News 2015 March 18

Pella Shipyard launches tugboat RB-367 of project 16609 built for RF Navy (photo)

Vroon's VOS Sympathy completes project for LD TravOcean

Throughput of Ukraine’s river ports up 42.6% to 417,600 t in Jan-Feb’15

Rosmorrechflot considers industry business' proposal on freezing lease rates for 2 years

Cargo transportation by Ukraine’s water transport up 17.3% to 0.6 in Jan-Feb’15

AMEL launches 60-metre yacht MADAME KATE

ABB’s Azipod propulsion selected for world’s largest civilian hospital ship

Poland’s largest container terminal bans dock union organisers

Port charges in Crimea make the peninsula ports uncompetitive as compared with mainland ports

MOL Group establishes "MOL Project & Heavy Cargo" as unified brand

RF Border Service’s ban threatens functioning of port Kerch, Crimea representative says

CMA CGM announces Rate Restoration Program from Asia to Red Sea

Wärtsilä and VTT the main contributors to new propulsion technology research programme

Port of Long Beach cargo throughput slides 20 percent in February 2015

Coal exports from Russia down 3.9% to 22.729 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

Sweden to invest in two next generation A26 subs

NYK to implement new employment scheme for Japanese seafarers

Gazpromneft Orenburg begins drilling at Kuvayskoye license area

USCG releases guidance letters on LNG bunkering procedures

“Atlantic Resolve” rotation equipment delivered via the Freeport of Riga

Russia's crude exports climbed 5.4% to 38.505 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

BW LPG announces delivery of BW Gemini

Petronas, GE, Petrofac, Siemens and others discussed project and risk management of EPC projects in South East Asia

DNV GL updates two recommended practices for the pipelines systems

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg go down in early 12th week (graph)

Rosmorport says federal funding of VTMS is frozen

Transport Ministry and business associations to look into possible denomination of RF port charges in foreign currency

Oil price down to $53.51 in London and down to $43.46 in New York