News 2015 July 30

ClassNK releases Guidelines for CNG Carriers

DOF Subsea and Subsea 7 enter time-charter agreements for three vessels

Construction of water treatment facilities’ buildings completed at Port Bronka (photo)

Port of Long Beach celebrates environmental successes

Euronav reports preliminary results for Q2, H1 2015

Technip awarded offshore brownfield and subsea tie-backs for PETRONAS FLNG1

Port Yuzhny (Ukraine) plans attracting some $3 bln of investments

Rolls-Royce appoints Alan Davies as a Non-Executive Director

Kirby Corporation announces Q2 performance results

Bunker prices slide may take a break next week, mixed trend expected, expert says

Steel cutting ceremony for new Sovcomflot’s Arctic Shuttle Tanker held at Samsung Heavy Industries (Korea)

International Shipholding Corporation reports Q2 2015 results

Bunker prices in the Far East ports were flat in late 31st week (graph)

Hapag-Lloyd adds weekly calls at Halmstad to its Nordict Short Sea network

Matson plans investments in Alaska operations

CMA CGM launches Global Customer Survey 2015

Yuantong Marine Service signs a strategic cooperation agreement with CSHT Marine Machinery

BC Ferries picks names for its three intermediate class ships

Hapag-Lloyd names Thorsten Haeser as COO

Annual throughput of Izmail Commercial Sea Port (Ukraine) to be fulfilled in August

Transas receives ECDIS type-approval from the Korean Registry

Hapag-Lloyd announces new connection to Sweden on its Far East network

MOL receives awards from Los Angeles and Long Beach ports

K-LNG enters into time charter contracts with BP for two LNG carriers

Ziyavudin Magomedov elected as Chairman of Far Eastern Shipping Company’s BoD

Oceanteam Shipping completes acquisition of Oceanwind Cable Storage & Handling Solutions

MSC Cruises offers special treatment to passengers on its 12 cruise ships

Scorpio Tankers announces Q2 results, agreements for four newbuilding contracts

Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure says it has taken whatever measures are necessary for deregulation of port activities

Four rescued from pleasure boat fire in Alameda

Keppel comes out tops at WSH Awards 2015

State supports construction of coal terminal at port Vanino (Khabarovsk Terminal) with RUB 3.277 bln

Expert predicts activity in the FLNG markets over the next seven years

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,104 points