News 2018 February 6

Freight traffic at the French Port of Marseille grows 8% to 80.6M tonnes

Tallink Grupp transported 592,380 passengers in January 2018

APL enhances intra-Asia connectivity via new Japan-Taiwan-Thailand service

Throughput of port Taganrog up 24.3% to 225,500 t in Jan'18

Royal IHC hits first milestones for Subsea 7 reel lay vessel

CTSP spent EUR 211,300 for its social, environmental and charity programmes in 2017

Naval Group floats out eighth FREMM frigate

New Finnlines ship starts sailing on Naantali–Langnas–Kapellskar route

Throughput of port Azov up 30.4% to 602,500 t in Jan’18

Next generation hull calculation software: DNV GL launches Nauticus Hull version V20

Chinese shipyard kicks off construction of new RoPax series for Stena Line

Seaports of Ukraine handled 10.8 mln t of cargo in Jan’18 up 10.9% Y-o-Y

Coal exports from Russia in January 2018 rose 3.5% Y-o-Y to 14.9 million tonnes

Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg handled 643,700 TEUs in 2017 up 15.4% Y-o-Y (photo)

MAN Diesel & Turbo partners with Hyundai to develop LPG DF engine

Russia's crude exports in January 2018 down 3% Y-o-Y to 21.37 million tonnes

Kirby Corporation to purchase Higman Marine, Inc.

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg handled 6.9 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 4% Y-oY

14 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 5-6

Brent Crude futures price down 1.08% to $66.89, Light Sweet Crude – down 1.09% to $63.45

IMO’s PPR Sub-committee focused on implementing 2020 sulphur limit

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,082 points