News 2019 March 4

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe to USEC, USGULF and USWC

LUKOIL’s IFRS net profit grew by 47.8% in 2018 to RUB 619.2 billion

BPA-KOTI signs MOU to develop Autonomous Yard Tractor

Bunker sales at port Vladivostok in Jan-Feb’19 grew by 36% to 204,800 tonnes

Equinor, Petoro, ConocoPhillips and Repsol make oil discovery from Visund in the North Sea

Busan Port Authority inks MOU with Korea Ship Manager’s Association to boost shop management industry

Lindblad signs agreement with Ulstein Verft for building of second new polar vessel

Busan Port Authority and Mwani Qatar ink MOU

CMA CGM implements Low Sulphur Surcharge from North Europe to South America and Caribbean

KOTUG and Boskalis sign LOI to sell Kotug Smit Towage to Boluda

MABUX: Bunker market review as of Feb. 28.

2nd DGs: New Transportation Requirements Conference to focus on dangerous goods multimodal transport regulations

Super-sized RoRo vessel set for grand entrance at Port of Mackay

Port Vysotsky coal throughput in Jan-Feb soars 39.8% - to 1.38 million tons

CMA CGM announces GRI from Canada West Coast to worldwide destinations (Excluding Africa, EU, Russia and USA)

Two-month crude exports via CPC Marine Terminal rose 7.2% to 10.50 million tonnes

North Sea Port provides shore-side power for inland waterway vessels

Konstantin Anisimov, director of Moscow River Shipping Company steps down

Hapag-Lloyd announces rates from North Europe to North America

UCL Port’s Multipurpose Reloading Complex expenditure on environmental protection in 2018 rose 11%

Caribbean commitment to IMO standards to support the blue economy

Sea Port Of St. Petersburg’s environment protection investments in 2018 surge 31%

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.41% to $65.34, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.47% to $56.06

Baltic Dry Index is up to 664 points