News 2017 March 2

YILPORT Holding starts operations as YILPORT Puerto Bolivar

Foreship appoints well-known ship energy expert Jan-Erik Räsänen as its Head of New Technology

Russia’s Draft Programme on Development of Shipbuilding till 2030 to undergo public discussions

Sanna Sonninen is Finnpilot's Pilotage Director from 1 April 2017

Bockasjö and Volvo Cars to construct a logistics building for the car at the Port of Gothenburg

Kalmar and Rainbow-Cargotec Industries celebrate the opening of new jetty in China

MABUX: Bunker market in steady mode

Russia's Economic Development Ministry official skeptical on the NSR transit potential

Hemispheric Conference on Port Competitiveness and Security held in USA on February 22-24

Russian steel exports via Antwerp grew by 58% to 424,000 tonnes in 2016 (photo)

First batch of Siberian Light oil shipped from Novorossiysk to go via new route of KazTransOil

World’s most powerful Cutter Suction Dredger ‘Spartacus’ set to join DEME fleet

Severomorsk major anti-submarine ship paid business visit to the Victoria port of the Republic of Seychelles

Throughput of port Azov up 1.2% to 738,000 t in Jan-Feb'17

DEME orders next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’

Bunker prices continue going down in the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Volga Shipping Company completed the first stage of its energy-saving program

VARD's order book totals NOK 10.6 bn for FY 2016

Hapag-Lloyd to revise THC in China

Port of Los Angeles container volumes up 17.4% to 826,640 TEUs in Jan 2017

German Federal Government supports USPA to complete construction of container terminal in Odessa port

Cosco Corporation secures contract for one 3,000 - ton offshore heavy lift vessel

CentrePort posts 1H 2016 profit of $8.8 million

Brent Crude futures price down 0.34% to $56.17, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.45% to $53.59

With BWM 2004 entering into force shipyards need to anticipate 20-40 retrofits per day globally – expert (photo)

Baltic Dry Index up to 871 points