News 2019 April 30

Ocean Industries secures four naval tugs contract from Canada Gov't

New IMO model courses on IGF code and ship safety to be validated

Workshop for signatory states to Jeddah Amendment to IMO’s DCoC held in Saudi Arabia

Flex LNG signs $550m of financing for four LNG carriers

Tallink Grupp registers branch office for cargo business in Poland

Klaipėdos nafta and Nauticor agree on sale of KN’s 10% stake in charter contract of world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel to Nauticor

Exmar places order for 86,000m3 LPG carrier duo with Jiangnan Shipyard

Port Kolomna launches bulk oil and deck cargo barge BPB-001 for Morspassluzhba

LNG-powered tankers built by SHI with in-house technolgy complete first refuelling at Port of Rotterdam, enter service

Navigation season of 2019 kicked off in Ob-Irtysh Basin

North-Western Shipping Company carried 1.2 million tonnes of cargo in 1Q’2019

Hamburg Süd christens “Polar Mexico” in Veracruz

River cruise season begins in Moscow

Hapag-Lloyd announce blank sailing on NE Asia - Australia Express Service (NAX)

Maritime Standard Ship Finance and Trade Conference to be held on 6 November 2019

Dubai to host Maritime Standard Tanker Conference on October 22

Navantia Shipyard contracted to build F110 frigates for the Ministry of Defense

Kaliningrad Region welcomes first facility for repair of navigation equipment

MPA suspends Southernpec' bunker craft operator licence

Dubai to host Maritime Standard Awards 2019 on October 21

Hapag-Lloyd hikes rates for East Asia to Mexico, Central- and WCSA, Caribbean & Panama trades

Bunker prices go down at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Maersk becomes the first container shipping company to offer digital Ocean Customs Clearance

Joint Sea 2019 Russian-Chinese bilateral naval exercise kicks off in China's port of Qingdao

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.2% to $71.34, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.09% to $63.44

Baltic Dry Index is up to 913 points

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Apr.30