News 2019 November 7

Blue Bioeconomy in Arctic Region is among priorities under Iceland´s Arctic Council chairmanship

Taganrog Sea Commercial Port handled 857,000 tonnes in 10M’2018, down 7% Y-o-Y

MAN and Wessels Marine join hands to convert first ever containership to run on SNG

Darius Šilenskis appointed as the new CEO of KN

Throughput of port Kavkaz in 10M’2019 fell by 27% Y-o-Y to 31.13 million tonnes

Costa Cruises and Fincantieri celebrate the official float-out ceremony of Costa Firenze

BC Ferries awards contracts for four more hybrid electric vessels

Van Oord places repeat order for Royal IHC dredge system

Navigation season of 2019 closed in Ob-Irtysh Basin

ABS achieves new international safety standard

Maersk to pilot a battery system to improve power production

MABUX: Bunker Market this morning, Nov 07

Wärtsilä with PSA Marine achieve a breakthrough in its IntelliTug project

ESPO: Port – Rail connectivity must be strengthened in EU policy

Perekop training ship of RF Navy’s Baltic Fleet completes visit to Cambodian port and heads for Indian Ocean

Wartsila implements IntelliTug project in Singapore for autonomous operation of harbour tugs

Successful AI-project saves fuel on Stena Line vessels

Bunker prices are flat at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Board of KN adopted principle decisions on securing long-term LNG import

"K" Line announces construction contract of 210,000-dwt bulk carrier for JFE Steel

Multipurpose Reloading Complex in Ust-Luga handled 4.1 million tonnes in 9M’19, up 3% YoY

Concordia Damen wins Ship of the Year

Identification of potential marine areas that could be designated as PSSAs was in focus of regional workshop

Graduates from IMO maritime university take centre stage

IMO and IPIECA cooperate for oil spill preparedness in west, central and southern Africa

Throughput of port Taganrog in 10M'2019 fell by 6% to 2.42 million tonnes

MSCC Bronka acquires new equipment

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.11% to $61.67, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.09% to $56.3

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,533 points