News 2014 December 9

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces BUC on cargo from North Europe to South Africa

Arkhangelsk port operator reports a 4.5% gain in cargo volumes to nearly 1,4 million tonnes

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announces BUC on cargo to/from the Canaries

Adjara government interested in new Black Sea cruise line of Paradise Cruise & Ferry

Hapag-Lloyd changes on its services

Multi Maritime gets design contract for three 140 m long car and passenger ferries from Bastø Fosen AS

MOL improves Intra-Asia service network

21820-series landing craft "Lieutenant Rimsky-Korsakov" completes acceptance trials

Backlog of trains reported on access roads to the port of Novorossiysk

Odessa port eyes buying ice-class tug

Makhachkala port operator reports a 160% gain in dry bulk segment, to 635,000 tonnes

Stroytransgaz opts out of Kerch Strait bridge project

Cargo traffic at Ukraine's Port of Odessa grows 8.1% to 22.09 million tonnes in Jan-Nov, 2014

Far East ports bunker prices continue to slide (graph)

Russian shipbuilding development plan 2025 should be ready by March 2015, official says

Rolls-Royce unveils new Marine gas turbine service and test facility in Bristol site

Royal Caribbean Cruises names two senior company executives for two largest brands

DB Schenker officially opens logistics centre at the Port of Gothenburg

Icebreaker "TOR" arrives at Sabetta port (photo release)

Containerships implements a new BAF scale

Kerch Strait service ferries recently carried 5,150 passengers and 1,207 vehicles

Evergreen expands its service network in the Philippines

Ukraine exported via seaports 649,400 tonnes of grain in December

Baltic Dry Index falls 3.05% to 982 points

Brent Crude futures price fall to $66,19 in London, in New York - to $63.05