News 2017 October 16

Ship owners can raise freight rates by 10% at Frank Freight electronic freight market

Russia’s General Board of State Expert Review approved the project on dredging at port Taman (photo)

Draft Regulations on Sea Pilots of the Russian Federation brought up for public discussions (document)

UTLC launched shipping in tank containers from China to Europe

Digital Ship announces the speaker line-up for the 15th Annual Digital Ship Conference & Exhibition in Athens on 1& 2 November

Vladivostok is to welcome Indian Navy warships arriving for international exercise

Container throughput of port Hong Kong (China) up 9.1% to 15.63 mln TEUs in 9M’17

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard delivers second chemical carrier of Project RST27М to BF Tanker

ABP’s Port of Teignmouth celebrates a historic 4000 tonne shipment record

MOL announces naming ceremony for a newbuilding LNG carrier

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO down to RUB 12,553 in RF spot market

ABP’s three East Anglian ports handle more than half of total UK barley exports

Passenger Port of St. Petersburg welcomed one cruise ship last week

Ocean Rig announces new drilling contract and increased contract backlog

FESCO’s 8M’17 revenue up 30%, year-on-year, to $458.1 mln

Brent Crude futures price up 1.19% to $57.85, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.89% to $51.91

Port of Oakland reports FY 2017 revenue record of $358.7 million

Krylov State Research Centre took part in International Towing Tank Conference

Jan De Nul NV strengthens Prins Hendrik dike in the Netherlands

Seimas ratified agreement on implementation of “Rail Baltica” project

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,485 points