News 2016 April 26

Icebreakers Murmansk and Vladivostok have completed their ice trials in the Kara Sea

GSP announces successful completion of sea trials for GSP Bigfoot 1 after upgrade

Global unions call on EU for action to protect seafood industry workers

Tanker Balt Flot 11 (Project RST27) built by Krasnoye Sormovo passed her sea trials (photo)

Russian Railways announces FY2015 results according to IFRS

ITF announces MLC implementation and enforcement study

Strike actions start at APM Terminals Gothenburg

ClassNK releases “Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships ver.4”

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

Concordia Maritime to charter out its P-MAX tanker Stena Polaris

Danish Royal Yacht DANNEBROG enters into LR classification

First Pilot 1500 WP delivered by Baltic Workboats Shipyard to Estonian Pilot Ltd.

Baltic sea cruise ports sign Joint Declaration on cooperation

FESCO launches intermodal transportation of transit cargo along Primorye-1 corridor via Vladivostok

Navig8 Product Tankers announces $130.3 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility to Provide PostDelivery

Navigation season opened at Severnaya Dvina (photo)

Russian Gov’t names candidates for the Board of Sovcomflot

Rīgas Kuģu Būvētava delivered steel hull with aluminium wheelhouse to 32.12m trawler STEFANIE for Danish customer Vestværftet Aps

‘Eurasia Transport Route’ between Korea, Russia, and China opens

Panama Canal’s emission reduction initiatives highlighted at IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee session

Port Noblessner and Yacht School start new season

Bunker prices go up at the port of Vladivostok (graph)

EUROGATE appointed as Limassol Container Terminal operator in Cyprus

Brent Crude futures price down 0.18% to $44.24, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.07% to $42.62

General Dynamics NASSCO christens second ECO Class product carrier for APT

Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2610 called up for wind farm installation support

E.ON awards contract Arkona offshore wind project to Van Oord

MOL implements GRR from Asia to Southern Africa

Hyundai Heavy Industries posts 1Q 2016 consolidated earnings

LUKOIL posts QI’16 RAS net profit of RUB 16.9 bln, down over 3times, year-on-year

BSEE study shows current offshore platforms can survive sea ice

Baltic Dry Index up to 690 points