News 2016 October 5

Historic HHLA cranes return to the Elbphilharmonie

SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2016 concludes (photo release)

Pan-United to divest tug-and-barge business

Hapag-Lloyd wins Lloyd’s List “Containership Operator of the Year” award

Krievu Sala Project implemented by Freeport of Riga is highly evaluated

Ocean Yield ASA announces delivery of chemical carrier with 12 years charter

World's National Shipowner Associations press shipping’s global regulator to set timeline for reducing green house gas emissions

Krylov State Research Center developed conceptual design of LNG platform for Shtokman

NGO Shipbreaking Platform demands European Ship Recycling Licence

World’s first test area for autonomous ships opened in the Trondheim fjord

Kalmar wins large order for 34 reachstackers from European ro-ro operator C.RO Ports SA

Krasnoye Sormovo says its backlog of orders for 2017 is 30% full

Albwardy Marine Engineering/Damen Shipyards Sharjah receives two important quality management certifications

Maersk Supply Service gets new CEO

CMA CGM implements GRR from all Asian ports to all Middle East Gulf ports

Gazprom says Russia’s sales of LNG as bunker fuel will reach 1.35 mln t by 2030

Freeport of Riga counts on more cooperation with Belarus amid re-routing of Russian cargo to Russian ports

VNT is celebrating its 55th year of operation

First LNG bunkering operation completed at Skangas terminal in Pori

USC and Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard negotiate construction of oil tankers for Saint-Petersburg based shipping company

Arkhangelsk Region hopes to reach agreement with Poly Group on Belkomur in February-March 2017

Euronav NV signs two long - term time charter contracts with Valero Energy

Gazprom to spend RUB 950 mln for maintenance of offshore equipment

Bunker prices are stable at port Novorossiysk (graph)

Vostochny Port’s shipments of coal bound for Japan up 28.8% to 4.46 mln t in 9M’16

Keppel grows LNG business

Krasnoye Sormovo launches third vessel of Project TSHD built for Rosmorport (photo)

Throughput of Ukraine’s seaports down 9.2% to 96.96 mln t in 9M’16

Oil production at Russia’s shelf will grow by 11.5% to 21.3 mln t in 2016

Russia’s General Board of State Expert Review approves the amended project of MSCC Bronka

Draft law on Russia’s Arctic zone to be submitted to State Duma in October-November 2016, says Valentina Matvienko (photo)

Krylov Center says mathematical modeling of Arctic terminals will let reduce wind/wave impact by 25-30%

Brent Crude futures price up 0.94% to $51.35, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.05% to $49.20

Indicative bunker prices go up at the port of Saint-Petersburg (graph)

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding delivers 60,000 DWT type bulk carrier to SBI Apollo Shipping

Baltic Dry Index down to 860 points

Third generation Noshiro Maru coal carrier enters service for Tohoku Electric Power