News 2015 June 2

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society secures two new ships to join its international eco-Navy

Victoria International Container Terminal to implement 1-Stop Connections system

Vroon announces successful delivery of emergency response and rescue vessel VOS Famous

Magellan completes maintenance stop at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam

Ardent launches Joint Venture with Subtech in Sub-Saharan Africa

LNG-Gorskaya plans building LNG plant near Saint-Petersburg and orders three LNG bunkering tankers from USC

Alfa Laval gets order from Daewoo Shipbuilding to supply fuel-conditioning systems for gas-driven vessels

CMA CGM launches new WAZZAN service between Morocoo and North West Africa

Alfa Laval’s chemical-free ballast water treatment system receives certification with approval for use on barges in the U.S.

VARD launches new innovation project "A Step Forward"

Nevsky Shipyard lays down two multipurpose salvage vessels of project MPSV12

CIMC Raffles self-designed semisubmersible accommodation platform CR600 cut its first steel in Haiyang Shipyard

Bunker prices at Far East ports go down in early 23rd week (graph)

5,000th Lift Truck rolls off Konecranes production line

Throughput of port Azov down 24.7% to 2,512,000 t in Jan-May’15

Radio Holland concludes 13-vessel service agreement with BW Fleet Management

Ulstein presents the X-STERN™ EXTENDER™ concept

Specialized gas-driven vessel from VARD to Goliat ten-year contract in the Barents Sea starts this month

Wärtsilä launches four new fuel efficient Container Feeder Vessel designs at Nor-Shipping

Lena Cargo Company established in Yakutia

CMA CGM to implement a blank sailing program for June 2015 on its Far East - North Europe lines

Damen launches new ballast water treatment solutions onto the market

RF Gvt Committee for legislative drafting activities approves Bill on Free Port Vladivostok

CMA CGM announces Rate Restoration Program from Mediterranean to Asian ports

​IMO's Maritime Safety Committee expects to adopt a new mandatory code for gas-fuelled ships

OOCL updates Asia-Europe service

UASC starts a new container service between Northern Europe and the east coast of the United States

Ventspils nafta posts its financial results for Q1 2015

Baltic Dry Index is flat at 589 points

Oil price down to $64.93 in London and up to $60.2 in New York