News 2020 February 20

SMOOTH PORTS Partners met and discussed in Livorno

UNIIQ invests in Tetrahedron’s innovative crane for next-gen wind turbines

RF Navy’s Admiral Kasatonov frigate left for Barents Sea to continue testing

Evergreen issues notice for reefer cargo to Shanghai、Ningbo and Xingang, China

Tersan Shipyard (Turkey) delivers lead crab catching and processing ship of Project ST184

West Africa Container Terminal to commence Phase 2 upgrade

Port of Rotterdam increases sales of LNG and VLSFO

Indonesia hosts new national workshop on maritime security risk

UN agencies collaborate to promote seafarers’ rights treaty

INOK TM and Admiral Makarov SUMIS sign agreement on cooperation

Rosmorport reports on its icebreaker support in Russian seaports as of February 17, 2020

Rosmorport changes tariffs for services offered at the seaport of Kaliningrad

BIMCO joins Japan to regulate carbon intensity of existing ships

ESPO published its Position Paper on European Green Deal objectives in ports

CHIMBUSCO starts to supply China-produced low sulphur bunker oil to international ships

Top-level speakers announced for Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology 2020 in London

Throughput of Russia’s river ports fell by 11.6%, from 143.1 million tonnes in 2010 to 126.5 million tonnes in 2019

BC Ferries names and christens the first two Island Class ferries

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

National Marine Dredging Company and Royal IHC launch TSHD GHASHA

Port of Baku and Tamiz Shahar cooperate on environmental issues

Hapag-Lloyd improves operating result by more than 80 percent in 2019

Port of Gdynia widens its internal entrance to 140 m

CMA CGM announces PSS for exports from East Russia

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping introduces new scheme of oil and gas equipment approval

Main contractor Damen and more than a hundred companies contribute to Combat Support Ship

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Feb 20

Ships of RF Navy’s Baltic Fleet left for Atlantic to perform combat training tasks

Brent Crude futures price is up 0.32% to $59.31, Light Sweet Crude – up 0.45% to $53.73

Baltic Dry Index is up to 465 points