News 2015 March 31

US Coast Guard rescues nine crewmembers from tall ship

Bunker prices at port Novorossiysk slightly down in early 14th week (graph)

Norwegian Cruise Line announces New Chairman and other appointments

CMA CGM announces GRI from Asia to West Africa

ZIM posts net loss of $127 million for 2014

Abu Dhabi Ports and Advanced Manufacturing Solutions sign Musataha agreement

Jurong Shipyard secures letter of intent for the engineering an construction of a new semi-submersible crane vessel

“K” Line takes delivery of 14,000TEU container vessel “Millau Bridge”

Hamburg Süd closes take-over of CCNI’s container liner activities

Vroon Offshore Services Singapore takes delivery of VOS Chablis

Gazprom Neft’s BoD recommends payment of RUB 30.67 bln as dividends for 2014

Bunker prices at Far East ports go up in early 14th week (graph)

Cargotec becomes a sole owner in China Crane Investment Holdings Limited

Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia approves Rosneft’s acquisition of 49% shares of Rosnefteflot

MOL to launch biannual vessel safety campaign

FESCO’s export-import sea container transportation up 16.6% to 428,137 TEUs in 2014

IMO accepts IMCA paper as basis for updating DP guidelines

Konecranes received an order for three waste to energy cranes from Andritz Oy

RF President signs amendments into Merchant Marine Code of Russia

MOL to name new Chairman, President

DryShips announces agreements to sell its tanker fleet

Production starts from the Maersk Oil’s new platform in the Danish North Sea

Harkand wins multi-million pound deal with Maersk Oil North Sea

Container throughput of FESCO Group up 7.7% to 513,581 TEUs in 2014

Consolidated revenue of FESCO Group down 1.9% to $1.11 bln in 2014

Gate terminal starts construction of LNG break bulk facility at the port of Rotterdam

Transas to install ECDIS on more than 100 Maersk Line vessels

VIKING extends popular liferaft exchange program to Japan

Baltic Dry Index up to 599 points

Oil price down to $56.29 in London and down to $48.68 in New York