News 2016 August 3

VSC tests circular shipments on Primorye 1 transport corridor

Freeport of Riga Authority sees no violations in implementation of the Krievu Sala project

Race Committee of Tall Ships Races 2016 publishes provisional race results

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports down 9.8% to 74 mln t in 7M’16

FAS of Russia has developed draft rules for equal-opportunity access to port monopolies’ services (document)

CMA CGM implements GRR from Far East, China and Southeast Asia to South Africa and Port Louis (Mauritius)

Report of Investigation on the grounding of MSV Fennica released

CMA CGM implements GRR from Far East / China / Southeast Asia to Mozambique and Tamatave (Madagascar)

AS Tallink Grupp publishes its statistics for July 2016

Tallink reached a new record in monthly passenger volumes in July

APL adds more Central America port calls to West Coast 5 Service

Port Vladivostok to welcome Chinese Taishan, first cruise ship from China, on August 6 (photo)

More than 60 vessels transit the expanded Panama Canal since the inauguration

Throughput of Rostov-on-Don port up 16.2% to 9.8 mln t in 7M’16

N-KOM signs fleet agreement with Samos Steamship

Damen USA office off to a good start with Young Brothers’ order for Damen of 4 Stan Tugs 3711

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg replenishes its motor pool

Indicative bunker prices are flat at the port of Saint-Petersburg (graph)

Russian Chamber of Shipping supports initiative on revising the rules for registration of vessels in seaports

Brent Crude futures price down 0.05% to $41.78, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.13% to $39.56

Commander of the Black Sea Fleet opened the “Depth” international contest in Sevastopol

Anatoly Volkov appointed as Transport Minister of Crimea

Baltic Dry Index down to 645 points