News 2018 February 26

State of Art Training Simulator arrives at The Port of Tilbury

India's minister lays the foundation stone for National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts at IIT Chennai

Throughput of port Kaliningrad in Jan'2018 grew by 11% Y-o-Y to 1.23 million tonnes

Manchester Maersk makes maiden call in the UK

Throughput of port Vyborg up 36% to 108,300 tonnes in Jan'2018

Suez Canal dredger succeeded in dredging 419526 cubic meter at Damietta port

Throughput of port Primorsk in Jan'2018 down 34% Y-o-Y to 3.71 million tonnes

Johan Sverdrup platform Leaves Samsung Heavy Industries yard

General Dynamics NASSCO delivers new expeditionary sea base to United States Navy

Throughput of port Vysotsk up 7% to 1.70 million tonnes in Jan'2018

Winterthur Gas & Diesel confirms Wärtsilä and CSSC Marine Service as global service providers

RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II terminal received 1.2 million tonnes of export oil products in Jan'18, up 8.5% Y-o-Y

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe to Gulf and Red Sea

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 6% to 8.60 million tonnes in Jan'18

New IBF agreement secures the rights of dockers to do the lashing

Conference “Dangerous cargoes: new transportation requirements” opens on 1 March 2018

Ports of Stockholm announces marketing reinforcements

Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 9% to 4.41 million tonnes in January 2018

Yang Ming Marine starts Korea-Vietnam/Thailand service

Smart use of renewable gas to meet climate targets can save Europe €140 billion per year

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO down to RUB 12,022 in RF spot market

APL starts new weekly China – US West Coast service

Wärtsilä to ensure and optimise the performance of four TMS Cardiff Gas vessels

Government of Djibouti illegally seizes control of Doraleh port from DP World

Jan De Nul installs the second and largest foundation for Kriegers Flak OWF

Brent Crude futures price up 0.27% to $67.22, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.46% to $63.84

The world’s largest container-handling cranes arrive at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier

ESL Shipping’s operating profit in 2017 increased to 13.5 MEUR

Icebreaker Sisu to assist traffic in the Gulf of Finland

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,185 points

The CMA CGM Group to set up a multi-temperature logistics facility at DP World London Gateway

Swedish tanker operator sails five vessels under the Swedish flag