News 2017 December 8

Neptumar agency successfully completes challenging two-phased delivery of project cargo from China to St. Petersburg

Yamal LNG loads first batch of LNG on Christophe de Margerie tanker

Wison multifunctional LNG Distributor granted AiP by DNV GL

China Classification Society signs Framework Agreement with MAN

Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard is ready to lay down yet another mine countermeasures vessel for RF Navy (photo)

Ice-class ships Spasatel Demidov, Admiral Lazarev and Admiral Serebryakov will assist vessels in the Kerch Strait this winter (photo)

MAN PrimeServ China signs Service Station Agreement with Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard

CMA CGM premium service to optimize CO2 emissions

Morsviazsputnik and Qiwi Blockchain Technology signed cooperation agreement (photo)

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 6 mln t of cargo in 11M’17, up 18% Y-o-Y

ABB opens first ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operation Center in China

ABB AbilityTM extended with digital turbocharging solutions for marine

Sovcomflot’s Christophe de Margerie named Engineering Project of the Year at 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards

Jumbo signs LOI to order new LNG powered offshore construction vessel

Bunker prices go down at the port of Novorossiysk, Russia (graph)

Teekay Tankers announces management change

Le Havre, France hosts "Women in Port Management" course

Port of Virginia posts results for Nov 2017

LUKOIL starts drilling of first production well at Filanovsky field's Phase 2

FESCO transported 21 000 tons of cargo to northern Russia

BMT awarded new funding for autonomous navigation

Brent Crude futures price up 0.06% to $62.24, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.02% to $56.7

Bunker prices go down at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Boston

Murmansk Sea Fishing Port handled 308,800 t in 11M’17, up 8.8% (photo)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,679 points

Wärtsilä Linesafe for propeller shafts revolutionises bearing design

Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles ask for proposals to reduce vessels’ at-berth emissions

ME-GI/ME-LGI dual-fuel engines hit 100,000 operating hours

ABS Executive lays out vision for future of shipping

Fincantieri launches new cruise ship “Nieuw Statendam”

London leads with first Air Quality Strategy for a UK port

CSSC GWS smart ship project achieves LR cyber-enabled ship (CES) descriptive notes

DNV GL presents GTT and TECHNOLOG with GASA statement for exoskeleton LNG tanks

SBM Offshore awarded turnkey contract for Statoil’s Johan Castberg turret mooring system