News 2020 March 13

MarCoPay realizes world's first onboard use of digital currency

Throughput of Kaliningrad port in 2M’2020 fell by 14% Y-o-Y to 1.71 million tonnes

Overseas Shipholding Group announces purchase of three vessels

Throughput of port Vyborg in 2M’2020 fell by 60% Y-o-Y to 50,700 tonnes

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank signs loan agreement with Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Rosmorport announced changing of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky seaport's boundaries

Riia Sillave to take over management of HHLA TK Estonia

Rosmorport sums up results of its activities over two months of 2020

Finnlines operates normally despite the world-wide coronavirus outbreak

MacGregor enhances customer support capability in the Americas

Coronavirus (COVID-19) preparedness in Finnlines traffic

Throughput of port Primorsk in 2M’2020 grew by 23% Y-o-Y to 11.16 million tonnes

Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in 2M’2020 fell by 27.8% Y-o-Y to 4 million tonnes

CMA CGM updates BAF for Algeria Morocco Tunisia Roro services

Tallink Grupp stops cruise sales on Tallinn-Stockholm route from 13 March until 1 May 2020

Throughput of port Vysotsk in 2M’2020 fell by 13% Y-o-Y to 2.96 million tonnes

Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 993,200 tonnes of cargo in 2M’2020, down 16 % Y-o-Y

Port of Ust-Luga handled 17.78 million tonnes in 2M’2020, up 4% Y-o-Y

Net profit of Sovcomflot in 2019 totaled $225 million versus loss 2018

The Port of Gothenburg takes measures against Coronavirus

Navigation season in Volga-Don Basin of Russia’s IWW to begin on March 24

Neptune Pacific Line acquires Pacific Direct Line

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg in 2M’2020 grew by 2% to 9.22 million tonnes

Bunker prices at the port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia decrease following the fall of oil prices

CMA CGM starts its new unmatched service offering: Ocean Alliance Day Four Product

Russian Direct Investment Fund announced launching of infrastructure fund of up to RUB 600 billion

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Mar 13

Brent Crude futures price is up 1.93% to $33.86, Light Sweet Crude – up 2.03% to $32.14

Baltic Dry Index is up to 633 points

Jotun announces the launch of Hull Skating Solutions