News 2015 December 9

CMA CGM to hike rates for Asia - Pakistan, West India, Sri Lanka trades

Hyundai Heavy Industries signs MOU for localizing marine equipment with domestic counterparts

Niels Smedegaard takes ECSA helm

Navig8 adds Unicorn bulker to its Supra8 pool

BW LPG acquires a 12.13% stake in Aurora LPG

Throughput of port Taganrog is flat at 2.59 mln t in 11M’15

Wärtsilä enables two icebreakers to operate in super arctic conditions

Maersk Line partners with WMU to fight corruption

Throughput of Russian seaports up 3.0% to 608.9 mln t in 11M’15

Royal Moroccan Navy takes delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 2208

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) down 15.6% to 21.1 mln t in 11M’15

New Damen Trading website launched

Murmansk Governor says the region can become a center for servicing marine activities in the Arctic

Transport Security Plan exercise at Passenger port of Saint Petersburg

Arctia’s multi-purpose vessels Nordica and Fennica on their way through the Northwest Passage

China Communications Construction Company sponsors 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies

Acceptance/delivery certificate signed for multipurpose salvage vessel Spasatel Demidov (photo)

China COSCO Holdings changes Executive Director

Baltiysky Zavod claims to be the only shipyard able to build Leader-class icebreaker

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Seattle with SwissMarine

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 2.1% to 36.49 mln t in 11M’15

Baltic Dry Index is flat at 551 points

Throughput of port Klaipeda (Lithuania) up 5.1% to 35.13 mln t in 11M’15

Star Bulk announces agreement to sell four modern vessels for $122 million

Brent Crude futures price up 1.56% to $40.9, Light Sweet Crude - up 2.04 to $38.28

Baltiysky Zavod says technical readiness of lead nuclear-powered icebreaker LK-60, Project 22220, is 25% (photo)

Wilhelmsen Ship Management established joint venture with Aurora LPG

Shell to build a major unit at the Pernis refinery in Rotterdam

Storage tanker Umba to replace Belokamenka at offshore terminal of port Murmansk in early 2016

P&O Repasa takes delivery of Damen FCS 5009 'Red Eagle'

Bunker prices at port St. Petersburg goes down in late 50th week (graph)