News 2015 February 6

Saipem awarded contract for the Kashagan field worth $1.8 billion

COSCO Corporation (Singapore) announces delivery of vessels

Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal introduces new direct rail service to Denmark

First commercial vessel arrives at the APMT Maasvlakte 2

New platform supply vessel Stril Barents delivered from Vard Aukra to Simon Møkster Shipping

Otto Marine secures contracts to charter two PSVs to Global Oil Major in Australia

COSCO secures and renders effective contracts totalling approximately USD160 million

Technip upgrades ‘Global 1200′ vessel

Swire Pacific Offshore welcomes fourth L Class Platform Supply Vessel

Cruise ship Queen Mary 2 fitted with a Wärtsilä advanced wastewater treatment system

2M Alliance starts new deep sea service between the Port of Gothenburg and Japan

Damen Shipyards Group to launch a composite Fast Crew Supplier 1605

Throughput of port Liepaja (Latvia) up 8.9% to 440,000 t in Jan’15

Sevmash acknowledged as sole contractor to service nuclear submarines of Borei class

Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) down 9% to 240,000 t in Jan’15

Complex for automated loosening of coal put into operation at port Posiet (photo)

Sembcorp named ‘Top 10 Successful Asean Companies in China’ by China-Asean Business Council

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services orders new model Shoalbuster 3512 from Damen

Gothenburg named the best logistics location in Sweden

Viktoria Feodorova appointed as Director General of Company Ust-Luga (photo)

OOCL to implement a Peak Season Surcharge on the Westbound Trans-Atlantic trade to the U.S. east coast ports

CMA CGM and Hamburg Süd expand their existing cooperation

Baltic Dry Index down to 564 points

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg slightly decline in late 6th week (graph)

Throughput of EVRAZ NCSP up 3% to 746,000 t in Jan’15

Throughput of Baltic Coal Terminal (Latvia) down 14% to 360,300 t in Jan’15

Oil price up to $56.57 in London and up to $50.48 in New York