News 2018 August 21

JMS-designed RV Virginia is launched, to be delivered to VIMS

UCL Ports’ Multipurpose Reloading Complex invests heavily in development

Railway to Sabetta to be built on a concession basis, regional official says

Ukrainian seaports see a 2.5% decline in Jan-Jul cargo volumes, to 73.9 million tonnes

Equinor extends contract with Prosafe for Safe Boreas

M/V RK-19 drydocking and refit begins at Delo Group’s Aleksino Port Marina Shiprepair Yard

V.Group launches project ‘Embark’ to transform crewing

Team Tankers reports Q2 net income of $4.4 million

MOL announces additional investment in PKT Logistics Group, Malaysia

Kenia Port Authority takes delivery of new 75bp tugboat Eugene

GasLog inks new charter agreements, orders LNG carrier duo

All-Russian Aquarobotech 2018 marine robotics competition kicks off in Vladivostok

Fangcun Port in China to close effective 1st October 2018

Ministry of Natural Resources offers to set up the NSR development project office

Far East ports bunker prices open the week on a bearish note

CMA CGM announces PSS from Asia, India, the Middle East and America to Nigeria

OSCE mission barred from access to the Russian flagged tanker detained in Kherson port

Wärtsilä to build Smart Technology Hub, next-generation innovation and production centre in Finland

MSC slows ships to help protect whales in U.S. waters

Baltic Dry Index adds 4 pts to 1727 points

Port of Long Beach box volume rose 11.3% in Jan-Jul to 4.64 million TEUs

Crude oil futures gain slightly to $72.23 in London and to $65.53 in New York

HELCOM publishes report on sewage port reception facilities in the Baltic Sea

Port of Los Angeles seven-month container volumes down 2.59% to 5.14 million TEUs

Port of Long Beach approves Toyota's Green Terminal makeover

Crowley successfully supports Appomattox platform tow-out in the U.S. Gulf