News 2017 December 7

MABUX Weekly Report: Rising oil production in the U.S. may pressure bunker prices

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) down 6.7% to 31.11 mln t in 11M’17

Antwerp will host European Environmental Ports Conference on 16-17 May 2018

The Port of Gdansk gets yet another EU subsidy

Crowley’s newest LNG-fueled ConRo ship launched at VT Halter Marine

Prosafe extends standstill agreement with Cosco

Port Bronka presents railway-yard project for Russia to take over dry bulk cargo flows (photo)

OOCL introduces Japan Vietnam Service

Wärtsilä enters joint project agreement for shuttle tanker development

Aker Solutions to design Johan Castberg FPSO accommodation unit

Russian Arctic to face period of serious changes - Deputy PM of Russia

Seaports of Ukraine handled 121 mln t of cargo in 11M’17, up 0.6% Y-o-Y

USPA and EBRD signed an Agreement on joint development of concession projects in two ports

Warships of RF Navy's Pacific Fleet arrive on visit to Myanmar

Marintec China: DNV GL awards DSIC a pair of AiP certificates

USC is looking into building 40 MW icebreaker powered by LNG

Russia's state expert evaluation authority approves Phase 1 of Vostochny-Nakhodka transport hub (photo)

Throughput of port Murmansk expected to make 51 mln t in 2017, 71 mln t in 2020

Damen delivers Cutter Suction Dredger 450 to Vesirakennus Ojanen Oy in Finland

Coal transshipment facilities to be shifted from the center of Murmansk to the western coast of the Kola Bay

Light fuel is in short supply at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Throughput of Russian ports forecasted to grow by over 10% to 806 mln t in 2017

Brent Crude futures price up 0.29% to $61.4, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.21% to $56.08

Russian Chamber of Shipping and water transport employees sign sectoral agreement for 2018-2020 (photo)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,670 points