News 2017 March 10

Shipping company Claus - Peter Offen takes over the Munich - based Conti Group

IMO Polar Code took centre stage at the Arctic Council in Juneau, Alaska, United States

Dutch tug and workboat company Herman Senior orders its 12th Damen vessel

Caribbean centre launches on low-carbon shipping mission

TEN announces time charter for VLCC Hercules I

Transas signs Satcom Global partnership to bring connectivity to THESIS

Krylov State Research Center says takes part in Composite Expo 2017

Djibouti Regional Training Centre host IMO's national port security and facilitation workshop

Throughput of Russian seaports in Jan-Feb'17 up 8.2% Y-o-Y to 114.8 mln t

Myanmar study looks at port data exchange

Rosterminalugol loads a Post-Panamax ship with a record breaking batch of coal exceeding 111,000 t

Krylov Center is a Partner of the round-table meeting “Regulatory framework for operation of HES at seaports”

CMA CGM announces Emergency Port Congestion Surcharge in Spanish ports

Norwegian Cruise Line consults Foreship on Ballast Water compliance

Port of Tallinn’s long-term development vision panel selects 6 entrants

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe to Asia

Autonomous Ships Research & Development Centre inspires Finnish maritime industry

Bunker market at port Novorossiysk, Russia, sees mixed price movements (graph)

ZIM introduces the ECO Data calculator

TEN announces time charter for its VLCC Hercules I

Indicative bunker prices are stable at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Swedish Dockworkers’ Union issues notice of a new overtime ban at the container terminal APM Terminals in the Port of Gothenburg

Board of Directors of PJSC “LUKOIL” nominates candidates to the BoD and Audit Committee

Brent Crude futures price up 0.69% to $52.55, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.79% to $49.67

Panama Canal sets daily tonnage record in February

BMT Nigel Gee secures 85m RoPax ferry contract

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) up 14.4% to 4.5 mln t in Jan-Feb'17

Throughput of Klaipeda port (Lithuania) climbs 5.1% to 6.84 mln t in Jan-Feb'17

Baltic Dry Index up 1,064 points