News 2017 March 31

Victor Olersky instructs Rosmorport to revise the approach to relations with tenants

ANL resumes direct calls into Townsville

Gazprom to take part in building Northern Latitudinal Railway

Nevsky Shipyard received first package of bank guarantees from Bank «Rossiya»

Maersk Line announces Peak Season Surcharge from North Europe to US

Nuclear-powered submarine of Yasen-M class, the Kazan, leaves the covered slipway of Sevmash (photo)

RF Transport Ministry expects redirection of cargo flows from Baltic states’ ports to Russia to continue

Throughput capacity of Russian ports will grow by 27-28 mln t in 2017 - Victor Olersky

Damen launches First Line Assistance Vessel – the Damen Responder 5413

Port Sabetta can influence the entire global logistics in the near future – Maxim Sokolov

Bunker prices are flat at Russian port of Novorossiysk (graph)

MHI reaches basic agreements with domestic shipbuilders on forming alliances in commercial ship operations

APL flags-off ocean alliance services with best-in-class transit time

Hyundai Heavy Industries installs regasification system using glycol at newbuilding LNG FSRU

Multi-purpose transshipment terminal with annual capacity of 15.5 mln t will be built in Primorsk (Leningrad Region)

HMM to launch a new loop that connects North China, Korea and Russia

Environmental investments of Murmansk Commercial Seaport surged 9 times from 2012 to RUB 340 mln in 2016

Gazprom posts RAS net profit of RUB 411.42 bln in 2016 (up 2%, year-on-year)

Hapag-Lloyd announces CAF application from/to Med & Black Sea and from/to North Europe

Russia will not change the application filed with UN to expand the borders of its continental shelf in the Arctic – Sergei Donskoi

Western Marine Shipyard launches first of ten 8000DWT Mini Bulk Carrier

Brent Crude futures price down 0.43% to $52.90, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.32% to $50.19

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,324 points

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

Unique ice-breaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie ready to serve Yamal LNG project

Fincantieri announces delivery of “Majestic Princess” in Monfalcone

Euroseas signs an addendum to its newbuilding contract with Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for a fuel efficient Kamsarmax drybulk carrier