News 2017 March 15

CMA CGM announces GRR from Asia to South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius and Madagascar

Dredging on inland water ways of Russia to total 35 mln cbm in 2017

APL expands Asia-North America service network with New Japan Express Service

'Blue Baltics' – LNG value chain will interconnect four countries

Unifeeder to launch new service for feeder cargo to/from Kotka and St Petersburg via Gdansk

Intermodal Asia 2017 to take place from 21st-23rd March 2017

FESCO announces December 2016 and twelve months year-to-date trading update

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port in Jan-Feb'17 up 38% Y-o-Y to 618,000 t

Cammell Laird: Winning Sir David Attenborough polar ship will ‘kick-start 2017 exports drive’

Arctic Mining Company accused Murmansk Shipping Company of setting monopolistically high prices

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal handles 14,29,936 TEUS till 7th March 2017

COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard announces delivery of shuttle tanker “ANNA KNUTSEN”

Three tanks for LNG reloading station to be transported to the KN Terminal before 20 March

Port Bronka starts testing innovative container for dry bulk cargo (photo)

APL announces seasonal rationalisation of Latin America service network

BMT wins design contract for four US commuter ferries

ABS, industry experts tackle MODU safety issues

EU Naval Force confirms fuel tanker has been pirated off north coast of Somalia

CMA CGM launches a new direct and faster service without any stopover between Morocco and Russia, ideal for Moroccan fruit and vegetable exports

ATEPS battery system receives GRIDSTOR conformity statement from DNV GL

Significant progress in Krievu Sala Project implementation

Golden Ocean announces acquisition of 16 modern dry bulk vessels

Bunker prices at port Novorossiysk, Russia, sink to fresh low in 2017 (graph)

Maersk Line and Dr. August Oetker KG sign the sale and purchase agreement on the sale of Hamburg Süd

Samsung Heavy Industries builds the world`s first 20,150 TEU containership

Brent Crude futures price up 1.37% to $51.62, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.63% to $48.50

Fuel oil price at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, falls to its lowest in 2016 (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,112 points