News 2014 December 8

Hydromec Plant contracted to design the Arctic dredger for Rosmorrechflot (graphic)

Russia's regional markets average price for M-100 product closed the week lower, at RUB 8,437 pmt

SK MOST Group to sponsor 2nd international forum of dredging companies

Cargo throughput at Port of Riga rose 15.7% in Jan-Nov to 37.26 million tonnes

New company from the BHP Billiton demerger to be called South32

Kaliningrad port operator's cargo volumes fell 16.8% in Jan-Nov to 3.172 million tonnes

Revised federal program “Development of Transport System” offered for public debates

Shell to build a specialised LNG bunker vessel for northwest Europe

Cobelfret buys Broekman Automotive

Naviland Cargo launches first shuttle between the Port of Rotterdam and southern France

Port of Helsinki's eleven-month cargo traffic rises 4% to 10 million tonnes

CMA CGM announces GRR from all Asian ports to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and West India

Rosterminalugol Terminal handles record number of coal laden cars

Cargo traffic at Ukraine's Berdyansk port soars 1.8 times to 404,900 tonnes

Cathelco gets order for equipment for specialised vessels in Croatia

Electrolux, HP, MOL to speak at TOC Asia

Consortium Boskalis/Van Oord completes deepening of entrance to Botlek at the port of Rotterdam

Frigate Yaroslav Mudry heads for to the Mediterranean Sea

ICS publishes new Chemical Tanker Safety Guide

CMA CGM implements THC Reefer in European ports

Bunker trading company Integr8 Fuels starts operations at Hamburg

Two extra container / car ferry lines to be added to the Kerch ferry service

Abu Dhabi Terminals achieves ISO 28001:2007 Certification for Khalifa Port Container Terminal

Landing craft 21820-series Midshipman Lermontov begins sea trials

Macs Maritime Carrier starts a new multipurpose service between Rotterdam and Gulf/Mexico

Sovcomflot secures a 10-year credit facility for construction of two Ice2 LNG tankers

EVRAZ NMTP cargo throughput soars 28% to 8,55 million tonnes in Jan-Nov 2014

Kerch Strait service ferries carried 5,000 passengers and 1,700 vehicles

MPA launches inaugural Port Management Programme for overseas port and maritime officials

Russian fishing fleet takes delivery of a high-technology trawler

ABS releases Guide for LNG Fuel Ready Vessels

Baltic Dry Index closed the previous week lower at 982 points

Crude oil futures slide to $69,07 in London, in New York - to $65.84

Vostochny Port's export coal volumes jump 41.5% to 20.3 million tonnes in Jan-Nov 2014