News 2017 April 18

Port Kaliningrad dredging project gets environmental seal of approval

Nevsky Shipyard takes part in the international exhibition in Baku

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg welcomed high-speed train manufactured in Spain for Uzbekistan Railways

Petr Sablin dredger starts operations at Volga-Caspian Canal

Stora Enso chooses Port of Brisbane as new Queensland base

Polar Rock tanker to replace Kola Bay FSO at the terminal of Commodity Service LLC in the port of Murmansk (photo)

First Ship Lease Trust enters Teekay Revenue Sharing Agreement

The Grimaldi Group extends its services to Mexico

Container throughput of port Hong Kong (China) up 12.6% to 4.87 mln TEUs in Jan-March'17

Wärtsilä to power world’s first LNG fuelled offshore construction vessel

SCF Group and Nevelskoy Maritime State University to create a “Floating Laboratory” in the Russian Far East (photo)

MSCC Bronka shares its development plans at TransRussia exhibition

Krylov Center performed modeling of delivering navigation spans to construction site of Crimea Bridge (photo)

The Switch receives an order from WE Tech to deliver its permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators to two 18,600 dwt chemical tankers

BMT secures REMBRANDT contract with UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Fincantieri to build 2 additional ships for Viking Ocean Cruises

Vigor to acquire a third drydock for its Seattle, Washington facility

Light fuel prices are still high at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Port of Riga cargo volume increases by 2.1% in Q1 2017

Kalmar and OCHA continue long-standing cooperation in training of straddle carrier drivers

The Maritime Standard Tanker Conference 2017 to take place in Dubai

Citizens of 18 countries can benefit from simplified procedures when entering Russia via checkpoints at Free Port of Vladivostok (document)

Boris Kabakov appointed as Director of Shipbuilding and Marine Facilities Department of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (photo)

Petrolesport to invest RUB 4.1 bln in modernization of its container terminal

Brent Crude futures price down 0.05% to $55.33, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.09% to $52.60

Russian Railways and China Railways agree on expanding electronic data exchange when booking container shipments