News 2018 January 23

Ten new world class research institutes join the Nippon Foundation Nereus Program

492 vessels escorted by nuclear-powered icebreakers on NSR up 20% Y-o-Y

SMM 2018 is fully booked eight months to go before the event

Maersk Line joins NYSHEX as founding carrier member

Cargo transportation by Ukraine’s water transport down 11.9% to 5.9 mln t in 2017

NAVTOR strengthens the team with new Chief Technology Officer

Oil products, LPG shipments from Tamanneftegas terminal totaled 10.14 mln t in 2017, up 6% Y-o-Y

Szczecin-Świnoujście Port Complex handled nearly 25.5 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 5.4% Y-o-Y

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Dione with Ausca

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Gulf ports to North Europe and the Mediterranean

SDC Sub-Committee is focused on mooring matters

Environmental organizations and shipping industry call for carriage ban on non - compliant fuel

NIBULON’s fleet will be increased

President Varela from Panama visits the port of Rotterdam

RS joins the Association of Shipowners and Entrepreneurs of Marine Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

RF Representative Office of Port of Hamburg Marketing congratulates North-Western Shipping Company on its 95th anniversary!

Incentive scheme for ‘Clean inland shipping and sustainable logistics in Rotterdam’

EBRD allocates USD 50 mln loan to NIBULON

Six vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on Jan 22-23

Bunker prices at the Far East ports of Russia show no significant changes (graph)

Aker Solutions wins subsea orders for Troll and Askeladd projects

Rosmorport appoints Evgeniy Pankratov as Acting Director of its Sakhalin Branch (photo)

CNIIMF congratulates North-Western Shipping Company on its 95th anniversary!

Vyborg Shipyard to deliver IBSV01 icebreakers Andrey Vilkitsky and Aleksandr Sannikov in 2018

Alfa Laval PureBallast 3.1 tops customer choice for large-flow ballast water treatment systems

Brent Crude futures price up 0.48% to $69.36, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.58% to $63.94

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,129 points

Damen delivers five new harbour tugs to to Empresa de Navegación Caribe, Cuba

Throughput of port Kaliningrad in 2017 grew by 18% to 13.84 mln t

Throughput of port Vyborg up 12% to 1.54 mln t in 2017