News 2016 September 6

RS announces new marks in сlass notation

MOL launches new session of 'MOL Global Management College, 2016'

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 1.9% to 1.86 mln t in 8M’16

Sovcomflot takes part in Arctic Council events

Sovcomflot and ABB to create unique simulation centre at Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University

ENGIE, Mitsubishi Corporation and NYK Line announce a new global brand for LNG bunkering: Gas4Sea

Carnival Corporation to build three new LNG-powered cruise ships with Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku

Kapitan Dranitsyn icebreaker has undergone scheduled repair

Port of Gothenburg ro-ro traffic up 3 per cent to 279,000 units in H1 2016

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports down 10% to 86.77 mln t in 8M’16

DEME awarded contract for Freetown Terminal Extension Project in Sierra Leone

Throughput of port Yuzhny (Ukraine) down 17.2% to 26.54 mln t in 8M’16

Blue Water Shipping starts operations in a new cargo terminal at Taulov in Fredericia, Denmark

Throughput of Arkhangelsk Sea Commercial Port down 9.4% to 1,004,100 t in 8M’16

Nobel Brothers Shipyard launches floating crane SPK-60/25 after repair (photo)

Vladimir Putin says issues related to the Southern Kurils are being examined

New Century Shipbuilding delivers crude oil tanker to Frontline

Xeneta says rising rates disguise fundamental weakness of 2016 container segment

Wärtsilä introduces updated version of its Nacos Platinum navigation, automation and control system

CMA CGM implements GRR from India, Pakistan and Middle East to East Africa

RS participates in SMM

LR, HHI and HMD to collaborate on ship-to-ship LNG bunkering compatibility study

Wilhelmsen and Wallenius merge to form world-leading shipping and logistics platform

DP World wins 30-year concession for port of Berbera in Somaliland

ABS expands comprehensive industry-first cyber system guidance

Bunker prices are stable at the Far East ports (graph)

Brent Crude futures price up 0.23% to $47.74, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.96% to $45.31

Baltic Dry Index up to 724 points

Rosmorport announces tender for maintenance dredging at Ust-Luga port

AS Tallink Grupp transported 961,851 passengers in August 2016