News 2017 June 7

The GloBallast Story publication outlines key achievements of GloBallast Partnerships Programme

DOF Subsea gets contract for Skandi Chieftain in Canada

Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in Jan-May'17 is flat, y-o-y, at 1.3 mln t

Teekay Tankers agreed to a merger with Tanker Investments Ltd.

Passenger ship safety amendments set for adoption

The Northwest Seaport Alliance to purchase 4 more container cranes, invest additional $2.9 million in Seattle and Tacoma terminal improvements

Throughput of Arkhangelsk Sea Commercial Port down 42% to 393,500 t in Jan-May'17

TechnipFMC awarded contract in Australia

126-ton unit transhipped at HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort in Hamburg

Ports of Stockholm's newly built Värta Terminal has Gold grade environmental certification

Port of Tallinn to begin preparations for listing

Shipowners encourage EU-China leadership in shaping IMO CO2 strategy

FESCO and "RZD Logistics" agree to cooperate on development of cargo transportation services

CMA CGM improves CO2 performance by 4% in 2016

DNV GL awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries AiP for new non-spherical (MOSS) LNG tank

Port of Tallinn plans the construction of a “smart and green” cruise terminal

Damen delivers RoRo ferry to the Gambia more than a month ahead of schedule

Cargo traffic at Latvia's Port of Liepaja climbed by 24.7% to 2.89 mln t in 5M’17

Delivery of major specialized equipment for Phase 3 of Vostochny Port’s coal terminal is completed

Damen Shipyards Group gets contract to construct two 81-metre ferries for BC Ferries

Most of LNG leaders to attend 2nd World Gas & LNG Series Conference-Exhibition Russia 2017

Military diplomats of foreign countries visited warships of RF Navy's Northern Fleet

Fitch Ratings revised outlook on Sovcomflot to positive

Kenya signs amendment to regional maritime piracy agreement

BF Tanker put into operation thirteenth and fourteenth tankers of Project RST27

Brent Crude futures price down 0.24% to $49.99, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.29% to $48.05

Indicative bunker prices go down at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index down to 818 points