News 2017 March 24

EU Naval Force Spanish and French warships conduct combined counter-piracy patrols off coast of Somalia

Iceberg small-sized missile ship of the Northern Fleet accomplished artillery firing in the Barents Sea

BW LPG announces re-financing of six 2016 built ex-Aurora ships

GlavGosEkspertiza approves construction and reconstruction works at the port of Yevpatoria (photo)

Solstad Offshore ASA, Farstad Shipping ASA and Deep Sea Supply sign merger plans

Yantar shipyard lays down the third trawler of Project SK-3101R

Krasnoye Sormovo launches first chemical tanker of Project RST27 built for shipping company Volgotrans (photo)

Ferus Smit launches Nb. 427 ‘Arklow Clan’

Rosmorport appoints Tatiana Karpinyan as Chief Accountant of its Azov Basin Branch (photo)

Port of Gdansk took part in Seatrade Cruise Global fair

DESS Aqua enters into a contract for the construction of a 3,000 m3 wellboat

FSUE Rosmorport Executive Director took part in the conference “Port Infrastructure of Russia”

Svitzer and Sanmar sign contract for a newbuild 80 tbp ASD escort tug

Icebreakers of FSUE Rosmorport have escorted 5,573 this season

BPO debate at the European Parliament focused on Baltic ports in the TEN-T network

MOL completes study project to equip in-service vessels with SOX scrubber systems

IMO participated in the 20th E-Navigation Committee meeting in France

ClassNK issues first EGCS ready notation

World Maritime University and UN Environment step up cooperation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

CMA CGM to launch a unique offer between Asia and West Coast South America

Bunker market at Russian port of Novorossiysk sees mixed price movements (graph)

DNV GL welcomes B.A.P Carrasco to fleet

Spring floods on the Lower Volga forecasted to begin in April

Guam’s oil spill recovery capacity significantly improved

VNT organized a public discussion on the Vapour Recovery Unit project

Brent Crude futures price up 0.24% to $50.68, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.347% to $47.86

Bunker prices are flat at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,196 points