News 2017 July 3

Statoil starts production on Gina Krog oil and gas field

CMA CGM to sell 90% equity interest in Global Gateway South terminal in Los Angeles for a cash consideration of $817m

Baltic Sea Tug Agency performed unique operation on towing jack-up floating drilling rig ‘Arkticheskaya’ at the port of Ust-Luga

Singapore Shipping Association names new members of the Council

Finnpilot pilots the tall ships into the ports of Kotka and Turku

HELCOM Map and Data Services fully renewed

Admiral Grigorovich, the Black Sea Fleet frigate, arrived in Cyprus

Workshop focused on oil spill preparedness was held in the Republic of the Congo

Pitpoint.LNG to build the first LNG bunkering station in Germany

ECSA expresses concerns over piracy situation in the Gulf of Guinea

Swedegas invests in LNG infrastructure at the Port of Gothenburg

Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant launches yet another seagoing tug of project 23470 (photo)

BIMCO names Tinsley as new head of Maritime Secutiry

Crude exports via CPC terminal up 24.6% to 27.2 mln t in 6M’17

Wärtsilä joins Global Industry Alliance to support low carbon shipping

IAA PortNews offers a photo release from the ceremony of launching dry cargo vessel Pola Sevastiana at Nevsky Shipyard

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO down to RUB 9,551 in RF spot market

Rolls-Royce, DNV GL, NTNU, and SINTEF Ocean to establish simulation platform for creating future ships

Keppel to deliver world’s first Floating Liquefaction Vessel conversion

IMO's workshop aimed to promote cooperation between ports and designated authorities held in Argentina

Laky Verf (Leningrad Region) presented multi-purpose boat of Project 12М at IMDS-2017 (photo)

Russian Railways' network loading up 3.6% to 620.7 mln t in 6M’17

Keppel Infrastructure and PUB break ground for Singapore’s first dual-mode desalination plant

RF Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov awarded the winners of the regatta dedicated to the Day of Marine and Inland Water Fleet (photo release)

Brent Crude futures price up 0.23% to $48.88, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.35% to $46.20

WMU signs MoU with Marine Learning Systems and New Wave Media for global survey

Baltic Dry Index down to 901 points