News 2015 March 5

IAA PortNews Development Director Nadezhda Malysheva became godmother to bunker tanker Gazpromneft Omsk (photo)

Flag-hoisting ceremony held for port service ship VTN-73 built by Pella shipyard (photo)

MABUX: Prices in the bunker market to remain volatile next week

190 vessels called at seaport Taganrog in winter navigation of 2014-2015 (photo)

Port of Gothenburg creates wetland for wildfowl

Throughput of Baltic Coal Terminal (Latvia) down 27% to 728,000 t in Jan-Feb’15

CMA CGM announces Chinese New Year additional blank sailing program on Far East-North Europe lines

Port Rostov-on-Don accepted 1,155 vessels during ice navigation period of 2014-2015 (photo)

Abu Dhabi Ports and Gulf Precast sign AED 50m Musataha Agreement

Port of Gothenburg builds new Energy Port

DP World announces fire on the Port of Vancouver container terminal

Revenue at Port of Rotterdam Authority up 3.1% to €660 million in 2014

Golar and Rosneft sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the area of FLNG

Russian International Register of Vessels numbers 778 ships with aggregate deadweight of 3.6 mln t

MacGregor wins multiple offshore self-unloader order from Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard

IAA PortNews updates its page with new tenders for dredging contracts

Throughput of Klaipeda seaport (Lithuania) up 9% to 5.9 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

Bunker prices at Far East ports remained flat in late 10th week (graph)

UN agencies meet to address unsafe mixed migration by sea

Throughput of Rosterminalugol hit 2.4 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

Draft amendments into Compulsory Regulations on Port Taman put out for public consultation

Diana Shipping reports Financial Results for the Q4 2014

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports up 3.2% to 23.4 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

97 civil ships and 39 warships were built in Russia in 2014

DP World meets Kazakhstan minister for trade and investment

Russia’s offshore oil and LNG should be secured to national flag ships from 2020, RF Transport Ministry says

Damen Shipyards Antalya opens Phase 2

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. appoints Andy Stuart President and Chief Operating Officer for Norwegian Cruise Line

Improvement of shipping companies’ efficiency is a priority of Russian Chamber of Shipping for 2015, RCS President says

Baltic Dry Index up to 559 points

Oil price down to $60.55 in London and up to $51.53 in New York