News 2019 June 14

Ole Martin Grimsrud appointed CFO of Aker Solutions

USCG Cordova FOL crew saves man stranded for three days on Montague Island

Knud E. Hansen wins two separate contracts for innovative large RoRo vessels

Hapag-Lloyd to increase rates from North East Asia to Australia

Murmansk Sea Fishing Port handled 90,300 tonnes of cargo in Jan-May’2019, down 38.7% Y-o-Y

CMA CGM announces GRR from Asia to South Africa

“K” Line receives recognition for vessel speed reduction programs in the West Coast of North America

UK maritime industry leaders debate decarbonization, digital technologies and the future of safety at the annual ABS UK National Committee meeting

China Railway Container Transport signs strategic cooperation agreement with SITC International Holdings

Container throughput of Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port in 5M’2019 up 39% YoY to 89,649 TEUs

Algoma increases its interest in in the CSL International Pool

Port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 19.77 million tonnes of cargo in 5M’2019, up 8.5% Y-o-Y

Global Ship Lease announces new charter agreements

Bunker prices continue going down at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

ECSA issues statement on suspected attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman

France signs up to fishing vessel training treaty

Zhatai Shipyard to let build up to 10 river ships and scrap at least two ships per year

Jan De Nul plans to reduce CO₂ emissions by 15% a year

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.64% to $61.69, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.36% to $52.47

MacGregor automated mooring solution specified for the world's first autonomous and zero-emission container ship, Yara Birkeland

Baltic Dry Index is up to 1,062 points

GTT receives an order from HHI to design the tanks of two new LNG carriers

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, June 14

Long Beach cargo volumes down 16.6% to 573,623 TEUs in May 2019

Port of Los Angeles volumes up 7.8 percent to 828,662 TEUs in May 2019

MPA publishes second edition of guides on IMO 2020