News 2019 September 20

Vostochny Port joins Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation as its permanent member

IAA PortNews offers photo release from 'Development of Icebreaking and Support Fleet' conference held on NEVA 2019 zero-day

Global Ship Lease announces new five-year $268 mln credit facility for debt refinancing

Vostochny Port’s harbour services fleet presented at dedicated conference in Saint-Petersburg

F. A. Vinnen places entire fleet with Verifavia Shipping & Rina for IHM services

Helsinki Shipyard (Finland) to build two liners for polar cruises

COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces disposal of interest in various port assets and possible disposal of Taicang Terminal and Jiangsu Petrochemical Terminal

ABB presents electric power and propulsion solutions for icebreaking vessels at NEVA 2019

Port of Los Angeles protects overall clean air gains

Port of Riga rapidly increases volume of handled wood pellets

South Korean port to slash passenger vessel emissions with ABB shore power

Krasnoye Sormovo launches Pola Pelagia, dry cargo carrier of Project RSD59З, for Pola Rise

Damen Shipyards Group is ready to ensure construction of electric water buses for rivers and canals of Saint-Petersburg and Russia

MSC Cruises and Fincantieri unveil further details of MSC Seashore at coin ceremony

Victor Olersky sees promising future of electric river passenger ships in Saint-Petersburg and in Russia

Algoma Central Corporation announces agreement to acquire Croatian-built vessel

Specifications for 0.50% sulphur fuels and the PAS from ISO: IBIA explains

GTT obtains Approval in Principle from Bureau Veritas for the Mark III Flex technology on ice-breaking LNG carriers

IBIA and S&P Global Platts collaborate to help shipping industry comply with IMO 2020

Workshop for training on emergency response, preparation and planning held in Manila

Van Oord and Shell test the use of biofuel on trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 316

State Duma ratifies Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.20% to $63.73, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.98% to $58.7

Lloyd’s Register, China Merchants, GTT, CNOOC, DSIC form jv to design LNG-fuelled VLCC

Baltic Dry Index is down to 2,192 points

MABUX: Bunker Market this morning, Sept 20