News 2019 October 18

New port icebreaker named Ob delivered to FSUE Atomflot

Port Kolomna hosted ceremony of consecration for pusher tug named Sergey Kladko

RF Ministry of Transport to expand area banned for navigation near Crimea bridge

Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Clean Truck Program earns AAPA environmental award

NUTEP Container Terminal handled three millionth TEU since its operations started in 2004

Expert RA affirms its ‘ruA’ non-financial company credit rating on DeloPorts

Port of Virginia buys 25 new hybrid shuttle carriers

First grain shipment via Sabetta port expected in July 2020 – RF Ministry of Agriculture

Onezhsky Shipyard delivers buoy tender of Project 3265 named Ladozhsky

ERMA FIRST invests in METIS Cyberspace Technology

International organizations unite at IMO

"K" LINE, MOL, & NYK share data with ONE through the common data platform "IoS-OP"

Main engines loaded onto lead ship of PV22 project at Nevsky Shipyard

ESPO publishes European port sector’s Environmental Report 2019

Blagoveshchensk shipyard resumed construction of modernized seiners of Project 1338

Total launches its first LNG bunker vessel

SBM Offshore successful bidder for partner’s minority ownership in SBM Offshore operated FPSO companies

BIMCO submits proposals to IMO to enhance exchange and harmonization of data

MSC rules out Arctic exploration on environmental concerns

British Ports Association publishes new assessment of business environment ahead of annual conference in Belfast

Port of Antwerp volume up 1.1% in September 2019

DNV GL awards AiP certificates to HHI for three types of standard mid-sized FPSOs

RF Navy’s cruiser Marshal Ustinov completes business call to Cyprus

Hapag-Lloyd announces GRI from East Asia to East Coast South America

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

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,861 points

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.50% to $59.61, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.13% to $53.86

APM Terminals launches global customer alerts solution

MABUX: Bunker Market this morning, Oct 18

MOL introduces AR Navigation System at Maritime Conference in Dubai

The European shipping industry urges the EU to bolster maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea