News 2019 February 11

A fleet of RF-flagged containerships to be created in Russia

DP World to showcase non-containerised cargo handling capacity at Breakbulk ME 2019

Icebreakers of FSUE Rosmorport assisted over 4,000 ships in navigation season 2018-2019

Explorer of the Seas visits Port of Newcastle in biggest cruise season to date

Yilport reports 5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for the full year of 2018

Transport Week 2019 – going live in three weeks

Jan De Nul awarded key dredging works in Australia

Black Sea frigate Admiral Makarov calls at the port of Limassol, Cyprus

Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO down to RUB 15,013 in RF spot market

25 vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on February 10-11

Caribbean Shipping Line moves to Port of Hull

Throughput of Russian seaports in Jan’19 grew by 5.6% to 67.61 million tonnes

SAAM signs deal to acquire all operations jointly controlled with Boskalis for US$ 201 million

Fincantieri launches "Seven Seas Splendor" at the Ancona shipyard

Baltic ports within the TEN-T policy on the agenda at the European Parliament

IMO holds workshop promoting international counter-terrorism treaties in South and South-East Asia

Malaysia Government vessel and Greece-registered bulk carrier collide in Singapore Port Limits off Tuas

Port of HaminaKotka throughput in Jan’2019 grew by 20.7% Y-o-Y to 1.57 million tonnes

LR receives approval to carry out verification activity on the NCS

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.89% to $61.55, Light Sweet Crude – down 1.29% to $52.04

MarineMax to be the exclusive US distribution partner for Aviara

Kuwait Symposium – Marine/Offshore/Oil & Gas – Forum will be held on March 13

Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) in Jan’19 fell by 17.7% to 1.08 million tonnes (table)

Baltic Dry Index is down to 601 points