News 2015 October 8

Port of Gothenburg freezes port charges

Throughput of port Klaipeda (Lithuania) up 9.3% to 28.91 mln t in 9M’15

Throughput of Russian seaports up 3% to 495.8 mln t in 9M’15

Container turnover of Transiidikeskuse AS down 20% to 157,380 TEUs in 9M’15

RF Northern Fleet ship formation finished task performance at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago

18,000 TEU CMA CGM Bougainville inaugurated in Le Havre (photo)

Ban on ordering ships from foreign shipyards to be considered by RF Govt Commission on Import Substitution

Kotug and Becker to develop floating LNG power plant

Bunker prices in the Far East ports go up in late 41st week (graph)

APL launches Eagle Express service between North Asia and U.S. West Coast

World bunker prices may turn into irregular fluctuation's phase next week, MABUX says

MacGregor secures new deck machinery contracts in China

Remontowa awarded Golden Anchor prize for conversion of Stena Germanica into methanol-fuelled ferry

Ocean Rig announces fleet update

MOL starts demonstration test of next-generation condition-based engine monitoring system

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 0.05% to 30.026 mln t in 9M’15

Statoil awards contracts for two Johan Sverdrup jackets to Kvaerner Verdal and Dragados Offshore S.A.

HELCOM kick-starts work on underwater noise in the Baltic Sea

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard starts construction on third and fourth product tankers for Kinder Morgan

More industry plaudits for ABP Humber as International Bulk Journal Awards shortlist announced

Boskalis launches sustainable “drop-in” marine bio-fuels

Transas contracted to supply ECDIS system for 20 surveillance vessels in Indonesia

Brent Crude futures price up 0.39% to $51.46, Light Sweet Crude - up 0.31% to $47.96

Cargotec's Kalmar receives port equipment order of 23 RTG cranes and 79 terminal tractors from Colombia

Baltic Dry Index down to 841 points

Damen sponsors 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies

Russian Defence Ministry published video featuring massive precision weapon strike at ISIS infrastructural facilities in Syria (video)