News 2017 June 8

Titan LNG commits to building first LNG bunkering pontoon in Europe

Digital Ship is bringing the Maritime CIO Forum to Tokyo on 30 August 2017

Throughput of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port up 16.8% to 140,500 t in 5M’17 (photo)

Rosatomflot opens the season of North Pole cruises on June 15 (photo)

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 45% to 11.20 mln t in 5M’17

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding awarded a contract for supply of cranes for a new port in Thilawa, Yangon

Market’s pessimism is pushing bunker prices down, expert says

Hull port reaches recycling milestone

ABP Southampton experiences busiest cruise weekend ever

Navis, part of Cargotec, receives certification for its CO2 monitoring software

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) up 20% to 10.8 mln t in Jan-May'17

Briggs Marine beefs up its fleet with ORC 171 pilot boat in Liverpool

Krylov State Research Center and IAA PortNews start preparing the conference “LNG Fleet and LNG Bunkering in Russia”

Throughput of port Taganrog up 19.1% to 999,400 t in 5M’17

Wärtsilä continues to ensure the safety and reliability of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ ships

Seaborne trade between Finland and foreign countries increased by almost 6 million tonnes in 2016

Andrey Diachkov appointed as Director General of the Severnoye Design Bureau (photo)

Vostochny Port welcomes 251st Capesize bulk carrier throughout its history (photo)

Innovative developments of Krylov State Research Center presented in SPIEF business agenda

FAS Russia shall not apply price regulation of tariffs for pilot services in Russian ports

Bunker prices are flat at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Ukrainian Seaports Authority and World Bank to update Ports Development Strategy

Brent Crude futures price up 0.75% to $48.42, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.66% to $46.02

Baltic Dry Index up to 821 points

Diana Shipping announces an addendum to the time charter contract for m/v Sideris GS with Rio Tinto

Royal IHC signs agreement with PT Humpuss

MSC Group welcomes MSC Meraviglia Cruise Ship

General Dynamics NASSCO delivers final ECO Class tanker