

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 32% to 1.49 mln t in HI’14

Throughput of port Liepaja (Latvia) up 7.3% to 2.67 mt in HI’14

IMO publishes Russia’s note related to Crimean ports

Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions secures second order for Unitor fire-fighting system from Prospector Offshore Drilling

Vympel Shipyard (Rybinsk, Russia) launches high-speed patrol boat "Mongoose" of Project 12150 for State Border Service

Hapag-Lloyd to move the Port Said East call from Loop 4 to Loop 7

Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) down 5.9% to 6.9 mln t in HI’14

Paris MoU issues annual report on port state control

170,000 Japanese scallops released into Kozmino Bay by oil port ecologists in 2014

EURONAV buys four VLCC vessels

Depth of port Liepaja (Latvia) increased from 10 to 12 m

MOL signs shipbuilding contracts with DSME for ice class carriers

Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) up 4% to 5.1 mt in HI’14

Construction of South Stream Offshore Pipeline to start in autumn 2014

Baltic Dry Index down to 881 points

Oil price down to $108.94 in London and down to $103.4 in New York