News 2017 January 27

Latvian Shipping Company gets Nasdaq Baltic Market Awards grand prize for best interactive investor relations

ABS publishes the ABS Guide for Habitability of Industrial Personnel on Accommodation Vessels

ZIM to provide logistics services in India

Klaipėdos Nafta triumphed in Nasdaq Baltic event winning 4 awards

General Dynamics NASSCO begins construction on fifth ship in Expeditionary Sea Base Program for U.S. Navy

VNT commits 3 million euro to environmental protection of Ventspils

Saimaa Canal navigation closed from 26 January 2017 (photo)

ABP invested £5.4m into the Port of Ipswich in 2016

ABP's Port of Silloth sees increased business in 2016

Port of Gdansk Authority issues a summary of 2016

Teekay’s first icebreaker LNG carrier launched at DSME shipyard

COSCO SHIPPING Ports and CMA Terminals Holding sign MOU

Ali GURUN appointed Non-Executive Director of the Shipowners’ Club

MOL announces Bunker Adjustment Factor from North Asia to Australia

The Finnish Pilotage Act amended as of 1 January 2017

Handling of innovative railcars at Rosterminalugol grew by 13% to 103,000 units in 2016

Amursky Shipyard delivers Varshavyanka-class submarine to RF Navy’s Pacific Fleet (photo)

Port Kiel launches direct train connection between Kiel and Trieste (photo release)

Vostochny Port takes delivery of innovative ship loading conveyor (photo)

Wärtsilä to optimise maintenance and engine performance of Tallink’s new M/S Megastar

Brent Crude futures price down 0.12% to $56.17, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.04% to $53.76

Metal Shark lands Washington DC and New Orleans passenger vessel construction contracts

Indicative bunker prices go down at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

USC and MSAWT sign agreement on cooperation

Baltic Dry Index down to 840 points