News 2017 December 28

Saudi Aramco’s first autonomous underwater vehicle revolutionizing underwater surveying and inspection

BSEE oversees spudding of new oil well in Arctic

FSUE Rosmorport supports “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” Congress as its Partner

MEYER WERFT and NEPTUN WERFT present new environment technology for cruise ships

BAE Systems shiprepair yard wins USS Howard (DDG 83) modernization contract

Ice breaking season kicked off in the Port of Vladivostok basin as of Dec. 29

Port of Philadelphia prepares for further growth

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping announces new appointments

Coal exports via Rosterminalugol terminal up 37% to 24.8 mln t this year (photo)

Hapag-Lloyd to implement GRI for Trans-Pacific trade from East Asia to USA and Canada

GoodBulk plans to acquire six additional Capesize vessels for $134.2m

GD NASSCO secures Navy's LPD19 maintenance, repair contract

Glavgosexpertiza approves construction of VNKhK terminal in Primorye

D’Amico Int'l Shipping announces the sale and lease back of an MR product tanker

Marubeni and PTT start a joint feasibility study for an LNG bunkering project at Laem Chabang Port in Thailand

Diana Shipping extends time charter contract for M/V Leto with Glencore

Euroseas Ltd. takes delivery of acquired container vessel and sale of feeder container vessel

K Line Container Service (Thailand) acquires “ISO 28000 and C-TPAT Certification”

Yang Ming sets up subsidiary in Thailand

Flag raising ceremony takes place on RF Navy’s anti-sabotage boat Grachonok

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

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company holds meeting with representatives of USC, Gazprombank and Russian Export Center

Oceanographic research ship Admiral Vladimirsky measures depth en route from Baltics to Mediterranean

Davie Shipbuilding delivers Royal Canadian Navy's new mothership on time, to budget

Brent Crude futures price up 0.14% to $66.08, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.2% to $59.76

Sea transport of Sevastopol carried 422,400 passengers in November 2017, down 2.2%, Y-o-Y