News 2018 January 10

Port of Southampton to set a new record in 2018

Sea Port of St.Petersburg increased social expenses

Port of Gdansk handled about 40.6 mln t of goods in 2017, nearly 9% more than in 2016

Maersk Line increases FAK rates from Mediterranean to Middle East and ISC

Registration is underway for “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” Congress

Repair dredging performed by Rosmorport in 2017 exceeded 9.5 mln cbm

Bahri Dry Bulk secures SAR 360 mn financing from Bank Albilad to purchase four new bulk carriers

Port of Rotterdam Authority signs two contracts for maintenance of roads and greenery in the port

Bunker sales at port Vladivostok in 2017 surged by 70.2% to 701,400 t

Flex LNG takes delivery of its first LNGc newbuilding Flex Endeavour

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

Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) up 7% to 20 mln t in 2017

Caterpillar announces open order board for the 3512E Tier 4 Final Land Electric Drilling Engine

Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) up 9.5% to 14.66 mln t in 2017

HANJIN Heavy Industries & Construction wins a bid for the KRW 100-billion Disaster Risk Reduction Project in the Philippines

Eagle Bulk Shipping takes delivery of M/V New London Eagle

BMT and MSI in joint Alexandroupolis FSRU terminal project award

Finnpilot Pilotage BoD decided for no increase in the pilotage fees for 2018

Tallink Grupp reports record number of passengers for full year 2017

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December’17 and in QIV’17

KN successfully overcame the challenges of 2017

Brent Crude futures price up 0.51% to $69.17, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.81% to $63.47

Bunker prices continue going up at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,395 points