News 2017 December 20

Port of Gothenburg reports growth trend in Ro-Ro volumes three years in a row

HH Ferries Group appoints Susanne Kaarnimo-Knight Chief Commercial Officer

DNV GL: Energy transition changes the shape, but not the importance of shipping to the global economy

COSCO SHIPPING Lines presented the Day Two Product, including confirmed port rotation for each service loop

Delo purchases 30.75% stake in Global Ports

Keppel Land acquires two prime residential sites in Ho Chi Minh City

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 35% to 40.45 mln t in 11M’17

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard laid down the fourth 7,500 DWT ship of Project RSD59 for Paula Rise

HullWiper launched in Egypt’s Suez Canal

State Duma of Russia passed law to ensure priority of RF-flagged ships in short-sea shipping

Rosneft has spudded the first ultra-deepwater exploration well offshore in the Black Sea

HII secures contract for Columbia-class integrated product and process development

USCG kicks off ice breaking season, to keep ports open, navigable waterways safe

Port of Sillamäe announces changes in port dues

Rosmorport appoints Victor Vanyukov as Director of its Far East Basin Branch (photo)

Crowley names Ketra Anderson VP of Safety, Security, Quality and Environmental Stewardship

Motor vehicle spans of Crimea Bridge are assembled (photo)

FESCO reduces delivery time from 31 to 20 days for each third container transported from Shanghai to Moscow

ABS awarded classification contract for LNG bunker barge

NIBULON continues reconstructing its shipyard’s slipway to be capable of launching 100-meter vessels

ESL Shipping successfully entered smaller vessel class

Keel laying ceremony for small missile ship Vikhr, Project 22800, takes place in Feodosia (photo)

KN wins arbitration case against LNG terminal construction contractor

Brent Crude futures price up 0.13% to $63.88, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.28% to $57.72

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

Lithuanian and Belarusian ministers discuss transport link between Klaipėda and Minsk

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,547 points