News 2014 December 23

Bunker fuel prices at the port of St. Petersburg open week 52 on lower note (graph)

The CMA CGM TIGRIS enters the CMA CGM fleet

COSCO Container Lines announces General Rate Increase for Central America trade

Cruise ship passenger drill requirements come into force on 1 January 2015

EU to extend employment protection rights to seafarers

Ships face lower sulphur fuel requirements in emission control areas from 1 January 2015

OSM Brasil wins contract with AKOFS Offshore

The Freeport of Riga Board adopts 2015 budget

COSCO Container Lines announces General Rate Increase for Far East to West Coast South America & Mexico trade

Bunker prices at Far East ports change in early 52nd week (graph)

SvitzerOSM awarded crew management contract

Coal exports via Rosterminalugol terminal hit 15 m-tonne milestone

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

CIMC Raffles wins the bidding of 300ft Sinopec jackup drilling rig

DFDS Logistics starts new Short Sea route from Northern Germany to Norway

OSM Brasil announces their first contract with Tsakos Columbia Shipmanagement

Throughput capacity of Commercial Port of Vladivostok to be increased to over 600,000 TEUs in 2015

Royal Caribbean to retrofit 19 of its ships with advanced emissions purification systems

Diana Shipping announces Time Charter Contract for m/v Nirefs with Glencore

Star Bulk announces the sale of M/V Star Kim

Hapag-Lloyd informs about restructurings in the West Africa Service Network

EXMAR orders second Floating LNG Liquefaction unit

Baltic Dry Index down to 794 points

Shipyard Pella (Leningrad region) completes sea trial of port service vessel ВТН-74

Marine transport of Crimea carried 844,800 passengers in Jan-Nov’14 (-28.9%, y-o-y)

Oil price down to $60.11 in London and up to $55.26 in New York