News 2018 July 9

Equinor to acquire energy trading company Danske Commodities

BPO is arranging a study tour to the port of Ust-Luga

CMA CGM informs of GRR from Matadi to Haiphong

Damen ASD Tug 3212 'Svitzer Glenrock' delivered to Svitzer Australia

Rescue diver from China who saved three from sunken cargo ship to be recognized with IMO bravery accolade

IMO working group to develop guidelines supporting sulphur 2020 consistent implementation

Aker Arctic's recent icebreaker designs built in Russia

Russian Railways: Loading of export cargo bound for domestic ports up 5.4% to 153.9 million tonnes in 6M’18

Freight turnover of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in 6M’18 declined by 4% Y-o-Y to about 1.58 million tonnes

DeepOcean AS wins Troll Phase 3 project contract from Equinor

Total acquires 73% of Direct Energie and files a mandatory tender offer

VOS drives down fuel consumption and costs for clients

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 3.86 million tonnes of cargo in 6M'18, up 18.2% Y-o-Y

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO up to RUB 17,974 in RF spot market

Ocean Alliance - CMA CGM to reshuffle its Asia-Middle East services

Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy OKs PDO for Snorre Expansion Project

Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg and Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia settled dispute over antitrust violation

Anaklia Deep Sea Port marine works awarded to Van Oord

Regional workshop in Georgia focused on monitoring and enforcement of Ballast Water Convention

Damen delivers CSD 250 to Dredging Africa for inland dredging project

MISC secures long-term charter contract with HESS for the lease of FSO Mekar Bergading

Oil spill contingency planning was in the spotlight at an IMO regional workshop in Malaysia

SAFEEN signs MOU with ADNOC Logistics & Services for oil spill emergency response

Great Lakes secures major dredging contracts worth $164M

IMO’s maritime security work presented at Nigeria law conference

Brent Crude futures price up 0.43% to $77.44, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.37% to $74.07

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding hosts christening ceremony for next-generation LNG carrier Diamond Gas Rose

Port of HaminaKotka throughput in HI’2018 up 16.9% Y-o-Y to 8.32 million tonnes

Baltic Dry Index up to 1,622 points