News 2015 November 18

Transport safety charges at Vladivostok, Vostochny, Zarubino and Nakhodka ports to be collected from December 1

Bulkship Federal Bering calls for the first time in Antwerp

New generation raiding tugboat introduced into the Leningrad naval base support fleet

Dmitry Yerkov appointed Acting Managing Director of Tuapse Commercial Seaport (photo)

MacGregor creates new Advanced Offshore Solutions division

Transas launches High Voltage Training Breaker

Russian fishing companies increase catch of aquatic bioresources by 5.2% to 3.8 mln t

BMT completes dredging works for Bandy Creek Boat Harbour

Energy Union address shows Commission ready to step in on EU renewables target

Sembcorp Marine secures contract to design and build a new Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel for MODEC

Ferryboats for Kholmsk-Vanino line should be built in Russia

Sea-going ferry Bakhtiyar arrives in port Astrakhan

Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard named Best Regional Shipyard at TMS Awards 2015

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoes the Port Ambrose terminal project

China Petrochemical Development is interested in the Free Port of Vladivostok

Sembcorp Marine issues announcement in respect of the termination by MP Drilling of rig construction contract with PPL Shipyard

Net profit of Transneft under RAS up 2.2% to RUB 8.3 bln in 9M’15

Whalers fined $1 million in Australian court case

Bulkship Federal Bering calls for the first time in Antwerp

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Boudicca to undergo refurbishment at Bremerhaven’s Lloyd Werft in November 2015

Statoil exits Alaska

Crowley breaks ground on $48.5 mln pier and terminal construction project at Isla Grande in San Juan

International conference Polar Routes of the Arctic held onboard icebreaker Lenin (photo)

Brent Crude futures price up 0.56% to $43.98, Light Sweet Crude - up 0.77% to $40.98

Baltic Dry Index down to 537 points

Container throughput of port Hong Kong (China) down 8.7% to 17.04 mln TEUs in 10M’15

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg go down in 47th week (graph)