News 2018 April 16

International Chamber of Shipping applauds 'Paris Agreement for Shipping'

Throughput of port Primorsk in 3M’18 down 19% Y-o-Y to 13.33 million tonnes

Coco Vroon steps down as Managing Director of Vroon

IMO on track to introduce high sulphur fuel carriage ban from March 2020

Throughput of port Vyborg up 12% to 281,000 tonnes in 3M’18

KCA Deutag awarded Ringhorne Platform drilling operations and maintenance contract

Container throughput of port Hong Kong (China) up 3.5% to 4.85 million TEUs in Jan-Mar’18

World Shipping Council welcomes the IMO’s agreement on a greenhouse gas reduction strategy

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s container transporters run on green energy

Administration of Volga-Baltic Basin: transit navigation on the Volga-Baltic waterways not to begin before May

MINSHIP Shipmanagement chooses DNV GL's ShipManager fleet management software solution for its fleet of dry cargo vessels

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 1% to 24.23 million tonnes in 3M’18

UN body adopts climate change strategy for shipping

Vigor names two industry leaders as its business development heads

TechnipFMC awarded contract for Tortue/Ahmeyim Development FPSO

Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 10% to 13.83 mln t in January-March 2018

ITF condemns the Panama Canal Authority issuing sanctions against tugboat captains

Yang Ming upgrades Southeast Asia Service

Metal Shark delivers six new patrol boats to Vietnam Coast Guard

CMA CGM and Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise sign a MoA to operate Lekki Port’s future container terminal (Nigeria)

UN body adopts climate change strategy for shipping

Commercial Sea Port of Kandalaksha handled 375,160 tonnes of cargo in 3M’18, up 30% Y-o-Y

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO up to RUB 13,542 in RF spot market

Russian University of Transport entitled to develop and approve standards of higher education (document)

Smart tech on big display at Posidonia 2018

Brent Crude futures price down 1.03% to $71.83, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.91% to $66.78

New yard for empty railcars departure at Nakhodka-Vostochny station opened to traffic by RF Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov (photo)

Port of Teignmouth visited by local MP

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,014 points