News 2017 October 20

Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd joins the ITS Finland network

Kari Wihlman appointed as Director-General of Finnish Transport Agency with effect from 1 January 2018

Rosmorport appoints Oksana Masyuk as Deputy Director for Economics and Finance of its Arkhangelsk Branch (photo)

Russian Railways's loading of export freight from ports increases by almost by 6% in 3 quarters of 2017

Scandlines Helsingborg-Helsingör expands capacity

USPA announced tender for construction of berth 1-z in Port of Odessa

Wärtsilä's asset and lifecycle management agreement lets GasLog concentrate on its core business

Wilson Sons Shipyards delivers SST-Aruá to SAAM SMIT

In 9M’17, TransContainer transported 1.31 mln TEUs, up 17.7% Y-o-Y

Otto Energy starts drilling of the ST 224 #1 well

Opening ceremony of Russian-Indian international Indra-2017 exercise held in Vladivostok

d’Amico International Shipping launches the first three LR1 vessels

Sea transport of Sevastopol carried 660,400 passengers in September 2017, down 3.2%, Y-o-Y

ICTSI orders hybrid RTGs for Manila flagship

Draft procedure for investment port duty assessment is available at federal portal for legal information (document)

Aker Solutions wins order for world's largest umbilicals system

APL starts new Korea China Straits service

LNG reloading station of Klaipėdos nafta applies highest safety standards

Major ASW ship Vice Admiral Kulakov enters the port of Alexandria

Zvezda Shipbuilding complex, Rosnefteflot and Taimyrneftegaz agreed to build and operate 10 Arctic shuttle tankers

Conference “LNG Fleet and LNG Bunkering in Russia”: registration is underway

Brent Crude futures price up 0.24% to $57.37, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.33% to $51.46

Innovative passenger catamaran Grifon presented in Saint-Petersburg (photo)

Bunker prices are slightly up at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,582 points