News 2016 August 2

Throughput of Chinese ports up 1.8% to 4 bln t in HI’2016

Visa-free entry is allowed for passengers of tourist ferries coming to Murmansk

Danaos Corporation reports results for H1 2016

LSP-2 support block complex is being towed along the Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal (photo)

Sembcorp posts 1H2016 net profit at S$193.5 mln

STS Mir is heading for the Black Sea to take part in SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2016

Multipurpose Reloading Complex (Ust-Luga) doubled the financing of its development programme

7M’16 throughput of Rosterminalugol is flat, year-on-year, at 9.6 mln t

FESCO announces appointment of Steven Hellman as Chief Restructuring Officer

Bunker prices go down in the Far East ports (graph)

Allocations of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg for its social programme totaled RUB 19 mln in HI’2016

Thornico launches new dry bulk carrier

CMA CGM implements GRR from East Coast South America to West Africa, South Africa, Arabian Gulf, West Coast North India

Throughput of Port Vysotsky LLC up 15.2% to 3.46 mln t in 7M’16

Comprehensive development of MTH is to strengthen Russia’s global position, says Sergei Naryshkin (photo)

ANL adjusts BAF for SCAN/EUR/MED to/from ANZ

Krylov State Research Center has developed a concept design of a 60MW icebreaker able to make a 62-meter wide canal

Krylov State Research Center has developed a concept design of a 40MW shallow-draft icebreaker

ABS expands India office

OPDR offers direct connection from Portugal and Gibraltar to Hamburg

Vroon's MPI Adventure installs first offshore wind turbine on Sandbank

Customs point is now operational at MSCC Bronka (photo)

Tokyo MOU to carry-out inspection campaign on Cargo Securing Arrangements

Brent Crude futures price up 0.47% to $42.34, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.42% to $40.23

TTS Group ASA secures 10.000 tons ship lift order to Casablanca Port

Transneft Primorsk Port continues works as part of implementation of Sever-25 Project

Baltic Dry Index down to 650 points

NYK hosts fleet safety promotion conference

Azeri crude exports via port Novorossiysk down 1.5 times to 845,760 t in Jan-July'16