News 2018 April 18

Engine room fire on board Finlandia Seaways quickly under control

Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles offer seed money to foster the development of new goods-movement technologies that improve air quality

Port of Rotterdam Authority launches new Pronto application

CMA CGM implements FAK rates from East Mediterranean ports to Gulf and Red Sea

Royal IHC announces successful launching of BONNY RIVER in China

RZD Logistics and Fenix will develop transit cargo transportation via port Bronka (photo)

Jumbo names new offshore vessel Stella Synergy

Samskip brings Rotterdam into Nor Lines' flexible LNG-powered service network

CMA CGM implements GRR from Asia to West Africa

Baltiysky Zavod shipyard tested mooring facilities of Akademik Lomonosov FPU (photo)

Port of Long Beach container cargo volumes swell 14 percent in March 2018

Kazmortransflot LLP takes delivery of final Damen Shoalbuster 2709 for Caspian Sea operations

Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga purchased Liebherr crane as part of Yug-2 terminal modernization (photo)

Crowley completes acquisition of three SeaRiver tankers

Major ASW ships Severomorsk and Vice Admiral Kulakov practise search for submarine in Barents Sea

USC: Import substitution and localization in shipbuilding is hindered by undeveloped service offer

Russia and Japan ink MoC on mutual recognition of seafarers’ diplomas (photo)

Brent Crude futures price up 0.54% to $71.97, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.51% to $66.86

FLEX LNG LTD signs one year time-charter with Enel

CMA CGM welcomes IMO's decision to reduce by 50% the industry’s CO2 emissions in 2050

Bunker prices are flat at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,052 points