News 2014 July 16

CIMC Raffles COSLPioneer awarded as “Rig of the Month” again

Transport Ministry releases draft limitations for vessels passing Moscow basin of IWW

Coral Methane calls Euroservices Terminal in Zeebrugge for gassing up & cooling down with LNG

Seaport St. Petersburg cargo volumes rose 4% in 1H2014 to 4.1 million tonnes

IAA PortNews updates dredging tenders announcements

Rosmorport releases RFP for Adler Passenger Pier repair

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a port omission on North Pacific 1 Service

NCSP Group reports a 8% gain in general cargo segment to 6.02 million tonnes

Long Beach Harbor Commission approves port budget

NCSP Group's six-month box throughput grows 9.9% to 353,000 TEUs

Russia beefs up passenger fleet in the Kerch Strait with large ferry "Dorius"

Work starts at Sestri for the first cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Freight One's unit increases imports traffic via the North-West ports by three times to 88,000 tonnes in 1H2014

3050-design river buoy tender “Sokol” enters service (photo)

VARD secures contract for one Platform Supply Vessel for E.R. Offshore

COSCO Container Lines announces General Rate Increase for Far East to South America trade

Crude exports via Kozmino Terminal grew 10.3% in 1H2014 to 11.7m tonnes

Half-year cargo volumes at Tuapse Commercial Sea Port grow 11% to 6.7 million tonnes

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a port omission on Europe – Asia service

Port of Antwerp throughput up to 98,229,046 tonnes in H1 2014

Bunker prices in St. Petersburg edge down early this week (graph)

Otto Marine secures approximately US$404 million worth of charter contracts in 1H2014

LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker to have its tanker “Navi” retrofitted

Baltic Dry Index down to 782 points

Brent Crude prices drop to $106,02 in London, in New York - to $99.96