News 2015 December 15

NWSC says FSU deliberately delays execution of court ruling to lift boycott on unloading of NWSC’s M/V Malachite

Abu Dhabi Ports wins Lloyd’s List Training Award for second consecutive year

FIAT starts to export its new favorite “Egea” from Gemport Terminal, Turkey

Busan Port Int'l Passenger Terminal expects to exceed 1 million of passengers this year

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to Caribbean, East Coast Central America and Panama

Palmali takes Armada Pride tanker into operation (photo)

Statoil awarding framework agreements for maintenance and modifications

North-Western Shipping Company will seek recovery of losses from Finnish dockers’ rejection to unload M/V Malachite

ABB wins large order for Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline

BW LPG acquires additional shares in Aurora LPG

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to Mexico, West Coast of Central America and West Coast of South America

Rimorchiatori Riuniti orders Damen ASD Tugs 2913

Nuclear submarine Tomsk returns to Kamchatka naval base having completed naval combat training tasks

MOL announces naming ceremony for LNG carrier

Pilbara Ports extends price freeze on port shipping charges for 2016/17 financial year

Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (Ukraine) increased grain transshipment by 9.3% to 4.37 mln t in 11M’15

Technip awarded a subsea contract for the Odd Job deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico

Bunker prices in the Far East ports continue going down in early 51st week (graph)

CMA CGM resumes WAX service to Cameroon

Sales via Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange expected to fall by 11% to 16 mln t in 2015

MOL to implement GRR from Asia (excluding Malaysia, India) to Mexico and West Coast of South America

DP World agrees blueprint for tackling illegal wildlife trade

Throughput of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port down 11.9% to 338,800 t in 11M’15

ClassNK issues Hong Kong Convention Statements of Compliance to two additional ship recycling facilities in India

Yury Trutnev says first 18 investors determined for Kamchatka PDA (photo)

CMA CGM deploys largest cargo vessel ever to call at a U.S. port

Royal Moroccan Navy places multiple vessel order with Damen

Wärtsilä secures electrical and automation system order for three mega container vessels

Ezion enters into agreement to support offshore wind power installation projects in China

Vyborg Shipyard is developing cooperation with China and Japan

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings joins the NASDAQ-100 Index

Brent Crude futures price down 0.03% to $37.99, Light Sweet Crude - down 0.23% to $36.23

Murmansk Sea Fishing Port OJSC sold to Kupets LLC for RUB 1,026,831,000

TTS Group secures contract for electrical anchor and mooring winches for container vessels

BMT secures Cyber-Defence funding

Baltic Dry Index down to 508 points

CMA CGM launches new Med Gulf Ecuador service

New distribution of responsibilities within Arctic Council approved by RF Government

Port of Antwerp twins with Chinese port of Guangzhou