News 2018 February 9

ICTSI Basra leads in Iraq port investment

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in January 2018 fell by 13.5% Y-o-Y to 2.8 mln t

Inland container shipping partnership along West-Brabant–Rotterdam route

Port of Antwerp perishables volumes rose 7.5% to 9,969,036 tonnes

SHI bags a 1 trillion KRW shipbuilding order

Throughput of Russian seaports in January 2018 grew by 2.4% to 61.93 mln t

Port of Gothenburg holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for new combi terminal

Aker Solutions wins services contract from Petrobras in Brazil

Spasatel Kavdeykin carries out rescue duty in Vanino port

PowerCell participates in EU project to reduce the cost of hydrogen as fuel

Krasin icebreaker arrives at the seaport of Vanino

Interferrum-Metal CJSC (Big Port St. Petersburg) shipped 30,000 t of Russia’s export HFO (photo)

Hapag-Lloyd announces new Asia-Latin America West Coast vessel sharing agreement

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 643,000 t of cargo in Jan'18, up 10% Y-o-Y

Bentec awarded new contract by Polish oil & gas company

Klaipėdos Nafta increases cargo turnover at the outset of the year

TTS sells major part of its activities to MacGregor

Qatar accedes to Ballast Water Management Convention

9 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 8-9

Optimarin delivered 60 of its OBS system in 2017, making a total of 440 worldwide

The Board names Platten as new ICS Secretary General

WFW advises ZEABORN on acquisition of E.R. Schiffahrt Group

Brent Crude futures price down 0.65% to $64.39, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.98% to $60.55

Baltic Workboats to deliver two 22m Baltic wave piercing concept Pilot boats to DAB Vloot

IMO and EBRD sign new partnership to support sustainable shipping

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,106 points