News 2016 June 9

Drydocks World wins “Best Repair Yard” Award for the second time in a row

Port of Liverpool, Nova Scotia transferred to the Province of Nova Scotia

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 10% to 15.506 mln t in Jan-May'16

Maersk considers to flag out end-of-life vessels from the Danish or other European registries

Azeri crude exports via port Novorossiysk down 2 times to 319,500 t in Jan-May'16

M/s Deutschland kicks off Turku's international cruise season on 8th June

Lloyd’s Register launches enhanced service capability and support in the Americas

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) says it will participate at Posidonia-2016 exhibition

Maersk Line wins Supply Chain Sustainability award at the GPCA Conference

Investments into development of shipbuilding and equipment for Russia's offshore projects will total RUB 1.35 bln in 2015-2030

Port of Long Beach welcomes world's most advanced fireboat

Bunker market of Russia’s Far East ports still sees deficit of IFO-180 НS (graph)

Klaipeda Seaport turnover up by 0,5 pct. to 3,4 mln tn in May of 2016

Paris MoU Committee adopts new performance lists

Yantar shipyard lays the keel of the second oceanographic research vessel of Project 22010 (graphics)

Ferus Smit delivers the second LNG powered cement tanker

Efficiency takes first place at the ESPO 2016 Conference

ABS, Capital Ship Management Corp. improve propulsion shaft monitoring with ABS Smart Bearing™ solution

Port of Brisbane reaches major milestone on $110 million Port Drive Upgrade project

Wärtsilä powers the world’s largest cruise ship, ‘Harmony of the Seas’

Otto Marine secures shipbuilding contract worth USD14 million

New advanced fireboat enters service at Port of Long Beach

Throughput of Russian seaports up 5.9% to 286.3 mln t in Jan-May'16

Installation of bridge spans commenced at Kerch Strait construction site (photo)

Russian steel export via Antwerp rose by 19%

Brent Crude futures price up 0.38% to $52.71, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.38% to $52.71

Baltic Dry Index up to 610 points

Damen Shipyards Sharjah (UAE) wins best new build yard award

Polish Days of the Sea return to Slovakia after 5 years

Nadezhda Zhikhareva appointed as Deputy Head of Rosmorrechflot

DNV GL and Prisma Electronics join hands to advance fleet performance management

Construction of Bovanenkovo-Sabetta railway to commence in 2017