News 2015 November 19

Bunker prices to continue to slide next week, market specialist says

Port of Houston Commission approves 2016 budget

The Northwest Seaport Alliance container volumes top 3 million in October 2015

MAN Diesel & Turbo acquires Cryo’s marine fuel & bunkering business

Pella Shipyard completes mooring and sea trials of Raptor patrol boat, Project 03160 (photo)

Ericsson transforms maritime fleet management for Taiwan's U-Ming

Fincantieri launches semisubmersible floating platform “Itarus” for the Russian RosRAO

Containerships implements toll fee for Russian import- and export-deliveries

Russian Railways President says the Company’s goal is to make freight transport by Trans-Siberian route reliable, fast and cheap

Passenger traffic of Ukraine’s water transport up 3.1% to 0.5 mln in 10M’15

Okskaya shipyard launches fifth combination bulk oil / deck cargo carrier of Project RST54 built for BF Tanker (photo)

Newest small missile ships Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol of the Black Sea Fleet arrived in Sevastopol

COSCO issues update on shipbuilding contract for one 82,000 dwt bulk carrier and new order for two 113,000 dwt oil tankers

Tanker Navi of LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker has undergone dockside repairs

Training of Georgy Titov rescue ship and AS-36 deepwater rescue module crews to last for several days

Cargo transportation by Ukraine’s water transport up 13.7% to 5.5 mln t in 10M’15

Bunker market of Far East ports sees mixed price movements in late 47 week (graph)

Throughput of Ukraine’s river ports down 2.5% to 4.30 mln t in 10M’15

Bath Iron Works lays keel of DDG 116

Yury Trutnev orders to simplify obtaining of Free Port of Vladivostok resident's status

Jotun opens new factory in Brazil

Laugfs invest $80m for South Asia’s largest import/export LPG terminal

MacAndrews and OPDR start new short sea service Rotterdam-Spain-Portugal

Awards success for APB’s Humber biomass operations

Brent Crude futures price up 0.67% to $44.51, Light Sweet Crude - up 0.75% to $42.27

ABP announces multi-million pound project to upgrade Southampton’s cruise facilities

Baltic Dry Index down to 519 points