News 2015 April 9

Bunker prices to stay on mixed trend, expert says

CMA CGM implements GRR from all Asian ports to all Middle East Gulf ports and from all Asian ports to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India

Wärtsilä introduces new fuel pump for efficient and environmentally sustainable gas operations

Throughput of port Temryuk up 2-fold to 762,000 t in QI'15

World’s first floating tidal BlueTEC platform ready for electricity generation

SIPG wins the bid for concession of port of Haifa (in Israel) new terminal operations for 25 years from 2021

SINOPACIFIC commences construction of world’s first E169 rock installation vessel

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 3 times to 3.559 mln t in QI'15

Maersk Line launches Europe-America service

LATC Marine orders two PSV 3300 PSV and two FCS 5009 FSV from Damen

Diana Shipping announces direct continuation of time charter agreement for m/v Atalandi with Glencore

Egor Govorukhin appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Global Ports

Gazprom Neft receives first batch of Iraq oil

New LNG carrier of Sovcomflot is named SCF Mitre (photo)

Throughput of port Liepaja (Latvia) down 3.6% to 1.36 mln t in QI'15

RF Ministry of Justice to approve Transport Ministry’s Order on introduction of amendments into certification of ship crew members (document)

NYK, MTI, and Semco jointly develop tank-sounding device

Bunker prices at Far East ports break the maximum of 2015 in late 15th week (graph)

Bahri and S-Oil sign an Affreightment Agreement for 10 years

Quality management systems to become obligatory for Training Simulator Centers in Russia (photo)

SPb Governor names development of Bronka and Big Port St. Petersburg the most promising projects in the city

Drydocks World achieves major rig repair turnaround in 28 days

Van Oord’s vessel Aeolus installs first wind turbine for Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm

Baltic Dry Index down to 580 points

Throughput of Arkhangelsk Sea Commercial Port up 22.9% to 425,200 t in QI'15

Port of Gothenburg starts cruise season

Throughput of Russian seaports up 8.9% to 158.6 mln t in QI'15

Swire Pacific Offshore cancels shipbuilding contracts for four vessels with Estaleiro Ilha S.A

Oil price down to $57.24 in London and down to $51.8 in New York

IMO marks Zambia’s status as the newest Member State

Russian mechanism of regulatory impact assessment would be practical in IMO work, Vitaly Klyuev says

Abu Dhabi Ports moves all of Abu Dhabi’s RORO cargo to the new Khalifa Port RORO hub

Ardmore Cheyenne joins the Ardmore fleet

Vitaly Klyuev suggests introduction of quality management system in IMO Secretariat (photo)

Evergreen launches India - Gulf Service