News 2016 June 28

USCG reopens waterway on Red River

Navig8 Chemical Tankers takes delivery of its first chemical tanker from Kitanihon Shipbuilding

Hull of the Siberia, first serial icebreaker of project 22220, shifted to a new position at Baltiysky Zavod shipyard

TransContainer will not pay out dividends for the year 2015

ICTSI wins excellence award in supply management

Crimea Bridge designers enhance protection of the bridge support structures (graphics)

ICS highlights role of merchant seafarers in migrant rescues

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Crystalia with SwissMarine

New DNV GL marine warranty standards are a digital first

LUKOIL Marine Lubricants introduces two new products for marine engines

ABS, Keppel define JDPs to accelerate innovation

Passenger traffic of Kerch ferry service will grow by 25-30% in 2016, says Crimea’s Transport Minister

CMA CGM crosses 90% ownership threshold in NOL and intends to delist the company from the SGX-ST

Vard announces termination of shipbuilding contract with Rem Offshore

CMA CGM crosses 90% ownership threshold in NOL

New IMO regulations on verified gross mass start July 1st

NYK vessel first to make commercial transit through expanded Panama Canal

“K” Line and Kawasaki Heavy Industries announce joint development project of “K-IMS”

IFO-180 prices in the Far East ports are persistently high (graph)

BigLift Shipping orders third S-type vessel

Storage tanks for LNG distribution station in Klaipėda have undergone their first hydraulic tests

Newport News Industrial announces 52,000-square-foot expansion at its HQ

Capacities of Klaipėdos nafta’s LNG terminal already booked by Lithuanian Gas Supply and Litgas

Expanded Panama Canal opens with COSCO Shipping Panama transit

Fincantieri secures U.S. Navy LCU and T-ATS(X) design studies & analyses contracts

Austal delivers EPF 7 to U.S. Navy

Brent Crude futures price up 1.15% to $48.32, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.30% to $46.93

Baltic Dry Index up to 616 points

Rauma Shipyard secures its first Ro-Ro ferry contract worth EUR 68m