News 2017 October 10

Vroon's VOS Stone chartered to VBMS for Arkona OWF

Incheon Port increases container volume by 16.1% in August 2017

Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) up 12.7% to 10.5 mln t in 9M’17

DNV GL acquires specialist in CFD for fire and explosion analysis, ComputIT

Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) up 8% to 10.68 mln t in 9M’17

UK Government publishes its White Paper on customs

Throughput of Russian seaports in 9M’17 grew by 9% to 580.2 mln t

"K" Line to install “Optimum Weather Routing System” to operated/managed vessels

CMA CGM to launch Indian Ocean Feeder 4

Mexican Ministry of Transport asks PTV Group for access to emergency route planner

IMO pays attention to the fibreglass vessel problem

Wärtsilä acquires Guidance Marine

Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference opens in Amsterdam (photo)

Port of Turku delegation visits Passenger Port of St. Petersburg

Pella Shipyard delivers tugboat of project 90600, RB-393, to the state customer (photo)

AMELS signs new 78-metre full custom yacht

Fuel oil prices are slightly down at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

NWSA signs lease with SSA Marine to manage Matson’s Tacoma terminal

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 32% to 30.39 mln t in 9M’17

ABB to provide Azipod propulsion system for new Viking Line cruise ferry to be built in China

The largest RORO ramp in France opens in Fos-sur-Mer

Freight turnover of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in Jan-Sep'17 was flat Y-o-Y at 2.4 mln t

Czech railway operator EP Logistics starts new direct service between Luka Koper Container Terminal and Budapest Mahart Terminal

Port of Oakland import volume jumped 12.6 percent last month

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 5.1% to 25.49 mln t in 9M’17

Ocean Yield extends charter contract for Lewek Connector

Fincantieri to build additional LCS for US Navy

Brent Crude futures price up 0.23% to $55.94, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.16% to $49.67

New standard “Anticorrosion protection of concrete and reinforced concrete structures” to be effective in Russia from 1 March 2018

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,411 points

Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals orders 18 more RTGs from Konecranes

Royal IHC acquires 50% stake in Rotterdam Offshore Group

Stena Line announces a new ferry route on the Baltic Sea

The day one of first Dredging Today Conference in Amsterdam is over

Damen holds the second annual Workboat Festival at Gorinchem