News 2018 December 6

ONE Thailand receives 2018 Best Container Liner Award from Thai National Shippers’ Council

IAPH LNG bunkering audit tool already used to license operations at Port of Rotterdam

IMO highlights key elements of the Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships

2019 port tariff increases at North Sea Port stay below inflation level

Chinese group Lingang signs 5 MOU’s for the realisation of the Lingang Overseas Modern Industrial Park in Zeebrugge

RF Navy's Northern Fleet to protection Russia’s national interests in the Arctic

Nexans strengthens its focus on Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) services with a dedicated team of IMR experts

MABUX: Big chance for bunker prices to turn into firm upward evolution again

Samskip's investments secure supply chain against Brexit

Russian Railways: Loading of export cargo bound for domestic ports up 4.9% to 279.8 million tonnes in 11M’18

Höegh LNG announces delivery of FSRU number nine, "Höegh Gannet"

Shipboard equipment localization center encourages shipbuilders to scale up their activities in info-field

MV S’hail al Wajbah is the newest addition to the Baumarine Pool

Throughput of port Taganrog in 11M'18 up 3% to 2.78 million tonnes

FESCO transported 24,000 tonnes to Chukotka under northern delivery of cargoes-2018

Jan De Nul signs 25 year concession agreement to dredge Guayaquil Port Access Channel

Modernization of FESCO terminal in Novosibirsk to halve the time of container handling

Bunker prices continue going down at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Asia to Red Sea

BashVolgotanker carried 1.8 million tonnes of oil products in navigation season of 2018, flat Y-o-Y

Ukraine accedes to load lines convention

Bunker sales at port Vladivostok in 11M’2018 grew by 64% to 1.034 million tonnes

Work on Freeport of Riga Development Programme for 2019-2028 nears completion

Brent Crude futures price down 0.83% to $61.05, Light Sweet Crude – down 1.04% to $52.34

CMA CGM and Freightos sign landmark agreement advancing digitization in the shipping industry

Vostochny Port exported 22.3 million tonnes of coal in 11M’2018, up 5.8% Y-o-Y

Baltic Dry Index is up to 1,296 points