News 2019 July 9

Equinor capitalizes shares in Lundin Petroleum for increased direct ownership in Johan Sverdrup and a cash consideration

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 3.65 million tonnes of cargo in 6M'2019, down 5.5% Y-o-Y

Renovated lock door of P. Vandamme lock restored in lock chamber

Clarksons completes the acquisition of business of Safe Harbour Tanker Chartering

Container ship refuels LNG in Rotterdam during transhipment

North Sea Port sea freight transhipments in 1H’19 totalled 36.6 mln tonnes, up 2% YoY

Allseas targets renewables with acquisition of OTEC specialist Bluerise

MSC awards time charter contract to an ARC carrier

Nine port projects in running for ESPO Award 2019

Wärtsilä achieves new marine benchmark with hybrid solution for bulk carriers

Decarbonization in Caribbean maritime sector was in spotlight at regional workshop

Enterprise announces additional expansion projects at Houston Ship Channel Terminal

Unifeeder invests in CNG trucks

Spirit of Discovery to set sail on her maiden call around UK arriving to special welcome in Southampton on 22 July

Stolt Tankers and DESMI Ocean Guard sign Frame Agreement

Port of HaminaKotka throughput in Jan-June’2019 grew by 9.3% Y-o-Y to 9.09 million tonnes

NAPA strengthens Board with appointment of Tor E. Svensen

Wärtsilä optimised maintenance solution will improve reliability & predictability of Sapura Brazil fleet

NGO Shipbreaking Platform South Asia Quarterly Update: 193 ships broken in 2Q 2019

Tallink Grupp has signed the loan agreement for the new LNG powered fast ferry

Turkish Shipowners Ballast Water Treatment Group chooses Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 for its vessels

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.28% to $63.93, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.36% to $57.45

MABUX: Bunker Market this morning, July 09

LDA Group steers into the wind

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

PortNews Media Group celebrates its 15th anniversary!

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,725 points