News 2019 March 15

IMO strengthens coal moister control

NORDEN invests in West African region

Wärtsilä's installation of three energy storage systems onboard of offshore construction vessel to deliver fuel and emissions savings

Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachments supporting the World Food Programme

TNG secures time-charter employement for product tanker MT Velebit

Hapag-Lloyd starts new service connecting Turkey and US East Coast – TNE Service

Finnpilot invests in safety work and the digitalisation of navigation

Teekay Tankers announces changes to Board of Directors

CMA CGM updates ISPS (vessel) surcharge

Ice-class buoy tender of Project 02780М, named Fortuna, joins Rosmorport’s fleet

Wärtsilä successfully tests remote guidance service capabilities

New cruise ship for Royal Caribbean to leave Papenburg on Tuesday, March 19 2019

Port of Virginia volumes up to 228,151 TEUs in February 2019

14 vessels escorted by icebreakers in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on March 14-15

Equinor receives the authorities’ approval for extending the life of eight installations on the Norwegian continental shelf

Vostock Capital to release the "Key Oil & Gas Projects of Colombia" study results

Scorpio Bulkers announces sale and leaseback agreements for seven dry bulk vessels

BC Ferries launches engagement on new major vessels

Throughput of port Kaliningrad in Jan-Feb’2019 fell by 15% Y-o-Y to 1.98 million tonnes

Seabourn names first new ultra-luxury expedition ship "Seabourn Venture"

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.03% to $67.25, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.02% to $58.62

Royal IHC joins Maritime by Holland

Bunker prices are stable at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Port of Los Angeles processes more than 705,000 TEUs in February

Baltic Dry Index is up to 677 points

MSC and Fincantieri sign contracts for the construction of four luxury cruise ships

Wilhelmsen and Airbus trial world’s first commercial drone deliveries to vessels at anchorage

Grimaldi's RoRo container vessel sinks in the Bay of Biscay