News 2019 December 23

ExxonMobil begins oil production in Guyana

OPIS releases enhancements to daily global marine fuel price report

ICS Secretary General issued message to shipping industry and regulators on IMO’s Sulphur 2020

Romanian coastal reinforcement project awarded to Van Oord

Boskalis awarded sizable FSRU contract in El Salvador

Boskalis awarded multi-year maintenance contract for port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands

Alexeev’s Design Bureau lays down lead passenger hydrofoil of Meteor 120R design

Solstad announces new medium-term contracts

Damen announces new CEO and structure

RF Government approves Rosatom's Plan for NSR Development till 2035

Xeneta container rates alert: year ends on a high for carriers, but lack of sulphur surcharge transparency raises market concerns

Polarcus awarded 4-month seismic acquisition project in Asia Pacific

Pavilion Energy and Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions affirm their partnership in LNG bunkering

BashVolgotanker completed its navigation season on 20 December 2019

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy concluded his working visit to Pakistan

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping introduces drone surveys

Port of Immingham to get six electric rubber tyre gantry cranes as part of Project Pilgrim

Increases in port charges at North Sea Port below inflation once again in 2020

Nordic Investment Bank continues to finance LNG operations in Lithuania

Port of Riga and Port of Amsterdam CEOs discussed issues important for European ports

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Dec 23

Hapag-Lloyd announces enhancement of the Caribbean Express Service

Throughput of port Shanghai (China) in Jan-Nov’19 declined by 3.5% to 497.2 million tonnes

Brent Crude futures price is down 0.2% to $65.94, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.38% to $60.21

KNUD E. HANSEN behind design of RoPax for Finnlines Superstar Class – ordered at CMI Jinling Weihai

Baltic Dry Index is down to 1,123 points