News 2017 February 22

Moody's changes the outlook on Sovcomflot from negative to stable

JV of Port of London Authority and Peel Ports London Medway buys new pilot boat

Ban of M/V "BEAM” with IMO number 8408258 has been lifted

Port of Brisbane hosts two mega cruise ships

Port of Ipswich receives 743 ships in 2016

ZIM to add a second Asia-Pacific North West service

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe to East Mediterranean

Ningbo Zhoushan Port receives world’s largest vessel

Bahri Dry Bulk signs a joint venture agreement with Koninklijke Bunge B.V.

APM Terminals increases Port Elizabeth investment plans to USD $200 million in preparation for ultra large container ships

Van Oord partner in PortXL innovation platform

Konecranes wins order in Paraguay for BOXHUNTER RTGs

Eimskip starts calling Helsingborg in Sweden

Exercise on the liberation of the captured vessel held in Saint-Petersburg

Maersk Line’s Margrethe Maersk becomes the largest vessel to call Vietnam

Yuriy Orekhov appointed to the position of the Head of the RS Branch Office in Spain

DAMEN launches the latest 70-metre yacht support vessel with helicopter hangar

Gazprom Neft reports net profit growth of 82.5 % y-o-y for its FY 2016 financial results

Gazprom Neft to drill first prospecting and appraisal well at the Ayashsky licence block in the Sea of Okhotsk

DEME’s subsidiary GeoSea to design, manufacture and install turbine foundations for EnBW offshore wind farm Hohe See in Germany

Yevgeny Dmitrakov elected as new Director General of Commercial Seaport Vanino OJSC

Six further shipping lines to call at Wilhelmshaven

The number of modernised warehouses and buildings at the Port of Gdansk is increasing

Marseille Fos posts 2016 results

NOVATEK says its profit in 2016 increased by more than three-fold to RR 257.8 billion

ICS releases latest Flag State Performance Table

New Times Shipbuilding announces delivery of product oil and chemical tanker

Cargo transportation by Ukraine’s water transport in January 2017 fell by 33.9% to 0.1 mln t

ICS releases latest Flag State Performance Table

HII authenticates keel for destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121)

DP World Australia progresses to RFP for Port of Townsville Berth 4 upgrade

MEYER WERFT starts construction of the world's first LNG cruise liner for ADIA Cruises

DryShips re-enters the tanker market, acquires two modern tankers

ABS issues industry’s first cyber safety notation

NYK completes winter safety campaign

Brent Crude futures price up 0.42% to $56.9, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.35% to $54.52

Onezhsky shipyard (Karelia) launches workboat of Project ST23WI-M, Yevgeny Vasilyev, built for FSUE Rosmorport (photo)

Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Russia for first time in three years for ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ International Arctic Forum

Baltic Dry Index up to 778 points