News 2017 December 19

Vympel Shipyard lays down second passenger-carrying hydrofoil of project 23160, Kometa 120М (photo)

Eagle Bulk announces the purchase of Ultramax bulk carrier

Ships that use LNG receive a discount at Port of Tallinn harbours

Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet Sweden wins contract for precision steel nuclear storage tanks

Extension to ABP’s Port of Garston’s Yara terminal officially opened to improve the port’s storage capacity

Zigh shipyard completes overhaul of Islam Safarli tanker owned by Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Placing of storage tanker for offshore transshipment of LUKOIL oil is nearing completion in the Kola Bay

Wagenborg Towage acquired tug boat 'Boa Tyr'

Capacity of Russian seaports in 2017 to grow by 22 mln t – Maxim Sokolov

Innovative Wärtsilä HY hybrid modules to provide economic and environmental benefits for Swedish port tug

Rosmorport appoints Andrey Gorodishtyan as Deputy Director General for Navigation Safety (photo)

Vostochny Port starts final stage of building its coal terminal’s Phase 3 (photo)

The Switch: No magic bullet for sustainable shipping

Baltic LNG to be put into operation in 2022-2023 – Aleksey Miller

Foreship predicts one third of shipping will opt for exhaust gas scrubbers

Arctia’s IB Kontio departed towards the Bothnian Bay as the season’s first icebreaker

PONANT designed icebreaking cruise vessel in close cooperation with Aker Arctic and Stirling Design International

New women in the maritime network launched

River cruise generates revenue of more than EUR 200 million and 1,690 jobs for Amsterdam Cruise Port region in 2017

Bunker prices are still high at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Coal exports via Rosterminalugol terminal hit 24 mln t milestone this year (photo)

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Asia to North Europe

VARD to build the first arctic lng cruise vessel for PONANT

Throughput of port Kaliningrad in Jan-Nov'17 grew by 18% to 12.53 mln t

Brent Crude futures price up 0.11% to $63.48, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.21% to $57.34

Throughput of port Vyborg up 12% to 1.38 mln t in 11M’17

Rosmorrechflot established order and time frames for operation of Russia’s IWWs in navigation 2018

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,588 points