News 2016 September 7

LR and QinetiQ to collaborate on maritime cyber security

Bureau Veritas recognises MSC Cruises with Safety Best Practices 2016 Award

Essar's dry bulk terminal at Paradip Port surpasses past benchmarks

Port Everglades and ACP to continue coooperation

Throughput of Klaipeda port rises 3.4% to 26.22 mln t in 8M’16

Admiralteiskie Verfi will build six submarine of Project 636.3 for RF Navy’s Pacific fleet

BV classes first containership LNG fuel conversion

Throughput of port Taganrog down 21.8%to 1.53 mln t in 8M’16

Bronka operator Fenix LLC obtains a license for handling of hazardous cargoes (document)

Coal exports from Russia up 17.6% to 107.19 mln t in 8M’16

CMA CGM implements GRR from North Europe to the Caribbean, Central America, South America North and West Coasts

Russia's crude exports up 7.1% to 167.98 mln t in 8M’16

Wärtsilä to be awarded Lloyd’s Register’s Quality Assurance Scheme for Machinery

Bunker prices are flat at port Novorossiysk (graph)

MOL applies a Low Water Surcharge for barge transports on the Rhine River

Two new 180,000-ton ships for Carnival Cruise Line to be first in North America powered by LNG

MacGregor calls for cooperation to drive maritime industry transformation

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to Arabian Gulf

Propeller for MSC Lorena to be demonstrated at SMM in Hamburg

Port of Rotterdam welcomes trimodal Gateway Basel Nord

Brent Crude futures price up 0.7% to $47.59, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.67% to $45.13

Baltic Dry Index up to 745 points

ABB rolls out most comprehensive maritime software platform

ABB is launching a new Azipod propulsion unit

Tallink broke another record with August passenger volumes

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