News 2015 October 21

Abu Dhabi Ports and SACE Group sign MoU at Expo Milan 2015

Marbiss to partner with BMT SMART

Navig8 Chemical Tankers announces purchase of four 49,000 dwt IMO2 chemical tankers

APM Terminals Izmir prepares for 2016 opening

Abu Dhabi Ports wins two prestigious awards of Seatrade Maritime Awards

Rosmorrechflot to be defined as concedent in respect of port infrastructure facilities (document)

Unifeeder announces winter surcharge 2015/2016 for St. Petersburg and Ust Luga

European Commission approves acquisition Imtech Marine by Pon and Parcom

Hiab launches a revolutionary new crane stability system VSL PLUS

UCL Port division’s cargo turnover increased by 9% to 24.9 million tons in 9M’15

California Air Resources Board approves new pollution-scrubbing technology

SEA LNG 2015 to attract more than 100 industry participants

Port of Kiel ends cruise shipping season with passenger record

Damen to construct newly designed RSV 3315 for Delta Marine

Port of Dover freight volumes grew 4.2 per cent in September

PRONAUTAS supplies Transas ECDIS to the Hermann Lohmann’s fleet

Throughput of Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg down 7.5% to 274,700 TEUs in 9M’15

Scandlines aims to have six hybrid ferries operating fully with zero emissions by 2018

Svitzer gets contract to provide marine services for the new APMT Moin Container Terminal in Costa Rica

MANP terminal handles first cargo of new shuttle train service from Urumqi, China

Mojo Maritime launches marine project optimisation system

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg are flat in 43rd week (graph)

ABS launches offshore standardization JIP

Cosco Corporation secures offshore and shipbuilding contracts valued at approximately USD150 million

Brent Crude futures price down 0.63 to $48.41, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.95% to $45.85

Hiab launches three new big cranes at BedrijfsautoRAI

BigLift Shipping’s heavy-lift vessel Happy Star with 22 Damen vessels arrives in Rotterdam (photo)

Rosneft agreed to sell 8.99% interest in Saras S.p.A.

Throughput of Ukraine’s river ports down 5.4% to 3.67 mln t in 9M’15

Baltic Dry Index up to 762 points

CMA CGM announces GRR from all Asian ports to all Middle East Gulf ports

Port of Gdansk throughput up 13.5% to over 26.78 mln t in 9M’15