News 2014 October 10

CMA CGM announces GRR from North Europe to North Africa, Levant ports and North Mediterranean ports

Russia needs official forecast on Sulphur Directive implications and appropriate state programme to address them, expert says

Volvo Ocean Race about to begin

Hapag-Lloyd informs about service changes

CMA CGM cancels Port Congestion Surcharge in Port Gentil (Gabon)

CMA CGM announces GRR from North Europe to the Middle East Gulf

NYK starts inland transportation service in Myanmar

LUKOIL to offer up to 500,000 t of new ecological marine fuel in 2015

Damen gets order from Seacontractors for three workboats

Russia's Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard wins a tender for construction of four rescue vessels/ tugs

Nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy provides assistance to Russian warships (photo)

Khalifa Port welcomes maiden call of CSAV’s CMX service

Rosneft says presence of icebergs in Kara Sea requires special approach to platforms’ design

Seventh Grachonok-class special-purpose boat of Project 21980 completes official tests (photo)

NOVATEK reports preliminary operating data for 3Q and 9M' 2014

Container volume at Mexican ports up by 15% over 2011

Dublin Port throughput up 5.7% to 7.8 million tonnes in Q3 of 2014

Scania and Westerman to build container terminal

CMA CGM announces Port Congestion Surcharge in Douala (Cameroon) for cargoes from Europe, Mediterranean/Red Sea and USA/Canada

Port of Gdansk recieves 15 thousand cruise passengers this year's cruise season

Bunker market of port St. Petersburg sees further decline in late 41st week (graph)

Panama Canal receives last tugboat of new fleet

Industry gets ready to discuss North and Latin American ports, shipping and logistics at TOC Americas next week

Bunker prices at Far East ports change in late 41st week (graph)

Bunker prices at port of Rotterdam drop by $20

ClassNK receives authorization from Canadian Flag

Baltic Dry Index up to 974 points

Keel laying held for two new offshore supply vessels of the MTD R277 project at Keppel Nantong Shipyard

Port business participants propose building new port in Tobechik district of Crimea

The vessels of "NEVA-LEADER" project transported the first million ton of cargoes

Oil price down to $90.05 in London and down to $85.77 in New York

Uralchem mulls construction of ammonia production and transshipment terminal in Taman