News 2015 July 21

Cargo throughput at Port of Tallinn in H1 plummets 20.7% to 12.09 million tonnes

Six-month cargo volumes of Lithuanian port of Klaipeda rises 6.2% to 18.85 million tonnes

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg receives 15 cruise ships, record number of passengers (photo)

Felixstowe celebrates 50-years of Ro/Ro operations

Sabetta port's marine border crossing post complies with regulatory requirements, Rosgranitsa says

PPA ports nationally recognised as a VTS authority

BW Euroholdings Limited buys 6,000,000 shares in Dorian LPG

RAO/CIS Offshore 2015 to discuss advanced technologies for Arctic and shelf development

DNV GL presents award to shipowner Oskar Wehr for its environmental management system

Crystal Cruises partners with Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven to deliver three "Exclusive Crystal Class" ocean cruise vessels

BHP Billiton approves US$240 million to purchase six additional tugs and construct a new eight pen Tug Harbour

Two Sea Shepherd crewmembers arrested in the Faroe Islands

Bunker prices in the Far East ports start Week 30 on lower note (graph)

Merger of tariff and antitrust agencies in Russia

Petrobras extends RSV contract for the vessel Geoholm

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG selects Technip for a contract for Project Management Services

Landing craft Admiral Nevelskoy to carry passengers to Sakhalin until 31 July (photo)

CMA CGM announces GRR from all Asian ports to all Middle East Gulf ports

Salvage of stranded MV Captain Muromtsev on the Kukhtui river fails

CMA CGM implements GRR from all Asian ports to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India

DNV GL, HHI, GTT and GasLog complete the LNGreen joint industry project

Kerch Strait ferry line carried recently 3,651 vehicles, nearly 17,000 passengers

Sea Port St. Petersburg invests more than $668,000 in infrastructure upgrade

Ro-Pax collided with tanker outside Gothenburg

UK shipping minister opens the first distribution centre at London Gateway Logistics Park

Brent Crude futures prices rose to $56,56 in London, in New York Light Sweet Crude lost to $50.23 a barrel

Throughput of Singapore port in H1 edges up to 291.43 million tonnes

Baltic Dry Index gains 19 pts to 1,067 points

SCX gives the Port of Dover's berth operations a lift