News 2019 February 7

Goltens lands major ballast water retrofit orders with NYK Bulk & Projects, BW LPG

USPA welcomes Government’s decision on appointment of UPSA Supervisory Board members

Yevgeny Primakov named Support Vessel of the Year

EXMAR’s FLNG arrived in Argentina

Spanish maritime safety agency started using EMSA’s RPAS for identifying and monitoring oil spills

Expert says global fuel market continues looking for some firm direction

EMSA launches the “European Neighbours Policy” Maritime Fellowships at WMU

StormGeo and DNV GL announce creation of new fleet performance management powerhouse

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 567,800 tonnes of cargo in January 2019, down 11.7% Y-o-Y

The Fjords sets sights on Oslo expansion in 2020 with Legacy of The Fjords

Nobel laureate Paul M. Romer targets Nor-Shipping Ocean Leadership Conference

Maersk to introduce a virtual assistant

Freeport of Riga opens renovated piers

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

Consortium of Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin delivers “Billings” (LCS 15) to the US Navy at FMM’s shipyard

Throughput of port Taganrog in January 2019 grew by 6% to 239,000 tonnes

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg handled 7.7 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, up 12% YoY

HHLA posts preliminary results for 2018

12 vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 6-7

Damen Shiprepair Oskarshamnsvarvet wins contract for lifetime extension of Stockholm ferry

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil take “Final Investment Decision” to build a mega LNG export project in the USA

IMO launches new logo for its Women in Maritime programme

Boskalis secures important LNG module transport contract

Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg handled 722,000 TEUs in 2018, up 12% YoY

Stevedoring division of UCL Holding handled 37 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, flat YoY

Baltic Dry Index is flat 629 points

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.35% to $62.47, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.28% to $53.86