News 2017 April 13

APL connects North Asia and Eastern Australia with New China Australia Service 3

Flexible and Modular “Natural gas operating fleet” concept receives Approval in Principle

ZIM to upgrade its Greece Turkey Service

Boskalis orders self-propelled mega cutter

Great interest in digitalisation in port sector and logistics in Russia

Port of Rotterdam Authority and National LNG Platform will conduct research into use of bio LNG in transport sector

Port of Rotterdam is anticipating climate change

Rotterdam’s container throughput grows by 8.8% in first quarter

Wilson Sons signs contract to construct two azimuth tugboats for Saam Smit

Vroon's VOS Passion completes first charter

Commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet had a meeting with Commander of the South Korean Navy Fleet Command

Expert says geopolitical factors may support global bunker prices next week

Port of Singapore throughput up 6.9% to 152 mln t in QI’2017

Cruise season gets under way in Gothenburg

Shiprepairing and Shipbuilding Corporation lays down non-self-propelled dredger of project RDВ 66.42 for FSI RechVodPut (photo)

Leonhardt & Blumberg and Buss Shipping merge ship management activities

Ships of RF Navy's Pacific Fleet carried out combat firing at air targets

Fincantieri signs the Heads of Terms with the French State

SCF Group chooses WinGD’s X-DF technology for the first ever gas-powered Aframax tanker

LR receives US Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code

Bureau Veritas grants AIP for the “Mitsui noah-FPSO Hull”

NOVATEK's production of hydrocarbons in QI’2017 fell by 8.5% Y-o-Y to 127.7 mln boe

Light fuel is still in deficit at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

DeloPorts posts net profit of RUB 4,073 mln, up 23.8% Y-o-Y

Handling of larger vessels is allowed at NUTEP

Arctia’s icebreaker Sisu returns from icebreaking (photo)

Brent Crude futures price down 0.02% to $55.85, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.08% to $53.07

Commander of RF Navy’s Pacific Fleet arrived in the port of Busan

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,282 points