News 2015 March 11

Lithuania accedes to Athens Protocol 2002

Freight traffic at Nikolaev Sea Trade Port rose 7.3% in Jan-Feb., to 3,4 million tonnes

Silverstream Technologies announces first commercial installation of its Air Lubrication System

HB Grandi's three trawlers to have MAN’s SCR System

TransContainer launches new block train on the route Artem - Saint Petersburg

Cargo volume handled at Ukraine's Port of Odessa in January-February rose 4.2% to 4.2 million tonnes

Two-month cargo throughput at Russian sea ports grows 10.3% to 102.2 million tonnes

SITC holds Naming & Delivery Ceremony for M/V “SITC FUJIAN”

Panama Canal recognized for 5th year in a row as 2015 World's Most Ethical Company

Rosgranitsa defines limits of marine border port-of-entry post at the Port Magadan

Construction of a warehousing facility kicked off at Port "Bronka"

Shareholders elected new Supervisory Board of CPV

Nam Cheong wins contract for two vessels worth approximately us$58 million

Coal laden ship sinks in the East Sea, the crew rescued

Ports of Tallinn and Helsinki set to splash EUR 100M in their infrastructure expansion

Transport Ministry of Crimea set to deploy more vessels on the Kerch ferry line

CMA CGM's REX 3 Line to call at Ningbo

Kerch ferry service carried 418 passengers, 95,000 cars and 40,000 trucks in winter season

Bunker prices at Port of St. Petersburg start Week 11 with gains (graph)

Baltic Dry Index remains flat, at 568 points

Container stevedore ECT takes measures to tackle waiting times

Maher Terminals to expand the Port of Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal

Rotterdam’s container stevedores APMT MVII, APMTR, ECT and RWG signs agreement on exchanging containers

Brent Crude futures prices plummet to $56,39 in London, in New York - to $48.29 a barrel

Opus Marine orders Damen Twin Axe 2610