News 2019 March 14

VIKING’s 2018 shaped by renewed growth and a major acquisition

Strengthening oil spill response in the Wider Caribbean Region

LUKOIL supplies 10 million tonnes of oil from Filanovsky field to CPC system

PortNews appreciates support of RF Transport Ministry and Maritime Cargo Bureau provided to 2nd DG Conference

GAC wins PETRONAS Caspian Sea contracts

Throughput of port Vysotsk in Jan-Feb'2019 climbed by 11% Y-o-Y to 3.39 million tonnes

Damen Shipyards Cape Town starts construction of the first of three Multi-mission Inshore Patrol Vessels for the South African Navy

Sovcomflot concludes marine oils supply agreement with Gazpromneft – Lubricants

Fincantieri starts works on the new ship for Holland America Line

Throughput of port Primorsk in Jan-Feb’2019 grew by 9% Y-o-Y to 9,104,500 tonnes

Port of Ust-Luga handled 17.17 million tonnes in 2M’19, up 4% Y-o-Y

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg in Jan-Feb'2019 remained flat Y-o-Y at 9.01 million tonnes

Consortium Witwind tenders for Hollandse Kust (zuid) III and IV

Port of HaminaKotka throughput in Jan-Feb’2019 grew by 14.3% Y-o-Y to 2.94 million tonnes

Austal delivers high speed catamaran to Brave Line

Maersk Tankers’ Bunker Adjustment methodology receives LR recognition

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

CMA CGM announces THC update in Poland ports

24 vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on March 13-14

ABS and SecurityGate to deliver cyber risk analysis for ship industry

UECC invest in new generation PCTC´s

Telia Carrier and Telxius announce major network capacity agreement

Partners Group to invest in delivery of 500MW subsea interconnector between Great Britain and Ireland

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.38% to $67.81, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.26% to $58.41

MABUX: Bunker Market as of this morning, March 14

EPA licence clears way for Outer Harbor Channel Widening at Port Adelaide

Baltic Dry Index is up to 654 points