News 2016 September 27

Holland Container Innovations presents its 4FOLD foldable container

Okskaya Sudoverf shipyard launches Project 21270 boat for RF Ministry of Defence (photo)

Some 100 semi-submersible rigs approved by DNV GL will be reviewed

Fincantieri gets new General Manager

Tactic exercise with the Eastern MD combined arms formation is held in the Sakhalin Region

Vyborg Shipyard lays down port icebreaker Ob for Sabetta

Niigata Shipbuilding delivers Ultra large Tug to ALP STRIKER BV

Kiel and Russian ports mark 25 years of ferry services

Finland to take the lead in automation experiments in the maritime sector

Ocean Yield announces investment in two chemical tankers with long term charters

ESL Shipping’s LNG-fueled bulk carriers to be built at Sinotrans & CSC main yard, Jinling Shipyard

Bunker prices go up at the Far East ports (graph)

General Dynamics NASSCO Master Shipbuilder lays keel for eighth ship in ECO Class tanker program

Scientific potential strengthened in the LNG Cluster

Klaipėdos Nafta occupies top position in Annual Report on State-Owned Enterprises 2015

ClassNK releases updates to its Guidelines on Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding

AS Tallink Grupp share capital reduction registration and disbursements

Sovcomflot Group expands its fleet by nine vessels

Port of Tallinn won the reputable Seatrade Cruise Awards Environmental Initiative Award

Hapag-Lloyd postpones GRI from East Asia to Mexico, WC of Central & South America

Yenisei River Shipping Company carried 3.20 mln t of cargo in 8M’16, +11% Y-o-Y (photo)

Brent Crude futures price down 0.5% to $47.69, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.33% to $45.78

Hapag-Lloyd announces Rate Restoration Program from North, South & Central China to Arabian Gulf

HHLA relocates two container gantry cranes within the Port of Hamburg

Baltic Dry Index up to 934 points

Cochin Port receives first car carrier

Topaz secures two substantial contracts in Kazakhstan

Associated British Ports orders five new hydraulic cranes worth £6 million

Topaz secures management contract for 3 vessels