News 2017 March 14

ABB upgrades its Remote Diagnostic Service

LUKOIL says its profit in 2016 decreased by 29.0% and amounted to RUB 206.8 bln

Nor-Shipping urges action to build Mediterranean search and rescue capacity in advance of summer refugee pea

NCSP volumes for January-February 2017 totaled 23.8 mln tons

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from West Med, Black Sea and Adriatic to Far East, Middle East, Red Sea and India

Inttra acquires the European market leader in empty container management for ocean carriers

Lotus shipyard will build two vessels worth RUB 1 bln, dry cargo carrier to be laid down on March 21

Crowley enhances container shipping service between Florida and Panama

H&S Container Line starts additional rail service from port of Antwerp to Rhine-Ruhr-Main region in Germany

Bunker prices go down at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Spliethoff places an order for six new-generation multipurpose vessels

NYK vessel rescues yachtsman in the Strait of Magellan

MPI Discovery starts installation of wind turbines at Rampion

Rosterminalugol starts testing thermal cameras for monitoring of coal piles temperature (photo)

ICTSI, PSA inaugurate joint venture terminal in Aguadulce, Colombia

Deep Sea Supply, Farstad Shipping and Solstad Offshore finalize the proposal for the merger

Maersk Line announces FAK rates from Asia to West Coast of Central and South America, Mexico, Panama and Caribbean

Qatargas and Polish Oil and Gas Company announce new LNG agreement

PGA SA meets the demands of the trade unions

HELCOM adopts new recommendation to promote sustainable sewage sludge handling

LR announces its Cyber Secure programme

Winter storm Stella closes the Port of New York and New Jersey for Tues, March 14, 2017

Throughput of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port up 3% to 48,500 t in Jan-Feb'17 (photo)

RF Transport Ministry estimates future demand for transshipment facilities at Russian seaports at 64 mln t per year

Brent Crude futures price down 0.02% to $51.34, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.08% to $48.36

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,099 points