News 2016 June 15

Colombo Port JCT accommodates two container ships

New D8 marine engine expands Volvo Penta range

Port of Long Beach container volume up 0.8 percent to 640,566 TEUs in May 2016

Kalmar to expand the FastCharge technology into its hybrid straddle and shuttle carrier product portfolio

PSA secures two major wins at the 2016 Asian Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain Awards

Meyer family shares shipyards in Finland and Germany

CMA CGM implements GRR from South America East Coast to North Europe, Baltic, Red Sea and Mediterranean

BOA Offshore secures new contract for its offshore construction vessel Boa Sub C

RZD Holding is developing new freight transportation services between Europe - China

Polarcus awarded an additional broadband 3D project offshore South America

LUKOIL spuds first development well at Filanovsky field

Coast Guard leaders from eight Arctic nations establish framework for multi-year strategic plan

Austal continues to support innovation in Western Australia

Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia approves rates for port dues

ClassNK returns to Iran

Moscow State Academy of Water Transport merges into Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping

Michael Lempke to lead Newport News Shipbuilding’s energy programs

Concept of Free Port of Vladivostok does not exclude establishment of an offshore zone

Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy granted financing for the maritime industry growth programme for 2016

Canada to accelerate delivery of Canadian Surface Combatant vessels

CMA CGM and PSA to create a container terminal joint venture in Singapore

Brent Crude futures price down 1.42% to $49.12, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.04% to $49.15

DNV GL to provide project certification for E.ON’s Arkona offshore wind farm

Yaroslav Mudry guard ship of the Baltic Fleet replenished storages in Malta

Tallink Grupp will pay 13,398,000 euros as dividends

No significant change of bunker prices seen at the port of Saint-Petersburg (graph)

Baltic Dry Index down to 608 points