News 2018 December 7

Naming ceremony for Arctic condensate tanker Boris Sokolov held at Guangzhou Shipyard International

Tellurian and Vitol sign MOU for 15-year LNG sale on JKM

Port of Tallinn rewards emission-reducing ships with a discount of up to 8% on tonnage fees

Vladimir Putin presents Captain Zybko with Distinguished Maritime Service Order

BSAP updates move forward at HELCOM key meeting

Orange Business Services keeps Arctic Shipping Company fleet connected along the Northern Sea Route

EU NAVFOR promotes maritime security dialogue in Somalia

Protection structures to be built at the port of Sochi

Northern Fleet's frigate Admiral Gorshkov takes part in training in the Barents Sea

ABS signs MOU with KOMERI to create a new facility dedicated to improving the safety of LNG as fuel

Crowley adds 400 new refrigerated containers to its fleet

Freight turnover of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in 11M’18 climbed by 3% Y-o-Y to about 2.9 million tonnes

Montreal, Canada to host 14th Arctic Shipping Summit on 13-14 March 2019

Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port handled 284,000 tonnes of fish in 11M’18, up 25.8% Y-o-Y

SEA Europe and ECSA pleased with EU’s actions on trade-distortive South Korean measures in shipping and shipbuilding

Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting of LUKOIL approves interim dividends

Brent Crude futures price down 0.62% to $59.69, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.41% to $51.28

Barcelona City Council supports reducing pollution in the Mediterranean with a low emissions zone

Bunker prices are slightly down at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Baltic Dry Index is up to 1,339 points

Fincantieri launches new ship “Carnival Panorama” for Carnival Cruise Line

NYK concludes long-term charter agreement for two LNG carriers with Total

‘Breakbulk carrousel’ gives breakbulk and heavy cargo companies space for further growth in Rotterdam’s Waalhaven