News 2018 August 2

MABUX says bunker prices may turn into a phase of irregular changes next week

Maersk Line announces rates from East Coast South America to North Europe & Mediterranean

Lotos shipyard is the first shipbuilding company in Russia to take advantage of free customs zone

HHLA announces delivery of the first serially-produced container transporter powered by a lithium-ion battery

London Court of International Arbitration finds the Djiboutian Government’s seizure of Doraleh Terminal illegal

Damen Verolme Rotterdam wins refit contract for drilling rig Stena Don

JDN introduces new hoist system remote control concept (JDN-RC) for new and retrofit applications

DNV GL secures Shell Penguins contract

Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 4.9% to 4.277 million tonnes in 7M’18

Bronka’s fleet of handling equipment expanded with two diesel fork-lift loaders

Bunker sales at port Vladivostok in 7M’2018 grew by 64% to 645,800 tonnes

Arctic Council Working Group PAME released a collection of maps and factsheets describing 18 LMEs of the Arctic

Interfleet task force holds drills in Baltic Sea

Icebreaking LNGC Christophe de Margerie transits Northern Sea Route in record time for July

ANL extends emergency bunker recovery measures

Brent Crude futures price up 0.33% to $72.64, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.01% to $67.67

Aleksandr Novak elected as Chairman of Transneft’s BoD

Crowley adds velocity to U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico supply chain with first sailing of new LNG-powered ConRo ship

Zigh shipyard repaired Gahraman Asadov tanker of Azerbaijan Caspian Marine Shipping

Overseas Shipholding Group and Gunderson Marine announce major new vessel build

Baltic Dry Index climbed to 1,760 points