News 2019 September 6

Windstar cuts steel for second Star-class ship with Fincantieri

Tallink establishes subsidiary in Singapore

Port of Riga reports record high handling of grain

SeaMade and DEME announce start offshore construction activities of the final and largest offshore wind farm ever built in the Belgian North Sea

IAPH gets new Secretary General

MPC Container Ships and Ahrenkiel Steamship latest to join Trident Alliance

Port of Rotterdam Authority organises international climate congress for ports

Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales takes office as Panama Canal Administrator

Pella shipyard to build 18MW icebreaker

Ship Finance International announces acquisition of three VLCC newbuildings with 5-year charters

World’s first motorised detachable icebreaking bow launched

Rolls-Royce offers new MTU propulsion and bridge solutions for yachts

Russia interested in attracting Singapore investors to Arctic LNG 2 – Maksim Akimov

Bunker sales at port Vladivostok in Jan-Aug’19 grew by 37% to 1 million tonnes

Ruscon organized liquid cargo handling in Saint Petersburg

Port of Ayr celebrates new Bute Terminal opening to support Scottish agriculture

Equinor accelerates start-up schedule for Johan Sverdrup

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

Throughput of Rostov-on-Don port in 8M’19 fell by 4.5% Y-o-Y to 14.8 million tonnes

Live broadcast of coal loading at Vostochny Port’s Phase 3 demonstrated by Vladimir Putin for Narendra Modi

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.11% to $61.02, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.12% to $56.37

Baltic Dry Index is down to 2,499 points

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Sept 06