News 2019 January 10

Maximilian Rothkopf appointed to Executive Board of Hapag-Lloyd

Polskie LNG launches tender procedure to select contractor for offshore part of LNG Terminal in Świnoujście

Indian warship escorts World Food Programme vessel

United Wind Logistics picks MAN GenSets for newbuilding

Admiral Kasatonov frigate finishes first stage of sea trial in Baltic Sea

Throughput of port Azov grew by 16% to 12.91 million tonnes in 2018

Damen Shiprepair Brest completes refit of Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth

Dubai, UAE to host MASTECH 2019 on March 27

Expert says bunker prices may continue upward evolution in a near-term outlook

North Sea Port reports new record year with over 70 million tons of transshipped goods

Dubai, UAE to host SHIPTEK 2019 on April 16-17

Polish ports plan significant increase of infrastructure investment

ABP announces new 10 year contract with Thor Shipping following £6 mln investment in Hull

Gdańsk, Poland to host BALTEXPO 2019 on September 9-11

CPC Marine Terminal loaded 61.08 million tonnes of crude oil in 2018, up 10.8% YoY

Maersk announces FAK rates from Northern Europe to Middle East and ISC

One icebreaker escort operation performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on January 9-10

Rosatom supports 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress

MacGregor deck machinery destined for heavy-duty naval operations

2M Alliance and ZIM extend strategic cooperation

AS Tallink Grupp reports its performance in Q4’18

Crowley adds additional sailing to North Atlantic Puerto Rico service

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

Port of Rotterdam receives 29,475 vessels in 2018

Rosterminalugol exported 19.9 million tonnes of coal in 2018

Vessel to service LNG reloading station starts first operation in Klaipėda

The Shipping Industry urges Transport Committee MEPs to enhance Maritime Commerce, Working Conditions and Sustainable Transport through adoption of the Clune Report

Port of Riga set to double number of cruise ships and passengers

Brent Crude futures price down 0.91% to $60.88, Light Sweet Crude – up 1.07% to $51.8

GTT notified by Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new LNG carriers for NYK

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,238 points

Jensen Maritime provides design for a series of new, Tier IV tractor tugs for Foss Maritime

InvaSave shipped to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for demonstrations under INTERREG Programme “Atlantic Blue Port Services”