News 2017 February 10

Transocean provides Quarterly Fleet Status Report

Ship crews of the Leningrad naval base conduct combat training tasks

Siemens Wind Power, BS Offshore and Ulstein get the OSJ Offshore Renewables Award 2017 for the SOV vessel 'Windea La Cour'

Nippon Salvage and Arctia sign MoU on cooperation in transaction of salvage operations

Cargo traffic at Latvia's Port of Liepaja climbed by 22.8% to 586,900 t in January 2017

Samskip further enhances the Norway Oslofjord service

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 1.9% to 3.2 mln t in January 2017

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion yards achieve more ISO certifications

DHT Holdings rejects business combination between Frontline and DHT

CPC and Astrakhan region signed a Cooperation Agreement

Smedvig Capital lead £12m investment in Shipping Container Pricing Index Xeneta

ZEABORN Group takes over business operations of Rickmers-Linie and NPC Projects

Throughput of port Tallinn (Estonia) down 38.7% to 1.37 mln t in January 2017

Lotus shipyard started formation of the cruise liner hull

Throughput of Russian seaports in January 2017 up 12.7% Y-o-Y to 59.6 mln t (detalization)

Royal Niestern Sander starts construction of ice-strengthened multipurpose vessel of the EasyMax type

Klaipeda Seaport throughput down by 0,1 pct. to 3,41 mln tn. in January of 2016

HHLA's Angela Titzrath calls for dredging of River Elbe lower, outer stretches

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port in January 2017 up 1.5 times Y-o-Y to 314,800 t

Rolls-Royce delivers Damen’s 1000th azimuth thruster

Hamburg gets conditional approval to deepen Elbe River

Port of Long Beach container volume up to 582,689 TEU in Jan 2017

Arctic Economic Council holds meeting in Russia for the first time, supported by Sovcomflot

ClassNK releases new HCSR software

MRTS Holding supports the 4th International Forum of Dredging Companies as its Sponsor

Damen's 8500-series offshore carrier wins OSJ Award

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) up 40% to 2.5 mln t in January 2017

Sovcomflot to take delivery of 4 supply vessels from Arctech Helsinki Shipyard this year (photo)

USCG's Paul Thomas to speak at Nor-Shipping 2017

Brent Crude futures price up 0.22% to $55.74, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.21% to $53.12

Xeneta raises $12M in a Series B investment round from Smedvig Capital

Seaports of Russia handled 59.63 mln t of cargo in January 2017, up 12.7%, Y-o-Y

Baltic Dry Index up to 707 points