News 2018 July 6

Vitaly Klyuyev steps down from his post in the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

Prosafe signs contract with Aker BP ASA for the Safe Scandinavia

Ban of M/V "IRKUTSK" (ex "RIGEL") - IMO 7636767 has been lifted

RS updates the requirements for submitting documents on ship automation

Royal IHC announces keel laying ceremony for Subsea 7’s new reel-lay vessel

ClassNK grants AIP to NYK Line and Japan Marine United for their joint research on an LNG-fuelled 200K DWT bulk carrier design

Throughput of port Taganrog in Jan-June'18 up 23% to 1.47 million tonnes

Samskip Iceland relocates from Immingham to Hull

MOL to join research on advanced navigation support system leading to automatic collision avoidance function

Singapore will host 20th International Bunkering Conference & Exhibition (SIBCON) on 2-5 October 2018

SEA\LNG supports the CMA CGM, Dunkerque LNG, MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) and Total Green Loop project

Yamal LNG Project ice-breaking LNG carrier "Vladimir Rusanov" completes first Eastern transit via the Northern Sea Route, heading to East Asia

THE Alliance announces Asia-North America West Coast service update

ABS classes world’s first next generation LNG carrier

Missile ships of RF Navy’s Baltic Fleet arrive in Kronstadt to prepare for Main Naval Parade

Spliethoff Group outfits its vessels with scrubbers

U.N. Ro-Ro opens new line to Greece’s Patras Port

Meyer Turku starts the hull assembly for Costa Smeralda

Tallink Grupp signs EUR 110 million loan agreement

Okskaya Sudoverf launches fourth shallow-draft barge of Project ROB20

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Asia to North Africa

ABP Lowestoft’s marine team guided one of its largest ever barges safely out of the port and into the North Sea

LNG carriers are completing the Northern Sea Route passage

Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel to start operation in 2020

Standard & Poor’s improves Panama Canal’s outlook to positive

Brent Crude futures price down 0.14% to $77.28, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.12% to $73.03

Bunker prices show no significant changes at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,612 points

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Asia to the Mediterranean