News 2016 October 28

Aker Solutions signs two subsea framework contracts with BP

Concordia Maritime sells suezmax tanker Stena Supreme

MEPC agrees to limit Nitrogen Oxide emissions from ships' exhaust gases in the Baltic Sea

Severnaya Verf shipyard lays down Derzky corvette of Project 20386 for RF Navy (photo)

LR collaborates on collision avoidance research project for autonomous vessels

Finland joins IMO's wreck removal convention

Throughput of Taganrog Commercial Sea Port down 29% to 787,000 t in 9M’16

Aquatic JSC wins tender on designing of Bagayevsky hydrosystem

Hapag-Lloyd to revise the Local Service Fees in Indonesia

IMO holds port security training exercises in Argentina

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

Agreement on closer Polish-Chinese cooperation in the field of maritime economy signed in Gdansk

Draft order on changing limits of checkpoint at Big Port St. Petersburg brought up for public discussion

Maersk Line announces FAK rates from Asia (Excl. Japan) to Australia

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard delivers tanker named Pioneer (Project RST27) to CMS (photo)

Liverpool and Panama ports agree major partnership

TMS' Tanker conference in Dubai highlights regional growth opportunities

DNV GL Innovation Day Singapore focused on the future of shipping

Hyundai Heavy Industries posts profits for Q3 of 2016

CETA will greatly benefit maritime transport

MAN Diesel & Turbo wins order for GenSets for Tier II/III-compliant patrol vessels from Italian Navy

Throughput of Tuapse Commercial Seaport down 8.1% to 10.1 mln t in 9M’16

Hapag-Lloyd to implement a Winter Surcharge for all shipments to and from St. Petersburg and Ust-Luga

Brent Crude futures price up 0.66% to $51.52, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.04% to $49.70

Pella shipyard (Leningrad Region) completed sea trials of longline fishing boat of Project PL-475 (photo)

Baltic Dry Index down to 789 points