News 2015 April 14

RF Ministry of Economic Development recommends considering possible establishment of Arctic PDA

Capacity of Kerch ferry service increased 40-50%, Transport Minister of Crimea

Deputy PM of Russia says financing of state Arctic programmes in 2015-20 totals RUB 222 bln

Assembling of water treatment facilities starts at port Bronka (photo)

Throughput of Chinese ports up 2.2% to 2.7 bln t in QI'15

Throughput of port Singapore up 2.7% to 145.61 mln t in QI'15

Drafting of Uniform Arctic Bill should be considered, Dmitry Rogozin says

Bunker prices at Far East ports go up in early 16th week (graph)

Vigor delivers second of three new 144-car ferries to Washington State Ferries

Railway ferry complex of port Kaliningrad welcomes 1000th ferryboat (photo)

Work starts at Marghera shipyard on the "Seabourn Encore"

FOSS christens first vessel of three Arctic class ocean tug series

Sino-Global buys oil/chemical transportation tanker

MODEC, Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni to proceed with the deepwater FPSO charter project for Tartaruga Verde & Tartaruga Mestiça Oil Fields Offshore Brazil

Throughput of port Yeisk down 11.3% to 275,400 t of cargo in March’15

ABP Invests £12m in vehicle handling in Southampton and doubles marine apprenticeship scheme

Baltic Dry Index down to 578 points

Delegation of Indian investors visits the Freeport of Riga

Student Project Competition announced as part of the 815th Anniversary of the Port of Riga

Oil price up to $57.93 in London and up to $51.91 in New York