News 2017 September 19

Samskip expands shortsea services in Scotland

Arctic Economic Council welcomes three new members

IMO is attending 34th session of ASEAN to update the Maritime Transport Working Group on its latest activities

Turkish shipyard Cemre Marin Endüstri A.S orders 4 x MAN 8L21/31 variable speed GenSets

Marine Engineering Bureau: half of Russia’s towing fleet is renovated, bunkering fleet situation is worse

MSC announces a new service between South America’s east coast and the Mediterranean

Port of Southampton completes construction of sixth multi-story car park

Turkish landing ship Bayraktar arrived in Novorosiysk

USPA announces tender for procurement of dredging vessel

GY Marinas and P&O Marinas launch superyacht complex in Sète, France

Commissioning works commenced at KN‘s LNG reloading station

Port of Gdansk, Port of Gdynia and Baltic Gateway attended Seatrade Europe in Hamburg

Wärtsilä Nacos Platinum bridge systems selected for two new mega yachts

IMO issues Guidelines on maritime cyber risk management

IMO says search and rescue is an international responsibility

Ningbo Zhoushan Port volumes up 72% to 254,000 TEUs

NEVA 2017, 14th International Maritime Exhibition and Conference of Russia, opens in Saint-Petersburg (photo)

Fuel oil prices are still high at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Jan De Nul wins IADC Safety Award 2017

Secretary-General of IMO believes in a great future of Vostochny Port (photo)

CMA CGM signs strategic partnership with Infosys to accelerate the transformation of its Information System

Central Design Bureau Iceberg developed basic design of new 40-MW icebreaker

GTT receives an order from Hyundai Heavy Industries to design the LNG tanks of a new FSRU

Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response conference held in London on 13-14 September

IMarEST workshop on practical biofouling management strategies held in Melbourne, Australia

Brent Crude futures price up 0.03% to $55.52, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.12% to $50.41

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,385 points