News 2015 March 26

Bunker prices to continue on mixed trend next week

Hapag-Lloyd announces improved port call frequency for Port of Helsingborg

New built-for-stock Damen pontoons and workboats reach Rotterdam

North-Western Customs Administration considers inclusion of Big Port St. Petersburg into “Marine Portal” project

Long Beach, Los Angeles collaborate to improve cargo flow

Wärtsilä inaugurates new manufacturing plant in Porto do Açu, Brazil

ANO United Transport Directorate to open vehicle accumulation facilities at port Kavkaz and in Slavyansk-on-Kuban by holiday season

Konecranes introduces the next generation Agilon material handling solution

Swire Pacific Offshore celebrates the naming of two new vessels

Director General of Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard chairs the Council of composite cluster in St. Petersburg

MOL to withdraw an additional sailing on the Asia- Europe corridor

Bunker prices at Far East ports go down in late 13th week (graph)

Damen Shipyards Group becomes the latest member of the World Ocean Council

SMM delivers three portal cranes to Murmansk Commercial Seaport

Sino-Global signs Letter of Intent on vessel acquisition and terminates current securities offering

Finnish Seamen Union to enter into strike on Thursday 2nd of April

MOL's сoal сarrier to serve for Tokyo Electric Power

Yang Ming launches new container vessel “YM Excellence”

RS takes part in 5-th International Offshore Engineering Technology & Equipment Exhibition China Maritime

V International Forum «Transport security» gathers over 500 participants

Throughput of Klaipeda Seaport up 10.4% to 6.04 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

Marine Façade awarded “Best stevedoring company of 2014” in passenger operations category

Hapag-Lloyd announces last roundtrip voyage of CSAV Gulf Bridge Express Service

Hyundai Merchant Marine, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming Marine to launch a new FE - Latin America service

Volga Shipping Company opens cargo navigation on Niznaya Volga

Oil price up to $56.48 in London and up to $49.21 in New York

Baltic Dry Index up to 598 points

Sovcomflot posts net profit of USD 83.9 mln in 2014 vs. loss of USD 39.2 mln in 2013

German cruise ship Hamburg opens cruise season of Sochi (photo)