News 2016 June 10

Indian Coast Guard rescues oil / asphalt carrier Infinity-I

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) down 23% to 9 mln t in Jan-May'16

Van Oord has been awarded the 2016 Leonardo da Vinci prize

Marine Façade representatives took part in the annual international Cruise Europe conference

Ferus Smit successfully launches Nb. 424 ‘Arklow Cadet’

Throughput of port Odessa (Ukraine) down 2.5% to 10.2 mln t in Jan-May'16

Rosneft’s Komsomolsk Refinery commenced producing DMF-1

Admiralteiskie Verfi launched the icebreaker ILYA MUROMETS

Australian Maritime Safety Authority to implement changes to regulations for container weight verifications in the shipping industry

Njord Offshore takes delivery of two more crew transfer vessels with Volvo Penta IPS900 Quad

Onega Shipyard (Karelia) launches the second buoy-inspection boat of Project 02780М (photo)

ABS publishes the ABS Guidance Notes on the Development of Procedures and Technical Manuals

Throughput of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port down 24.3% to 120,300 t in Jan-May'16

Port of NY & NJ сonfirms сapability to handle larger vessels

ABP takes innovative development category at Lincolnshire Energy Awards

JSC “Latvian Shipping Company” ranks in gold category in the Sustainability Index and gains status of “Family friendly company”

Klaipeda LNG terminal has updated rules

First training vessel successfully passes Panama Canal’s new locks

Rusia's Caspian Flotilla started command-and-staff training

FESCO opens seasonal sea line service to ports of Anadyr and Egvekinot

Brent Crude futures price down 0.81% to $51.25, Light Sweet Crude – down 1.07% to $50.02

Indicative bunker prices at the port of Saint-Petersburg break the maximum of 2016 (graph)

Throughput of port Tallinn (Estonia) down 15.5% to 8.8 mln t in Jan-May'16

Baltic Dry Index up to 611 points

Xeneta reveals the top three reasons freight shippers switch containership carriers