News 2018 January 26

North-Western Shipping Company carried 5.8 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 3.5% Y-o-Y

Construction of Viktor Chernomyrdin icebreaker involves 600 people every day (photo)

European Commission launches public consultation on the future of the EU budget

Georgia Ports Authority orders 8 Konecranes BOXPORTER RMGs for its Mason Mega Rail Terminal in Savannah

MOL signs deal for construction of LNG-fueled tugboat

WMU: prominent speakers kickoff specialization terms

“K” Line, Chubu Electric, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line begin joint discussions on LNG bunkering business in Japan

Carnival Corporation orders new ship for P&O Cruises

Dagestan ferry underwent modernization and passed sea trials

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

Vroon's VOS Famous equipped with ‘Sealift’ Rescue System

5 icebreakers offer assistance at Russian seaports of Azov Sea

Bahri receives a Very Large Crude Carrier

Icebreaker assistance at the port of Rostov-on-Don provided to 12 convoys consisting of 169 vessels

Russia’s water transport turnover in 2017 grew by 6.4% to 45.9 bln t-km

Damen Maaskant secures second twin-rigger contract

DNV GL awards Type Certificate to Siemens Gamesa for its 8 MW offshore wind turbine

Project documentation for Phase 1 of Nizhny Novgorod hydrosystem to be submitted to Glavgosexpertiza (photo)

16 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on Jan 25-26

Benelux Overseas expect reduced maintenance costs and enhanced efficiency with fleet-wide Jotun SeaStock agreement

V.F.Tanker congratulates North-Western Shipping Company on its 95th anniversary!

Navios Partners announces $22.0 million acquisition of two 2006 - built Panamax vessels

Brent Crude futures price down 0.28% to $70.21, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.23% to $70.21

Piraeus Port Authority SA assigns to Huawei Technologies SA the project of modernizing its network Infrastructure

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

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,217 points

Wärtsilä extends the service agreement with Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd. for another 10 years

HMM launches ‘-60ºC Ultra-Freezer’ Service

Rolls-Royce opens autonomous ship research and development centre in Finland