News 2018 April 10

Gulftainer-operated KCT welcomes CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupery

CMA CGM announces new FAK rates from Asia to Middle East Gulf and from Asia to Pakistan / India / Sri Lanka

Seaports of Russia’s Azov Sea Basin handled 23.16 million tonnes of cargo in winter 2017-2018, up 51.6% Y-o-Y

DNV GL supports acquisition of UK’s largest feed-in-tariff wind portfolio

BMT and ASV Global awarded funding to enhance safe autonomous navigation at sea using deep learning techniques

Port of Felixstowe takes delivery of its first two remote control ship-to-shore gantry cranes

NCSP Group's cargo turnover for January-February 2018 totaled 22.3 million tons

Bahri fleet continues to grow with the addition of 45th VLCC

HYUNDAI Merchant Marine to order twenty eco-friendly mega containerships

Strategic cruiser of RF Navy's Northern Fleet practises evading multipurpose submarine in Barents Sea

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company performs inspection of its offshore fleet

Management of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company meets with representatives of Caspian Energy

Qatargas delivers first LNG cargo to Pavilion Gas in Singapore

Port of Gulfport signs Letter of Intent with Yilport Holding for future port expansion and exclusive lease agreement

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in 3M’18 fell by 11.6% Y-o-Y to 8.22 million tonnes

14 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on April c9-10

Throughput of port Taganrog up 37.7% to 808,200 tonnes in Jan-Mar'18

Bunker prices continue going up at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Initial GHG strategy for international shipping set for adoption

Brent Crude futures price up 0.6% to $69.06, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.68% to $63.86

Navigation in Saint-Petersburg opens on Neva and Malaya Neva rivers

Successful sea trials for BMT-designed 27m crew transfer vessel

Baltic Dry Index up to 952 points