News 2016 September 20

USC says certain ship systems should be of Russian origin or produced locally by foreign manufacturers

Hiab renews its mid-range loader cranes

Thorco and United Heavy Lift join forces on the project and heavy lift market

Cambodian government to turn its maritime flag into a genuine national ship register

Admiral Makarov University starts training RS inspectors as operators of dynamic positioning system (photo)

Busan Port container volumes up 5.5% to 1.697 million TEU in July 2016

Work begins on £5 million Marine Control Centre at Port of Grimsby

Krylov Center takes part in round table meeting dedicated to import substitution in commercial shipbuilding

Xeneta says shipper community reeling from Hanjin aftershocks

Maersk Line implements FAK rates from South East Asia and Japan to Australia

Memorandum on cooperation between the ports of Ust-Luga and Kiel to be signed on September 22

New guides for strengthening effective implementation of IMO’s energy efficiency regulations for ships rolled out at GloMEEP training

MOL to implement GRI from Asia (excluding Malaysia, India) to Mexico and West Coast of South America

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

Work begins on £5 million Marine Control Centre at Port of Grimsby

Lithuania is the first to start the second stage of the Rail Baltica project

Ristori: Lithuania’s LNG terminal is a success story

Caspian Flotilla ships held joint exercise with combat crews of OTH radars

FESCO and Rusagro to arrange special-purpose site based on Port of Vladivostok infrastructure to handle agricultural products

Danish Maritime Authority to use drone to inspect buildings

Global marine underwriting premiums down by 10.5% - IUMI

Surface ships of Russia and China carried out firing against aerial and naval targets in course of the “Naval interaction 2016”

Brent Crude futures price down 0.24% to $45.84, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.46% to $43.66

The French Energy Regulator issues a Public Consultation about the tariff applicable at the French regulated LNG terminals from 2017

Marine Façade (Passenger Port of St. Petersburg) welcomed 5 cruise ships last week

Baltic Dry Index up to 836 points

ENOC announces Technip as main EPC Contractor for refinery expansion project