News 2017 June 5

HELCOM contributes with voluntary commitments to enhance implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal 14

London will host 11th Arctic Shipping Summit on 29-30 November 2017

RF Minister of Defence held a training session with the crew of the missile ship of the Caspian Flotilla Grad Sviyazhsk

RF Ministry of Defenсe to modernise 4 nuclear-powered submarines for the Pacific Fleet by 2025

The Black Sea Fleet’s escort ship ‘Smetlivy’ has returned to Sevastopol from the Mediterranean Sea

Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg welcomed 13 cruise ships last week

Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg welcomed 42 cruise ships in May 2017

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO up to RUB 10,226 in RF spot market

Cargo ship Kiunga Chief banned from Australian ports

Hyundai Merchant Marine increases Asia-US west coast volumes by 73% yoy in April 2017

Throughput of Rostov-on-Don port up 13% to 6.4 mln t in 5M’17

Throughput of port Azov up 5.1% to 3.11 mln t in 5M’17

World Maritime University and Korea Maritime and Ocean University sign MoU

GEFKO and SUEK sign cooperation agreement on integrated logistics for industrial goods

GEFKO and GTLK agree to cooperate on logistics

Skills necessary in dealing with organised crimes at sea were at the core of a two-week training course in Kenya

A game-changer for ocean health

Brent Crude futures price up 1.42% to $50.66, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.43% to $48.34

Georgian ports need to improve their services and logistical connectivity - ICTSI

Throughput of Vostochny Port JSC up 9.3% to 10 mln t in 5M’17

Naming ceremony for world’s largest LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie held at port Bronka (photo)

Baltic Dry Index down to 830 points

ARC celebrates newest U.S.-flag Ro-Ro vessel M/V Liberty