News 2015 August 6

Bunker prices to continue edging down next week, MABUX says

MOL welcomes Marine Technology grad students from Delft University of Technology

Matson announces Q2 EPS of $0.23, updates 2015 outlook to include Alaska operations

SG-MAP launched at the Singapore Maritime Dialogue

Incat Crowther contracted to design 33m Catamaran Dive Vessel for Dive Under Cruise & Dive

NCSP net profit (under Russian Accounting Standards) up almost 25 times to RUB 13 bln in HI’2015

RF Government revises financing of Kerch bridge construction

SeaLand and APL select Port Everglades for service to Latin America

VT Halter Marine announces staff promotions

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg transferred RUB 19 mln for its social programme in HI’2015

CMA CGM hikes rates for Asia - Red Sea trade

Bunker prices in the Far East ports sank to half-year low (graph)

Aqueos Corp. announces the retirement of its sales representative

Baltic Fleet missile regiment practicing engaging simulated enemy ships

Kerch Strait ferry line carried recently 8,628 vehicles

World’s first dual-fuelled dredger to be powered by Wärtsilä

Throughput of Odessa Commercial Sea Port up 5.4% to 14.14 mln t in 7M’15

Rolls-Royce signs gas turbine supply contract for UK Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship

Marine Façade (Saint-Petersburg) welcomed 11 cruise ships and over 29,000 passengers last week (photo)

Russia is willing to participate in creation of industrial zone at Suez Canal, Dmitry Medvedev says

Multipurpose Reloading Complex (Ust-Luga) transferred RUB 597,000 for its social programme in HI’2015

CMA CGM increases rates for Asia - Middle East Gulf trade

Viking Line carried record number of passengers in July

Russia and France terminate Mistral contract

Teekay Tankers agrees to acquire 12 modern Suezmax tankers

CMA CGM hikes rates for Asia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India trade

APM Terminals Houston ends operations

Throughput of EVRAZ NCSP in 7M’15 is flat, y-o-y, at over 5 mln t

Brent Crude futures price down 0.21% to $49.52, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.11% to $44.97

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,222 points

Hapag-Lloyd announces changes on its Caribbean Ecuador Service (SW2)