News 2019 January 9

500th ship clearance in the port of Kiel and at the Kiel-Canal

OOCL announces the withdrawal of Trans-Pacific sailings

ONE Thailand achieves one million TEUs of container shipments

MOL suspends cruises in the Port of Guam

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in 2018 climbed by 8.2% Y-o-Y to 36.4 million tonnes

MOL Chemical Tankers acquires the entire shares of Nordic Tankers A/S from Triton

Costa Rica accedes to maritime search and rescue treaty

P&O Ferrymasters launches new intermodal services linking Turkey to Zeebrugge hub via Trieste

Fincantieri to construct two cruise ships for Oceania Cruises

Jan De Nul successfully completes first major umbilical installation project

Bunker delivery note amendments enter into force as sulphur 2020 requirement looms

Ice restrictions announced for Big Port of St. Petersburg and Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg

Stena Line connects to the onshore power supply connection in the Port of Oslo

COSCO SHIPPING Ports collaborates with HIT and MTL

4 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on January 8-9

Aker Solutions awarded Northern Lights contract

Port of HaminaKotka throughput in 2018 grew by 10.3% Y-o-Y to 16.17 million tonnes

Coast Guard begins ice breaking operations in the Western Great Lakes

Russian Railways' network loading up 2.2% to 1.28 billion tonnes in 2018

Sailors’ Society names WesCom Signal and Rescue distributor as Singapore Ambassador

LNG regasification terminal put into operation in Kaliningrad

Bunker One enters the German market

Brent Crude futures price up 1.41% to $59.55, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.65% to $50.60

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 7.54 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, up 24.4% Y-o-Y

Coast Guard continues response to container ship fire northeast of Bermuda

Baltic Dry Index is up to 1,262 points