News 2016 May 6

Freight throughput at Port of Tallinn drops 15% to 7.1 million tonnes in Jan-Apr

Grangemouth Container Terminal celebrates 50th anniversary

COSCO posts results for Q1 of 2016

Oil spill response operation at Big Port St. Petersburg

CMA CGM implements GRR from all Asian ports to all Middle East Gulf ports

COSCO secures contract for two crude oil tankers

Northern approach channel to Port Ust-Luga open for navigation

Refueling ships at Port of Vladivostok, its offshore bunkering locations dropped 3 times to 135,000 tonnes in Jan-Apr 2016

MOL launches coastal LNG shuttle transport project in Indonesia

Maersk Line delivers breakeven result despite record low freight rates

Congratulations on Victory Day from IAA PortNews!

Bunker prices at St. Petersburg port end week with slight gain (graph)

SharpEye™ radar system from Kelvin Hughes successfully installed and commissioned on SAS Drakensberg

Port of Rostov-on-Don cargo volumes leap by 27.2% in Jan-Apr to 3.77 million tonnes

Rosneft delivers its first LNG shipment to the Ain Sukhna port

Nuclear-powered LASH carrier Sevmorput with a cargo of construction materials sets out on her Arctic voyage (photo)

India to issue guidelines on SOLAS container weight verification next week

Cargo traffic on Azov-Don River Basin IWWs drops 8.7% in April to 494,000 tonnes

Port of Azov four-month cargo volumes soar 20% to 2.75 million tonnes

Yenisei River Shipping starts cargo shipping season-2016 (Photo)

Great Lakes Shipyard executes drydocking contract for USCG barge

Crude oil futures prices edge down to $44,77 in London, to $43,97 in New York

Bollinger wins Phase II contract for FRCs from U.S. Coast Guard

Baltic Dry Index continues to slide, down 1.53% to 642 points

Government set to spend RUB 1 bn for Volga-Caspian Canal dredging project in 2016

Australian Maritime Safety Authority and Tangaroa Blue working together for clean seas