News 2017 January 30

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia to Mexico, West Coast of Central America and West Coast of South America

Demonstration exercises are held on the Tatarstan missile ship

Russia and Finland agree to continue studying of black carbon emissions in the Arctic

Maersk Line to rise rates from Far East Asia to the East Coast of United States & Canada

Frontline plans to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of DHT

Wärtsilä contracted to supply its BWMS units for CMA CGM's new boxships

Baltic States Governments’ agreement will provide a solid platform for the Rail Baltica development

Europort tackles shipping’s big issues for 2017

New Zealand's CentrePort resumes regular container service

Total revenue of Port of Tallinn in 2016 up 11%, Y-o-Y, to EUR 110.9 million

Eletson Gas and Evergas join forces to form the E3 Pool

McAllister takes delivery of Z-drive tractor tug from Eastern Shipbuilding

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO up to RUB 11,831 in RF spot market

Sovershenny corvette launched trials at sea

Evac presents fresh water generation systems for smaller ships

Iranian oil shipments handled at Polish refineries in Gdansk

Sovcomflot tankers transport one million tonnes of oil from Novy Port oil and gas condensate field

HII authenticates keel of Coast Guard's cutter Midgett

Spliethoff adds Port of Gdansk to rotation on its general cargo ocean service

Coast guard ship Polar Star joins Border Guard Service of Russia’s FSB in the Western Arctic District (photo)

Huntington Ingalls Industries starts fabrication of Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG 123)

Brent Crude futures price down 0.52% to $55.41, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.437% to $52.94

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard to build 5 tankers for BF Tanker and 5 bulk carriers for Paula Rise in 2017-2018

Baltic Dry Index down to 827 points