News 2015 September 3

Bunker prices to start week soft, with bearish trend prevailing in the market, expert says

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports up 2.4% to 95.52 mln t in 8M’15

GB Railfreight starts new service between Felixstowe and Birch Coppice

TXL launches daily rail shuttle between Rotterdam and Southern Germany

Dorian LPG announces delivery of the Commodore and the Cresques

CMA CGM implements GRR from all Asian origins to North Europe destinations

NOVATEK and Silk Road Fund conclude framework agreement on acquisition of stake in Yamal LNG

Rolls-Royce to design and equip advanced stern trawler

Go Offshore secures long term charter contracts for 16,000bhp AHTS vessels worth US$25.2 million

Armada Shipyards launches Armada Pride, thirteenth tanker of Project RST22M, for Palmali Group (photo)

Transas expands its Global ECDIS Training Network in China

Bunker prices in the Far East ports fell in late 36th week (graph)

NYK and MTI jointly develop industry-first automatic camera device for monitoring a vessel's engine

Russia’s Far East Development Ministry and Sakhatrans sign investment agreement on construction of coal terminal at Vanino port

ICTSI Manila rolls out container booking system

New energy-saving Windshield installed on containership MOL MARVEL for demonstration test

RF Ministry of Industry and Trade expects new products manufactured by Zvezda to appear in late 2019

Baltic Dry Index down to 906 points

Brent Crude futures price down 0.69% to $50.30, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.43% to $46.05

NYK to provide complete outbound logistics of finished vehicles for both Ford plants in India

Dalian Port Corporation to invest over RUB 3 bln into reconstruction of Nakhodka fishing port

RF Government makes decision to establish Supervisory Board of the Free Port of Vladivostok

Murmansk Commercial Seaport plans increasing its throughput to 23.25 mln t by 2018