News 2020 January 31

Port of Melbourne’s $125 mln Port Rail Transformation Project to reduce truck movements, improve productivity

INOK TM to supervise construction of two ferries for Vanino-Kholmsk service

Bahri posts 172% surge in fourth-quarter net profit

Navibulgar ordered a new series of four 31 800t bulk carriers

Hapag-Lloyd announces rates from North Europe to Far East

Navigation of small-size vessels banned in the port of Primorsk from February 1

Market testing announced for the Outer Port Project in the Port of Gdynia

Philippine Ports Authority adopts strict nCoV prevention measures in ports

Gasum to deliver LNG to Equinor’s new shuttle tankers

Bunker prices continue going down at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

Wärtsilä's Board of Directors decides on a new share-based incentive scheme

Admiral Essen frigate of RF Navy’s Black Sea Fleet made business call in Port of Limassol

Prosafe issues update on the merger process with Floatel International

Industry experts draft new BIMCO S&P agreement

Hapag-Lloyd signs space charter agreement with Maersk and MSC

IAPH Membership Directory 2020 published

Amursky Shipyard delivers drilling rig supply ship named Ostap Sheremeta to Gazprom Flot

Port of Oakland Executive Director wants ‘industrial sanctuary’

North Sea Port vessels may now schedule lock passages in Terneuzen some months in advance

Brent Crude futures price is up 1.94% to $58.44, Light Sweet Crude – up 2.13% to $53.25

Increased air draft allows larger ships to reach the Port of Wilmington

RF Government approves package of bills on privileges for Arctic investment projects

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Jan 31

Baltic Dry Index is down to 498 points

Port Houston container volumes up 11% in 2019

EGS connects all deepsea terminals Maasvlakte Rotterdam with Nuremberg