News 2016 November 24

NORD/LB increases risk provisioning for ship finance significantly

Governor announces $300 mln investment for Port of Philadelphia to double container capacity

IMO's Ballast Water Management Convention was the topic of detailed discussion at the “Planning for Enforcement” forum

LUKOIL completes drilling of the third well offshore at Filanovsky field

The Northwest Seaport Alliance sees strongest container volumes in four years

First sea-going vessel bunkered with LNG in the Port of Amsterdam

Port of Rotterdam enters into joint venture agreement for construction of port in Indonesia

Damen ASD Tug 2310 'TōIA' enters service at Port Nelson, New Zealand

NIBULON arranged first voyages of its passenger hydrofoils

Logistic center for oversize/overweight cargo to be established in Bronka

Vyborg Shipyard launches lead icebreaking support ship of Aker Arc130A for Gazprom Neft (photo)

World bunker market: volatile week ahead, expert says

Rosneft acquired 75% of shares of Lavna terminal in the Murmansk Region

Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard completes the series of six submarines for RF Navy (photo)

Gazprom Neft achieves net profit growth of 12.7% Y-O-Y for 9M 2016

Rosmorrechflot says financing of Russia’s inland water ways will be increased by 30% in 2017

MOL teams up with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and AKOFS Offshore AS to purchase the subsea support vessel

European Commission approves container liner shipping merger between Hapag-Lloyd and UASC

Rail Baltica funding agreement signed

Euroseas Ltd. announces the acquisition of a drybulk vessel and short-term loan facility

ECSA to organise seminar “Africa and shipping – a mutually benefitting cooperation”

Freeport of Riga Authority took part in the annual IFHS Hydrographic Conference and Exhibition “HYDRO 2016”

Bunker prices are declining in the Far East ports (graph)

Dryships announces the successful delivery of the M/V Sorrento

Vostochny Port’s record high daily unloading of wagons - 1,500 units - achieved in November

Concordia Maritime signs new agreements for the refinancing of the P-MAX ships

Brent Crude futures price up 0.14% to $49.02, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.23% to $48.05

MOL launches "ISHIN NEXT - MOL SMART SHIP PROJECT -"

Murmansk Region Governor will head the delegation to the VI International Forum «Arctic: the Present and the Future»

Alexander Nevsky nuclear underwater cruiser returned to Vilyuchinsk, permanent location port

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,224 points