News 2017 May 26

OOCL enhances Intra-Asia service network by launching the ITS and VJS products

Biofouling was on the agenda at the latest in a series of IMO workshops

Wärtsilä’s hybrid system increases offshore supply vessel’s engine efficiency

IMO treaty supporting free flow of international maritime traffic is the subject of a regional seminar in Bangkok

JSC “Latvijas kuģniecība” posts net profit of USD 0.16 mln in Q1 2017

Shanghai Maritime Court representatives visit WMU

Europort Masterclasses shape industry thinking

Press-conference devoted to new cruise opportunities held onboard Princess Anastasia in St. Petersburg

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg hosted business meeting with Royal Caribbean Cruises and Arctur Travel

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg BoD held regular meeting on 24 May 2017

Hydrographic boat of Project К 1100 Meridian launched at the port of Kaliningrad (photo)

MOL launches R & D on autonomous ocean transport system

Pacific Regional Search and Rescue workshop held in Auckland, New Zealand on 22-26 May

London will host 8th Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response on 13-14 September 2017

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim spoke at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon

Diana Shipping announces time charter contracts for m/v Astarte with Glencore and m/v Erato with Phaethon

Training with all-arms forces of RF Navy's Northern Fleet started in the Barents Sea

Brent Crude futures price down 0.60% to $51.13, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.78% to $48.52

Jacksonville harbor deepening awarded $17.5M in federal funding for construction

Indicative bunker prices continue going up at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Navios Maritime Partners acquires five 4,250 TEU container vessels from Rickmers Maritime

Baltic Dry Index down to 918 points

BPA attracts SM Line to bolster cargo volume at Busan Port

NYK bulk carrier rescues fishermen off the coast of Peru