News 2016 September 23

Rolls-Royce appoints Stephen Daintith as CFO

Cargotec plans to re-organise operations at the acquired maritime software company INTERSCHALT

BWB signs youth sailing team name sponsorship agreement

Agility joins Maersk Line Carbon Pact initiative to cut CO2 emissions

Murmansk Commercial Seaport forecasts a 1-pct increase of coal transshipment to 13.77 mln t in 2016 (photo)

LNG terminal at port Vysotsk included into area planning scheme of the Russian Federation

Maersk Line implements FAK rates from Asia to East Coast South America

Toll announces $170 million investment to support Bass Strait trade

Morten Engelstoft appointed CEO of APM Terminals

Stena Line to add extra North Sea freight capacity on Rotterdam to Killingholme route

OPDR and MacAndrews upgrade their fleet with 4000 new pallet wide high cube containers

Fincantieri and CSSC ink agreement for first new Chinese cruise ships

USCG confirms Optimarin first in line for ballast water approval

Minister of State opens state-of-the-art vessel traffic equipment at ABP Southampton

Evgeniy Moroz appointed as Deputy Director of Rosmorport’s Vanino Branch (Photo)

Check points at Free Port of Vladivostok start round-the-clock operation from October 1, 2016 (photo)

The Switch, a Yaskawa company, to acquire Wärtsilä Drives’ products

FESCO launches new block train Vladivostok-Minsk to expand network of routes through the Russian Far East

Gazprom discovers new field on Sea of Okhotsk shelf

Throughput of Yug-2 terminal (port Ust-Luga) will grow to 6.5 mln t by 2020 (photo)

Port of Singapore throughput up 0.5% to 392.7 mln t in 8M’16

Brent Crude futures price down 0.57% to $47.38, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.73% to $45.98

Throughput of Ust-Luga port to grow by 13.6% to 100 mln t in 2016

Vard secures contract for two more module carrier vessels for Topaz

Ports of Ust-Luga and Kiel sign Memorandum of Understanding (photo)

Baltic Dry Index up to 937 points