News 2018 February 5

Braemar Shipping Services announces acquisition of Atlantic Brokers Ltd

IMO collaborates to boost African security capability

Multipurpose Reloading Complex (Ust-Luga) handled more than 5.5 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 23% Y-o-Y

IMO participated in a follow-up UNCTED assessment visit to Greece

Stevedoring division of UCL Holding handled 37.1 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 9% Y-o-Y (table)

Sanmar delivers tugboat to Port Taranaki, New Zealand

Stena Line holds keel-laying ceremony for RoPax vessels at AVIC Weihai Shipyard

Maersk Line increases DRY rates from North Europe to Far East Asia

Incheon Port container volume up to 3.05 million TEU in 2017

Maersk Line increases DRY waste paper rates from North Europe to Far East Asia (Russia)

Associated British Ports announced acquisition of W.E. Dowds (Shipping) Ltd

AMELS sells new superyacht

Equipment delivered to construction site of NIBULON's transshipment terminal in Mykolaiv

Anchor handling tug supply vessel Aleksandr Pushkin of RF Navy’s Baltic Fleet returns to Baltiysk

11 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 4-5

Crimea Bridge: construction of railway spans over Kerch Strait water area begins (photo)

USC says diesel electric icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin will undergo ice tests in spring 2019

Jacksonville Harbor deepening constructions begins

Naming and flag-raising ceremony for Sovcomflot’s IBSBV Yevgeny Primakov held in Saint-Petersburg (photo release)

Brent Crude futures price down 1.01% to $67.89, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.95% to $64.83

Fincantieri launches the eighth multipurpose frigate “Antonio Marceglia”

Baltic Dry Index down to 1,095 points