News 2015 October 9

The ports of Le Havre and Nantes-Saint-Nazaire receive high environmental recognition

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 54.2% to 19.o83 ml t in 9M’15

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals signs MoU with New Mangalore Port Trust to build an LNG regasification terminal

Opening ceremony held at sea transshipment terminal in Mykolayiv (Ukraine)

Center for construction of superlarge marine facilities in Belokamenka to be built by mid-2018

MOL implements General Rate Increase on Asia-Europe services

ClassNK starts verification tests of next-generation condition-based engine monitoring system for MAN B&W engines on MOL vessel

Klaipeda Seaport cargo turnover up by 9,3 pct to 28,92 mln tn in January – September of 2015

A railway viaduct to optimise flows on the Betuwe Route

First Wärtsilä 31 engines selected for state-of-the-art icebreaker

Port of Gdansk launches new tender for attractively located areas

The Port of Long Beach boosts its on-dock rail capacity with a US$93m project

Acceptance/delivery certificate signed for diesel-electric icebreaker Vladivostok (photo)

Hapag-Lloyd improves North Europe-Montreal (Canada) service

OAO NOVATEK reports its preliminary operating data for QIII'15

Diana Shipping announces signing of a US$39,682,500 term loan facility with ING Bank

Throughput of Arkhangelsk Sea Commercial Port up 12.6% to 1.24 mln t in 9M’15

ABS release world's first guide for SOx scrubber ready vessels

Vroon Offshore Services to reduce operational fleet through lay-up

Multi-purpose salvage ice-breaker Murman underwent sea trials (photo)

Imtech Marine and Radio Holland complete first of two-vessel Sea Trucks’ contract

Gunvor buys refinery Q8 in Rotterdam

Latvian Shipping Company disposes it’s interest in AS “Latvijas Naftas tranzīts”

Over 500 ships and platforms for Arctic shelf development are required by 2022, says RF Ministry of Industry and Trade

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 12.2% to 2.15 mln t in 9M’15

Brent Crude futures price up 1.25% to $53.72, Light Sweet Crude - up 1.60% to $50.22

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg up in late 41st week (graph)

RF Navy’s Kaluga submarine returns to her home base after long-range trip

Baltic Dry Index down to 817 points