News 2019 February 8

CMA CGM announces GRR from Asia to South Africa and Mauritius

Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port handled 382,200 tonnes of cargo in Jan’19, up 38% Y-o-Y

DFDS builds online platform DFDS Direct

Sea tanker Kama of RF Navy's Northern Fleet arrives in Murmansk from a distant cruise

BAT reference book is now available for stevedoring companies

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

Wärtsilä to deliver world’s first hybrid retrofit for short-sea shipping vessel

Naval Group and Centrale Nantes print the world's first hollow propeller blade

Walsh & Sons selects Damen Multi Cat for long-term goals

Taganrog Sea Commercial Port handled 1.25 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, down 21% YoY

Throughput of port Temryuk surged from in the beginning of 2019 by 60% to 572,000 t

TCSP Group’s 2018 throughput fell by 8% Y-o-Y to 13.04 million tonnes

Seaport of Yeisk handled 300,100 tonnes of cargo in January 2019, up 4.9% Y-o-Y

16 vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 7-8

Multipurpose Reloading Complex (Ust-Luga) handled 5.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, down 3% YoY

Telespazio signs two contracts with Grimaldi Group to upgrade satellite communications capacity on its fleet

Cheboksary reservoir to be developed to the mark of 63 meters - Federal Water Resources Agency

Bunkering market of Saint-Petersburg, Russia sees mixed price movements (graph)

Fincantieri delivers cruise ship “Viking Jupiter”

Maersk Line announces rates from North Europe to Far East Asia

Dutch Princess Beatrix officially inaugurates the Princess Beatrix lock

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.7% to $61.2, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.82% to $52.21

PD Ports welcomes the Maritime 2050 strategy

Baltic Dry Index is down to 610 points

Ocean Yield announces delivery of suezmax crude tanker with 13-year charter

Key fishing vessel safety treaty boosted with accession by Spain