News 2019 October 16

Damen partners with TCS for increased vessel connectivity

AET christens two of the world's first LNG dual-fuel DPSTs to be chartered out to Norway's Equinor

PSA Marine signs frame agreement with Hydroniq Coolers

MODEC awarded Letter of Intent by Petrobras related to Marlim 1 FPSO

Throughput of port Kaliningrad in Jan-Sep’2019 fell by 21% Y-o-Y to 8.45 million tonnes

IBM boards the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project

Throughput of port Vysotsk in Jan-Sep'2019 climbed by 4% Y-o-Y to 14.27 million tonnes

Patrol ship of RF Navy’s Black Sea Fleet to take part in events dedicated to anniversary of Navarino battle

Navios Maritime Partners announces repayment of its Term Loan B

Throughput of port Primorsk in Jan-Sep’2019 grew by 18% Y-o-Y to 46.93 million tonnes

Port of Ust-Luga handled 77.49 million tonnes in 9M’19, up 7% Y-o-Y

NEPTUN WERFT holds keel laying ceremony for AIDAcosma

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg in Jan-Sep'2019 grew by 2% Y-o-Y to 44.97 million tonnes

Zvezda shipyard lays down fourth Aframax tanker for Rosnefteflot

Carnival Cruise Line to add fourth ship in Galveston

Hapag-Lloyd to apply a Peak Season Surcharge from North Europe to East Asia

WMU and AHHIC cooperate on marine insurance

Gazprom Neft establishes a Singapore subsidiary company to develop its international marine lubricants business

Intensive training on port management and efficiency held in France

IMO visited United Kingdom to assess country's implementation of special maritime security measures

LUKOIL enters Ghasha project for extraction of hydrocarbons in UAE

MPA of Singapore to strengthen collaboration on cyber resilience and response at the 5th Port Authorities Roundtable

APM Terminals Gothenburg to double rail volumes by 2022

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.19% to $58.85, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.13% to $52.88

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,898 points

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

Award-winning yachts honored at Cannes - Azimut, Benetti, and Galeon

MABUX: Bunker Market this morning, Oct 16