News 2017 November 10

Caterpillar Marine announces IMO Tier III Certification for MaK™ M 25 E

Antwerp port community announces action plan for more efficient container barge handling

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 5.2 mln t of cargo in 10M’17, up 35.6% Y-o-Y

The biggest dry dock in the Mediterranean welcomes its first ship after returning to service

Wessels Reederei signs letter of intent with MAN Diesel & Turbo for further LNG conversions

Gazprom Neft to launch the production of the new marine lubricants under Gazpromneft Ocean brand

Damen acquires Daewoo’s shares in Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries

ABS conducts first Hellenic Technical Committee meeting

Port of Virginia container volumes up 11 percent to 265,490 TEUs in October 2017

Maritime logistics issues discussed at the Dutch Consulate General in Saint-Petersburg (photo)

British Ports Association welcomes completion of European PORTOPIA port performance project

Port of Long Beach container volumes surge 15 percent in October 2017

Zvyozdochka takes delivery of two new tugboats built by the shipyard’s subsidiary (photo)

National workshop on preventing stowaways is underway in Sierra Leone

Women in maritime Asia strengthen their network

Carnival Corporation completes upgrade of Port Everglades Terminal

Beloomutsky lock put into operation on the Oka river (photo)

Seaports of Ukraine handled 109 mln t of cargo in 10M’17, up 0.6% Y-o-Y

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) up 12% to 17.3 mln t in 10M’17

TOTE to convert MAN 58/64 engines to LNG

Damen signs order with Multraship subsidiaries for two Stan Launch 804s for terminal operations

Baltic Fleet ship detachment leaves Cyprus

Tallink Group’s unaudited third-quarter revenue grew by 3.3% to EUR 282.7 million

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 7.6% to 28.10 mln t in 10M’17

Brent Crude futures price down 0.14% to $63.84, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.1% to $57.11

Economic parameters of Zvezda project for providing state subsidies published at federal portal for legal information (document)

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,481 points