News 2017 April 6

Wait-and-see mood prevails in global bunker market

EUROGATE Group presents results for the 2016 financial year

ITF Cabotage Taskforce rejects Australia deregulation push

IMO Secretary-General joined German Chancellor at Germany’s 10th National Maritime Conference

Stellar Daisy – a message from IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim

Tide Carrier under arrest in Norway

IMO participated in the annual meeting of the One United Nations Climate Change Learning Partnership

Zeaborn acquires MPP heavy lift vessel RICKMERS HAMBURG

LNG-fuelled very large ore carrier (VLOC) joint design programme announced

Hamburg will host the 8th Gas Fuelled Ships Conference on 13-15 November 2017

Issue of protecting captive seafarers' wages discussed at ILO meeting in Geneva

DNV GL presents Torgy LNG with GASA statement for updated LNG fuel tank design

IMO’s Facilitation Committee is meeting on 4-7 April at IMO Headquarters

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority presents port infrastructure development plans to leading contractors

The Port of Montreal celebrates its 50th anniversary of container shipping

Rosneft started drilling of the northernmost well at the Russian shelf

New LNG storage tanks arrive for Crowley’s Jacksonville bunkering facility

Sovcomflot tankers have transported 4 Million tonnes of oil for the Prirazlomnoye Project

Maersk Line announces rates from Europe (including Northern Europe, Mediterranean and Black Sea) to East Africa

MGO is in deficit at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

MOL earns AIP for design of LNG-powered, ultra-large containership

Throughput of Vostochny Port JSC in QI’2017 grew by 5.8%, year-on-year, to 5.73 mln t

Hamburg Süd takes first place in the SeaIntel Global Liner Performance Report for February 2017

ABS implements the ABS NS Fleet Management Software suite for Hadi Hammad Al Hammam Group

Rosneft to transport about 4 mln t of oil product by rivers in the navigation season of 2017

The oldest RS-classed icebreaker celebrates its 100th anniversary

CMM, HHI, Wärtsila and DNV GL reveal LPGreen concept design

20 agreements on construction of ships at Russian yards were initiated by STLC in 2016 – RF Transport Minister

Brent Crude futures price down 0.17% to $54.27, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.22% to $51.04

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,223 points

RF Government invests RUB 2 bln in STLC’s equity to develop Vanino-Kholmsk ferry line (Sakhalin region)

Damen Shipyards Group submits tender for Australian OPV

Ships of RF Navy and Turkish Naval Forces conducted a joint exercise in the Black Sea