News 2016 August 22

Port of Kaliningrad throughput volume in seven months falls 7% to nearly 7 million tonnes

Domestic waterborne freight volume in Ukraine edges up to 3.2 million tonnes in Jan-Jul

Port of Vysotsk seven-month volumes down 3% to 9.62 million tonnes

Port of Vyborg seven month volumes of cargo fall 14% to 714,000 tonnes

UK port introduces state-of-the-art VMS

Vishakhapatnam Port set to launch major expansion

St. Petersburg passenger port handles 9 cruise ships and 15,956 passengers in a week

Port of Ust-Luga throughput up 6% in Jan-Jul to 52.95 million tonnes

NAVTOR reveals 80/20 split in favour of PAYS ENCs and pushes for greater global acceptance

Gazpromneft-Lubricants conducts spill response drills at St. Petersburg and Murmansk ports

Russian M100 fuel oil spot price up to RUB 7,383 pmt

Board taps Alexander Masko CEO of Murmansk Commercial Seaport

Alaska state likely to take over Alaska LNG project

Russian Gov't elaborates on cabotage definition in Merchant Shipping Code

Big Port St. Petersburg's seven-month cargo volumes drop 8% to 27.8 million tonnes

Regional prosecutors probe into the bulker Aplha incident

Siem Offshore gets approval from financing banks for financial platform

Sembcorp Marine acquires LMG Marin AS

Oil Port Primorsk seven-month throughput rises 10% to 37.66 million tonnes

HII's Newport News secures Navy's contract for work on Nimitz class CVN 75

Crude oil futures slide to $49,93 in London, in New York to $48,29

Baltic Dry Index slightly adds to 683