News 2015 May 27

Krylov Center holds conference on advance in naval shipbuilding and icebreaker technology developments

Marine Façade (Saint-Petersburg) welcomed 10 cruise ships on May 18-24

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a terminal change on its Conosur (CON) Service

Placing of floating aids to navigation commences at Bronka’s approach canal

TTS Group ASA gets contract for delivery of cargo access equipment to two pure car/truck carriers

Hapag-Lloyd informs about a terminal change on its US Gulf – South America East Coast

Port of Ventspils (Latvia) expects reduction of coal transshipment by 18% to 4.8 mln t in 2015

Last foundation pile installed for Westermeerwind nearshore wind park

LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker to supply fuel for pipe-laying ships in the Black Sea on request of Saipem

Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (Ukraine) welcomes large capacity tankers Melati 5 and Maersk Barry (photo)

Groen Offshore selects the first Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier 2610

SSDRs of Gazprom Flot to drill production wells in Sea of Okhotsk this year (photo)

Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions upgrades fire-fighting solutions for vehicle and passenger ferries

ROSATOM: contracts for Arctic icebreaking cover transportation of 40 mln t of cargo per year

Moran & EBDG patent innovative articulated conduit system for natural gas

Hapag-Lloyd to enhance its Adriatic Express Service

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg up in early 22nd week (graph)

Hyundai Heavy Industries launches second minelayer MLS-II Nampo for Korean Navy

Keel laying ceremony of the nuclear-powered icebreaker takes place at the Baltic Shipyard

Large scale modernization of Latvian Shipping Company’s tankers to be carried out in Latvia

Federal financing launched for conceptual design of Leader Icebreaker, ROSATOM says

Baltiysky Zavod lays down first serial nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220 (photo)

Baltic Dry Index down to 584 points

Oil price down to $63.72 in London and down to $58.03 in New York