News 2016 May 18

German vessel FEODORA II soon ready to call at Danish port in Flensborg Fjord

Throughput of port Vysotsk is flat, y-o-y, at 5.34 mln t in 4M’16

Closer political level cooperation is expected under Rail Baltica project

ABP's Hull Container Terminal gets two 600-tonne cranes

Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg down 8% to 15.73 mln t in 4M’16

Unloading of cargo from nuclear-powered LASH carrier Sevmorput onto shore ice is underway at Kotelniy Island (photo)

BMT unveils next generation training solution

Xeneta proposes revolution in container shipping, transforming market with ‘commodity’ status

BIMCO/ICS Manpower Report predicts potential shortage of almost 150,000 officers by 2025

Almaz shipyard launches coast guardship Provorny

M/S Viking Grace carried four millionth passenger

CMA CGM to improve its services from North Europe to Middle East and Asia

Construction of 8 vessels for Rosmorport to begin this year

New members of the Board at the Port of Gdansk

Hapag-Lloyd to rise rates from East Asia to North Europe and Mediterranean

Dmitry Antonov appointed as Acting Director General of Shipyard Lotus (photo)

Port Bronka welcomes regular ro-ro/passenger ferry Finnstar owned by Finnlines (photo)

Matson Logistics launches new Express LCL Service from China to the New York and New Jersey markets

Cruise liner Costa Victoria made her maiden call to the port of Vladivostok (photo)

Sembcorp Marine’s Brazil subsidiary completes first vessel repair project

Port of Gdansk throughput up 12.5% to 11.966 mln t in 4M’16

Brent Crude futures price up 0.2% to $49.38, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.25% to $48.44

Kalmar awarded a Kalmar Optimal Care service contract at the Yilport Oslo Terminal

FESCO completes winter navigation at the Sea of Okhotsk

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

Damen Anchor & Chain Factory demonstrates cost savings to offshore clients

Baltic Dry Index up to 643 points

State Duma passed in the first reading the bill on seaports