News 2015 September 11

Okskaya shipyard lays down head multi-functional rescue tugboat of project TG17 for Rescue Service of Rosmorrechflot (graphics)

Ports of Auckland posts 2014/15 Annual Results

Jotachar’s safety, time and cost benefits drive huge sales volumes in the oil and gas industry

IUMI calls for retention of vessel records on change of ownership

Twenty ships under the HELCOM flag conduct operation to contain and recover two simulated oil spills from vessels collided off the Polish coast

China accounts for 25% of all discharged containers in the port of Rotterdam

PortShuttle Rotterdam starts container exchange between the Maasvlakte and RSC Terminals

IMO’s portal launches module with Member State Audit Scheme

Throughput of Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port up 198.5% to 186,300 t in 8M’15

MPI Adventure installs final blade for Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm

OOCL announces updates on Asia-Europe services

Evergreen orders ten 2,800 TEU Class vessels from Imabari

CMA CGM begins offering bill of lading to Port of Richmond

“K” Line continues to be selected as an Index Component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg changed in late 37th week (graph)

ISG delivers bulk containers to Peru

Dryships announces agreements to sell 17 vessels and an expected impairment loss of $795 million

DNV GL classed world’s first fully electrical ferry Ampere wins Ship Efficiency Award

Statoil awards contract to Kværner Verdal for delivery of the steel jacket for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform

TTS to deliver access equipment for the world largest hospital ship

MOL joins Maritime Anti-Corruption Network

Baltic Customs expanded with new customs point Bronka

Brent Crude futures price up 0.17% to $48.81, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.51% to $45.69

Seven Seas changes brand name, set to revitalise the ship supply chain

Krasnoye Sormovo launches seventeenth tanker of Project RST 27 (photo)

Baltic Dry Index down to 850 points