News 2016 June 22

EU set to create European Border and Coast Guard

Western Bulk Chartering AS completes private placement

Flag hoisting ceremony for Rosneft Sakhalin tanker built by Zvezda shipyard will be held in September 2016

APM Terminals looks to integrate automation throughout terminal operations for gains in safety and productivity

CMA CGM implements GRR from Asia to South Africa

COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard delivers 111,000 DWT oil tanker “FRONT JAGUAR”

Port of Gdansk is ready to handle inland navigation

EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg is again voted “Best Container Terminal Europe 2016”

Maersk Line launches new and improved Asia-North Europe Network

Wilh. Wilhelmsen holds naming ceremony of new HERO vessel

Cargo transportation by Ukraine’s water transport up 2.4% to 1.9 mln t in Jan-May'16

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard delivers a module carrier

Panama Canal conducts trial transit through the expanded Cocoli Locks

Rolls-Royce publishes vision of the future of remote and autonomous shipping

CMA CGM implements GRR from the Middle East to North Europe, Scandinavia, Baltic, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, North Africa, Central America, Caribbean and South America

Throughput of Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port up 43.3% to 1.3 mln t in Jan-May'16

Nordic American Tankers to acquire four Suezmax tankers

Crew of LUKOIL-BUNKER’s tanker Batic Seagul saved a person in the Gulf of Finland

CMA CGM implements GRR from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to North Europe, Scandinavia, Baltic, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, North Africa, Central America, Caribbean and South America

HSHI completes supplying key parts to third sets of locks of the Panama Canal

Rolls-Royce to invest £44M in marine thruster facility in Rauma, Finland

Large landing ship Ivan Gren commences sea trials (photo)

ABB to power world’s largest electric ferries, to deliver first automated onshore charging station

Recovering freight rates for the Far East Asia – North Europe corridor pose risks for shippers, says Xeneta

Kalmar to deliver 18 all-electric AGVs to PSA Singapore

Work begins on £2.3 million warehouse investment at Port of Newport

Optimarin wins 15 unit BWT order for Topaz vessels from VARD

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg receives the maximum number of ships (photo)

Brent Crude futures price up 10.63% to $50.94, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.70% to $50.20

HELCOM conducts annual oil spill response drill in the Baltic Sea

Russia’s State Duma rejects the bill on calling off the obligatory state expert approval of OSR plans

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

Baltic Dry Index down to 580 points