News 2015 July 20

Hong Kong port's H1 box traffic down 9.4% to 8.36 million TEUs

China ports container volume rose 2.6% in January-June to 5.67 billion tonnes

Liverpool City Region announces plans for multi-million pound Port Academy base

DSEI 2015 to provide platform for BMT

Brand new sub "Stary Oskol" arrives at Baltiysk to join Navy Day ships parade (photo)

Crowley adds 16 ISO tanks to LNG equipment fleet

MOL Liner Ltd. establishes 99.5% documentation accuracy and 99% invoicing accuracy performance target

CMA CGM implements GRR from Asia to Red Sea

Indian shipping entrepreneur announces plans for $10M maritime college

Russia to spend RUB 60M for design documentation of Pionersky cruise terminal

Average wholesale spot market prices for M-100 product in Russia fell to RUB 10,095 pmt

Jan De Nul's vessel leads in performing dredging works on new Suez Canal project

Box traffic at St. Petersuburg Container Terminal in H1 2015 drops 11.4% to 173,100 TEUs

Taganrog port stevedors' half-year cargo volume jumped 26% to 710,000 tonnes

Scorpio Tankers announces agreement to sell shares of Dorian LPG Ltd.

Cargo volumes of Ust-Luga port's facility rose 5% in H1 2015 to two million tonnes

Kerch Strait ferry line carried recently 3,595 vehicles, nearly 16,000 passengers

Vallianz inks new contracts worth up to US$458 mln, lengthening the charter duration for 19 OSVs in the Middle East

ZIM choses port of Slavyanka as a bunkering hub (photo)

Brent Crude futures prices edge down to $56,97 in London, in New York Light Sweet Crude to $51.12 a barrel

Hyundai Heavy Industries develops “Sea Weather Forecasting System” in cooperation with KIOST

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding deliveres a 66,000 dwt type bulk carrier

Baltic Dry Index rises 3.87% to 1,048 points