News 2016 April 7

Navigation safety to be enhanced at Kerch bridge construction site, says Transport Ministry of Russia

iPotre and AIT will hold LNG Trade & Infrastructure and LNG Ships & Bunkering Conferences, Workshops and Table Top Exhibition in Shanghai

SMi’s Offshore Patrol Vessels Technology conference to take place 8th – 9th June in London

Jotun’s hull performance solutions delivers proof of fuel and emission savings

Admiral Vladimir Korolev appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

Training salinig ship Mir to take cadets on board

Transneft Far East conducted drills on elimination of a simulated oil spill at the route of ESPO-2

Damen Anchor & Chain Factory supplies and installs anchor and chain in just one day

Tallink launches webpage for its new fast ferry Megastar

All quiet in global bunker market: volatility, with no clear directions

Throughput of port Odessa (Ukraine) down 5.7% to 6.15 mln t in Jan-March'16

Aqaba Container Terminal wins Jordanian National Workplace Health and Safety Award

Net loss of Lotus Shipyard in 2015 down 2.5 times to RUB 297 mln

Damen to introduce DOP200/E-DOP200 pumps on show at BAUMA

Bunker market of port Vladivostok sees no significant changes (graph)

Rosmorrechflot’s Sea Rescue Service to get 12 new vessels (photo)

BAE Systems Norfolk gets Navy's $48,8m contract for DDG 74 work

Klaipeda Seaport cargo turnover up 10.2% to 9.96 mln t in Jan-March'16

Klaipeda Seaport cargo turnover up by 14,9 pct. to 3,45 mln. tn in March of 2016

Tallink celebrates 10 years of Riga-Stockholm route operations

AS Tallink Grupp transported 1,953,070 passengers in Q3’2016, up 19%, y-o-y

MOL announces the hull design for the next-generation car carrier

TRIYARDS expands client base with US$17.8m in new orders

Vostochny Port’s loading of export coal up 2.1% to 5.41 mln t in Jan-March'16 (photo)

Port of Antwerp appoints new Brazilian representative

Brent Crude futures price up 0.73% to $40.13, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.98% to $38.12

Baltic Dry Index up to 500 points