News 2018 February 12

University of Kent partnership helps the Port of Dover cut queues and boost efficiency

Ice navigation restrictions at Passenger Port of St. Petersburg come into effect on February 27

MEDPorts promoting the establishment of a Mediterranean ports association

Work begins on £4.5 million warehouse investment at Port of Newport

Suez Canal reports the crossing of 48 vessel today

Icebreaker Urho to assist vessels in the Bay of Bothnia

Maersk Line to increase FAK rates in March on Europe to West Africa service

Icebreaker Voima heads to assist traffic in eastern Gulf of Finland

Port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 3.57 million tonnes of cargo in Jan'18, up 4.8% Y-o-Y

Rosmorport’s icebreakers assisted almost 1,500 vessels in freezing seaports of Russia this winter navigation season

DNV GL provides due diligence to institutional lenders for investment in 659 MW Walney offshore wind project

PortNews appreciates support of Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress partners and sponsors (photo)

TTS Group ASA secures two new contracts for cargo cranes

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO down to RUB 12,507 in RF spot market

Throughput of Russian seaports in January 2018 grew by 2.4% Y-o-Y to 61.9 million tonnes (detalization)

DNV GL establishes new Global Additive Manufacturing CoE in Singapore

Crowley's new program improves used-vehicle export process from Port Everglades

Universal Forwarder LLC handled 18.6 mln t of cargo in 2017 (photo)

Seafarers, transport workers unions agree to postpone strike in Finnish ports, Finnlines says

GSP Saturn rig arrives at Constanta

21 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 11-12

Teekay’s first icebreaker LNG carrier successfully completes first operation

Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) in Jan'18 up 13.1% Y-o-Y to 1.3 mln t

Port of Long Beach cargo grows almost 13 percent in January 2018

IBIA update: High sulphur bunker carriage ban on track for March 2020

Brent Crude futures price up 0.83% to $63.31, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.03% to $59.81

Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) in Jan'18 up 22.6% Y-o-Y to 1.32 mln t (table)

Rates of Russian Railways should be held to ensure return on investment in river ships construction - Vladimir Putin

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,125 points