News 2015 August 20

Bunker prices to continue descent next week, with periods of stability

Resources allocated for construction of railway ramp to be redirected to ferry berth at Kerch service

SC Ports Authority posts $30.4 mln in operating earnings for 2015 fiscal year

Oleg Belozerov appointed as head of Russian Railways (photo)

Port of Virginia launches enhanced green operator program in partnership with Virginia Clean Cities

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 17% to 49,872,100 t in 7M’15

Throughput of port Primorsk up 3% to 34.251 mln t in 7M’15

DNV GL releases new class notation for gas bunkering operation from ship to ship

Dmitry Medvedev signs document simplifying customs procedures

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to Mexico, West Coast of Central America and West Coast of South America

Bunker prices in the Far East ports changed in late 34th week (graph)

Otto Marine takes delivery of new 238-men DP2 work maintenance vessel

Rosmorport cancels tender on designing of auxiliary icebreaker amid insufficient financing

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to Caribbean, East Coast Central America and Panama

Port of Tauranga issues financial results for the year ended 30 june 2015

Throughput of Saint-Petersburg port down 15% to 30.36 mln t in 7M’15

NCSP gets three new portal cranes

Boskalis posts H1 2015 results

Vladimir Putin visits Sevastopol Presidential Cadet Academy

DFDS raises 2015 outlook again

Flight-tactic exercise with navy aviation helicopter crews started at the Baltic Fleet

Port of Ipswich celebrates annual maritime festival

Crowley’s Jensen Maritime develops two new LNG bunker barge concepts

Counter-terrorist exercise held at Russia's Northern Fleet base

Brent Crude futures price down 0.14% to $46.81, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.88% to $40.91

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,031 points