News 2018 January 17

Federal Agency for Water Resources supports Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Phaidra with Uniper

Sweden's Minister of Infrastructure visited World Maritime University

DNV GL launches certification framework and recommended practice for Carbon Capture and Storage

JAXPORT hires new Container Accounts Director

Lotos shipyard lays down paddle cruiser of Golden Ring design (photo)

Norwegian Central Bank excludes Evergreen Marine, Precious Shipping, Korea Line and Thorensen Thai Agencies from the Government Pension Fund Global

Three vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on Jan 16-17

DNV GL launches new JDP to test biodegradable lubricants

Beginning of icebreaker assistance period announced at port Primorsk (Leningrad Region)

“K” Line Group announces name change of two ship management subsidiaries

Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) up 14.2% to 14.27 mln t in 2017 (table)

SBM Offshore completes Turritella handover and transaction

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 40% to 44.293 mln t in 2017

OOCL christens the last in latest series of ‘G-Class’ containerships

Yevgeny Zagorodny steps down as Vice-President of United Shipbuilding Corporation

Coal exports via Rosterminalugol terminal hit 1 mln t milestone this year (photo)

The Port of Helsinki takes the top spot among European passenger ports

De Boer/Dutch Dredging and Iskes Towage take delivery of ASD 2310 SD at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld

Port of Gdansk throughput up 9% to 40.6 mln t in 2017

Brent Crude futures price down 0.1% to $69.08, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.11% to $63.66

NOVATEK’s hydrocarbons production in 2017 totaled 513.3 mln boe, down 6.2% Y-o-Y

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

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,221 points

Hamburg Süd honored twice for sustainability

COSCO's container ship to receive cyber enabled ship descriptive note ‘Cyber AL3 SECURE PERFORM (Energy Management System)’