News 2017 October 3

CMA CGM & ANL to strengthen South Pacific with the acquisition of SOFRANA Unilines

IMO encourages Member States to place greater emphasis on incorporating women in maritime field

Annual capacity of Aktau seaport (Kazakhstan) increased by 3 mln t to 19.5 mln t

Russian coal exports up 5.4% to 138.44 million tonnes in Jan-Sep, 2017

UK based MPI Offshore to head up foundations installation at Triton Knoll

Rolls-Royce joins forces with Google Cloud to help make autonomous ships a reality

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Crystalia with Glencore

Russian crude exports grow 9.4% in Jan-Sep'17 to 192.75 million tonnes ‎

Ozernaya Verf Shipyard (Leningrad Region) launches multi-functional boat of Project 14М (photo)

Xeneta sees mixed fortunes for container segment’s peak season

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard delivers chemical carrier of Project RST27М to BF Tanker (photo)

Port of Oakland Oks $11 million rail link to new Cool Port project

Tallink Grupp reports transporting 2,912,759 passengers in QIII’2017

Northern Fleet warship detachment returns to base having performed tasks in the Arctic

Jan De Nul Group prepares for NASR 2 cable installation

Pacific Fleet formations and units are undergoing final inspections and control exercises

Year-to-date coal exports of Rosterminalugol exceeded the company’s annual result of 2016

The Switch signs a trailblazing partnership agreement with CSIC/711

Yenisei River Shipping Company completed cargo transportation to Dikson under ‘Northern Delivery 2017’ programme (photo)

Damen equips Multi Cat for shallow water dredging duties

TTS Group ASA has secures new contracts for ships equipment

Bunker sales at port Vladivostok in Jan-Sep'17 surged by 63% to 503,000 t

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

Brent Crude futures price down 0.48% to $55.85, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.10% to $50.41

NIBULON to build “Water gates of Ukraine”

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg welcomed 21 cruise ships in September

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,328 points

Damen appoints new Sales Director Cruise New Building