News 2017 June 27

Hapag-Lloyd to implement new GRI for all dry, reefer, flat rack and open top containers from East Asia to US and Canada

JAXPORT Board of Directors unanimously approves start of Jacksonville Harbor Deepening

Vympel Shipyard launches fourth Grachonok-class boat of Project 21980

DNV GL updates the widely used recommended practice for free spanning pipelines

Vyborg Shipyard hosted meeting focused on localization of ship equipment production in the Russian Federation

DOF Subsea contract awards in the North Sea and in Canada

Panama Canal commemorates one-year anniversary of expanded Canal

Coal exports via Rosterminalugol terminal hit 11 mln t milestone this year (photo)

Wood Group secures FEED for Alexandroupolis LNG project in Northern Greece

Port of Helsinki publishes instructions for the safe LNG bunkering of ships

Insolvency administrator and representatives of Port Equipment LLC shut off from company assets at the port of Vyborg

Damen Multi-role Aviation Training Vessel arrives in home port of Sydney, Australia

Krylov State Research Center announces opening of its 40-MW electrical test unit on 28 June 2017

NYK selected for FTSE4Good Index for the 15th straight year

Russia’s General Board of State Expert Review approves construction of utilities for sea terminal in Pionersky (Kaliningrad region)

Norway to implement maritime broadband communication on ships and planes in public service

Glosten completes design of 150-passenger hybrid electric ferry for Kitsap Transit

Wan Hai Lines enhances China - Southeast Asia service network

Goodman increases warehouse space at its logistics centre at the Port of Gdansk

DFDS Logistics uses biofuel for trucks in Gothenburg

Bunker prices go up at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

RF Navy’s missile ships practiced interaction in the Baltic Sea

Arctic Economic Council welcomes Statoil as Northern Partner

NIBULON launches the last tugboat in a series of three vessels of Project 121M

Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine appoints new Head of USPA's Nikolaev branch

New Skangas Board member appointed

Brent Crude futures price up 0.28% to $46.17, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.23% to $43.48

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg welcomed 19 cruise ships last week

Baltic Dry Index up to 884 points