News 2015 August 12

Klaipeda receives the largest vessel ever entering the Seaport

Russia's crude exports climbed 6.9% to 139.348 mln t in 7M’15

Carisbrooke Shipping welcomes new 8000 dwt general cargo vessels

Throughput of port Liepaja (Latvia) up 3.2% to 3.07 mln t in 7M’15

CMA CGM announces GRR from all Asian ports to Mediterranean trades

Port of Soma welcomes new coal carrier

Tristar to invest AED 75M in new chemical warehouse in Jafza

Cheniere Marketing enters into LNG sales arrangements with EDF

Port of Seattle signs historic lease with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

Chinese company to participate in construction of deepwater harbor at Arkhangelsk port (photo)

CMA CGM announces GRR from all Asian ports to North Europe trade

VOS Paradise delivered to Vroon

VARD secures contract for one stern trawler for a new Canadian client

Bunker prices at port Novorossiysk go down in 33rd week (graph)

Marine Façade (Saint-Petersburg) welcomed 13 cruise ships and over 27,000 passengers last week (photo)

DCT Gdansk recieves maiden call of Hapag Lloyd’s container vessel “Hong Kong Express”

Acceptance / delivery certificate signed for patrol boat built by Pell Shipyard (photo)

Carisbrooke Shipping beefs up its fleet with eight general cargo vessels

Vallianz reports net profit of US$4.6mln in Q2 2015

Problems hindering development of cruise tourism in Russia outlined at dedicated meeting (photo)

Crowley-managed USNS Impeccable rescues 11 fishermen from sinking vessel in South China Sea

Bunker market at port St. Petersburg sees further fall of prices in 33rd week (graph)

Hapag-Lloyd announces Rate Restoration Program from East Asia (excluding Japan) to Arabian Gulf

CMA CGM announces GRR from Asia to West Africa

Brent Crude futures price down 0.26% to $49.58, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.09% to $43.04

CMA CGM improves its services between Africa and Europe

Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) up 5% to 6.62 mln t in 7M’15

Throughput of port Tallinn (Estonia) down 21.1% to 13.7 mln t in 7M’15

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,162 points