News 2018 March 12

Arctia’s MSV Nordica assisted the Finnish Border Guard in a maritime rescue mission west of Hogland

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

Finnish Transport Agency’s Vessel Traffic Services prevented 12 groundings last year

No settlement reached in labour dispute regarding icebreakers

Authorities of Szczecin-Świnoujście and Klaipeda seaports sign MoU on establishing a Świnoujście-Klaipeda ferry service

Media Group PortNews starts preparing new edition of its Hydrotechnika Journal

Maersk Line increases dry rates from Northern Europe to Middle East and ISC

ABB wins total solution order for first polar newbuild for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings

Terminal operator OBA creates space for new operations in the port of Amsterdam

RF Navy’s missile ship Tatarstan sails in Caspian Sea for artillery training

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 1.39 million tonnes of cargo in 2M'18, up 29% Y-o-Y

Tokyo MOU announces results of concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on safety of navigation

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO down to RUB 11,996 in RF spot market

PIL enhances Asia to Mexico / WCSA / WCCA services

Throughput of Russian seaports in 2M’18 grew by 4.4% Y-o-Y to 121.7 million tonnes (detalization)

Keppel to build mid-water harsh environment rig worth US$425million

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in 2M’18 fell by 10% Y-o-Y to 5.48 million tonnes

Plurinational State of Bolivia joins International Mobile Satellite Organization

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

Philippine officials trained in forming maritime transport policy

Management of ballast water and biofouling discussed in Madeira, Portugal on 5-7 March

Throughput of Russian seaports in 2M’18 grew by 4.4% to 121 million tonnes

Preliminary programme announced for Gastech 2018

The winners of 2018 GREEN4SEA Awards announced

Brent Crude futures price up 0.06% to $65.53, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.03% to $62.06

GREEN4SEA Conference addressed key fuel challenges towards 2020

Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) in Jan-Feb'18 up 13.8% Y-o-Y to 2.57 million tonnes

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,201 points