News 2016 April 6

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from Chile to USA and Canada West Coast Ports

Pacific Fleet detachment held antisubmarine exercise in the Pacific Ocean

Jiangsu Haihong Engineering Technology orders 4 × MAN 32/40 engines

BIMCO and GIIGNL publish a groundbreaking voyage charter party for LNG trade

Throughput of port Kavkaz down 4% to 3.41 mln t in Jan-March'16

Coal exports from Russia up 8.4% to 37.486 mln t in Jan-March'16

Keppel FELS Brasil secures FPSO project worth over BRL 500 million from MODEC

LUKOIL granted right to use subsoil area of federal importance in the Baltic Sea

Throughput of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port down 29.5% to 67,000 t in Jan-March'16 (photo)

Rosmorrechflot names Rostov Port as best stevedore 2015, winner of Industry Leader competition (photo)

Port Reception Facilities on the agenda in Kiel

MEYER WERFT starts construction of the fourth ship for Norwegian Cruise Line

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to East Coast of South America

Icebreaker escort services in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland provided to one vessel

The Government of Canada committing $51.9 million to extend contracts for one year for interprovincial ferry services

Carisbrooke and Zeaborn sign strategic cooperation

Russia's crude exports up 3.8% to 62.631 mln t in Jan-March'16

Tokelau’s new ferry ‘Mataliki’ reaches Apia port

BMT Group's subsidiary changes its name to BMT Cadence

Kinder Morgan units award EPC contract to IHI E&C for planned LNG export facility at Elba Island, Georgia

Marina Ahoy wins Wärtsilä Marine Mastermind innovation contest

MacGregor signs loose lashing orders for twelve container vessels

Throughput of port Taganrog down 23.1%- to 563,200 t in Jan-March'16

Indicative bunker prices go down at the port of Saint-Petersburg (graph)

Brent Crude futures price up 1.98% to $38.62, Light Sweet Crude – up 2.73% to $36.87

Baltic Dry Index up to 487 points

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg posts RAS net profit of RUB 2.3 bln, up 2.1 times, y-o-y

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports down 10.5% to 32 mln t in Jan-March'16