News 2020 March 6

Patrol ship "Yaroslav Mudriy" of RF Navy’s Baltic Fleet completed business call program in Colombo

IMO postpones meetings due to COVID-19

CMA CGM announces PSS from the Mediterranean & Black Sea to the Middle East & Red Sea

IAA PortNews' greetings on the International Women's Day!

Aleksandr Poshivay appointed as Head of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency

RF Navy’s Black Sea Fleet conducted special exercise to protect objects of maritime economic activity

Oboronlogistics’ Sparta III returned from long-distance route

Korean Register certifies first vessel - SONGA HAWK - as ship cyber security compliant

Gasum joins forces with Deltamarin and Wärtsilä to optimize ships for the future

Baltic Sea Action Plan: New actions proposed during HELCOM stakeholder event

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding signs contract for two multi-role response vessels for the Philippines

Draft guidelines on safe operation of on-shore power supply to ships to be finalized by SSE Sub-Committee of IMO

Taganrog Sea Commercial Port handled 1.16 million tonnes in 2019, down 7% Y-o-Y

Russia's consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor orders arranging disinfection of ships arriving from Italy, Iran and S. Korea

Maritime security needs assessment in the Philippines

IMO finalizes draft guidelines on safe operation of on-shore power supply to ships

Maritime security risk assessment promoted in the Caribbean

University of Turku and Meyer Turku increase collaboration in engineering

Thermal cameras start operating at the Old City Harbour of Tallinn

Acr4 class ships needed for transit on Northern Sea Route - Vyacheslav Ruksha

Throughput of port Kavkaz in 2M’2020 fell by 31% Y-o-Y to 2.53 million tonnes

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe to USEC, USGULF & USWC

Throughput of Rostov-on-Don port in 2M’2020 grew by 18% Y-o-Y to 2.5 million tonnes

Bunker market sees mixed price movements at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Aleksei Klyavin re-elected as President of Russian Chamber of Shipping

CMA CGM announces PSS from Koper (Slovenia) to the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Russian President approved “Basic Principles of Russian Federation State Policy in the Arctic to 2035.”

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Mar 06

Wärtsilä reorganises its Marine Business into three independent businesses

Brent Crude futures price is down 1.2% to $49.39, Light Sweet Crude – down 1.22% to $45.34

Baltic Dry Index is up to 599 points