News 2019 July 25

DNV GL, Marshall Islands Registry team up to streamline and simplify interaction between flag and class

Wightlink launches a new flexible freight shipping initiative

State Duma passed bill to rank heavy fuel oil as medium distillates from 1 April 2020

MAN Energy Solutions team up with Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies and Frames Group to build hydrogen storage systems

San Marino Republic adopts blockchain to become the first carbon neutral country

Russian Defence Minister arrives in St. Petersburg to attend final rehearsal of Main Naval Parade

DEME Group's TSHD Scheldt River starts Elbe River dredging project

CSP Zeebrugge Terminal goes live with Navis N4

More investments come to Iranian Chabahar port

OOCL Hong Kong makes her maiden call to the Port of Hong Kong

Ceremonial parade of Black Sea Fleet ships finishes in Sevastopol

MRC invested RUB 8.85 million into environment protection in 1H’19, 9 times as much as in 1H’18

DP World and Indonesia's Maspion Group ink partnership agreements for $1.2bn port and industrial logistics park project in Indonesia

Khasan Likhov appointed as Deputy Head of Russian Federal Fisheries Agency

IMO granted Arctic Council Observer status

Container throughput at Port of Rotterdam in H1 2019 rose 6.4% to 452,000 TEUs

Bunker market sees mixed price movements at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Marine Recruiting Agency trained 851 specialists in 1H’2019, up 4% YoY

Baltic Workboats Shipyard announces delivery of Pilot 15 WP to Szczecin Pilot

Port of Los Angeles issues request for proposal for new cyber resilience center

Tallinn’s Old City Harbour to introduce automated mooring system

LNG carrier “Vladimir Rusanov” opens the Northern Sea Route 2019 navigation period

IMO/Chile agreement to expand capacity building in the Caribbean

NOVATEK launches South-Khadyryakhinskoye field

Ekol Logistics and Transuniverse Forwarding to build mega multimodal site in North Sea Port

Baltic Dry Index is down to 2,014 points

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.25% to $64.34, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.36% to $56.08

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, July 25

CSL Group, Oldendorff Carriers join Trident Alliance

Port of Hamburg starts the deepening and widening works of the river Elbe