News 2015 June 5

CMA CGM implements an Emergency Port Congestion Surcharge in Abidjan

Throughput of Odessa Commercial Sea Port up 1.7% to 10.5 mln t in Jan-May’15

Largest Damen hopper dredger delivered in Borneo to PFNM

Hapag-Lloyd announces improvements to GS1 Service

Coal exports from Russia down 4.4% to 60.141 mln t in Jan-May’15

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 13.6% to 1.09 mln t in Jan-May’15

Start of the international container distribution centre announced the port of Klaipėda

Gener8 Hercules, Gener8 Orion and Gener8 Pericles join the VL8 Pool

Throughput of Rosterminalugol up 19% to 6.86 mln t in Jan-May’15

Konecranes refinances EUR 200 million revolving credit facility

Russia's crude exports climbed 5.8% to 99.754 mln t in Jan-May’15

Topaz selects ABS to provide fleet management software for offshore support vessels

Nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy opens season of North Pole cruises (photo)

Star Bulk announces the sale of M/V Star Big

TTS Group ASA enters into a contract for delivery of one 25T Active Heave Compensated crane and two smaller deck cranes

Throughput of port Yuzhny (Ukraine) up 8.4% to 20.49 mln t in Jan-May’15

ABS issues LNG bunkering technical & operational advisory

Two new tugs arrive to Port of Tauranga

Port of Gothenburg wins communications award

Alain Bernard (DEME) wins the Vlerick Award 2015

R.B.C. Container Terminal gets new jetty and expands operations

Bunker market of port St. Petersburg sees slight changes in late 23rd week (graph)

Oshima receives AiP certificate for new LNG-fuelled bulk carrier design

Oil price down to $62.17 in London and down to $57.99 in New York

Baltic Dry Index up to 603 points