News 2018 August 31

Wärtsilä part of industry consortium to develop state-of-the-art container vessel

CargoX and Europacific partner to innovate in logistics processing

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is building the Arctic Icebreaking Tanker

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe to USEC, USGULF and USWC

Foreship appoints Head of Project Management Services to meet shipowner demand

MPC Container Ships ASA reports H1 and Q2 2018 results and appoints CFO

Alfa Laval is optimizing the entire fuel line to address 2020 fuel challenges

Seven leading marine industry players sign an agreement to collaborate in developing new levels of performance and environmental efficiency for container vessels

ESL Shipping has completed acquisition of AtoB@C Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd announces an increased Ocean Tariff rate from Europe to North America

IAA PortNews offers full video of its Marine Robotics meeting

Three vessels refused access to the Paris MoU region

Rosmorport looking into dredging over 1.5 million cbm of material in Vostochny and Nakhodka

American Cruise Line’s modern riverboat passes sea trials

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from East Asia (excluding Japan) to Red Sea

Net profit of DeloPorts in H1’18 totaled RUB 2.9 billion, up 49.4% Y-o-Y

MSC partners with clients for fruit shipping breakthroughs at Asia Fruit Logistica

APM Terminals uses drones to improve safety and efficiency

BW LPG announces world’s first retrofitting of four LPG-propelled dual-fuel engines

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,614 points

The wind fence to be build to prevent coal dust pollution at the port of Riga

CMA CGM to reshuffle EPIC 1 service between North Europe and the Indian Subcontinent

Brent Crude futures price up 0.02% to $78.03, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.04% to $70.28

Maersk Line increases rates from United States and Canada to West Africa

Cruise ship Azamara Journey moored at the Port of Riga for the first time

Bunker prices continue growing at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)