News 2020 April 2

FSL Trust completes disposal of crude oil tanker

CMA CGM announces that this Low Sulphur Surcharge is not applicable

Aleksandr Tsybulsky appointed as Acting Governor of Arkhangelsk Region

MAN Energy Solutions's low-speed, dual-fuel engines pass 1,000,000 operating hours

VARD secures contract for one stern trawler for Framherji

DHT Holdings announces time charters for six of its VLCCs

Navigation season opens on the Lower Volga

PGNiG commences operations at Klaipėda LNG Reloading Station

World’s largest and most efficient krill trawler to be designed by Wärtsilä

SMM: Shipping industry steers towards digitalisation

Bunker prices show no considerable changes at the Far East ports of Russia (graph)

Vitol Group establishes foothold in Singapore bunker operations

A.P. Moller - Maersk completes acquisition of Performance Team

Law ranking heavy fuel oil as medium distillate comes into effect

Hapag-Lloyd announces GRI from East Asia to East Coast and West Coast of South America, Mexico, Caribbean and Panama

Covid-19: Passenger transportation by seaborne transport and traffic of small-size ships banned in Crimea

ABP update: port operations remain open for business

ABS expands remote survey services

IMO urges keyworker exemptions for crew changes and repatriations

Tallink Grupp’s vessel Victoria I to make two return trips on Tallinn-Helsinki-Tallinn route on 2-3 April

Russian President signs Decree on establishment of Marine Instrument Engineering Corporation

Brent Crude futures price is up 12.5% to $27.83, Light Sweet Crude – up 10.5% to $22.44

Jan De Nul nears completion of fabrication of foundations for Taiwan’s Changhua Offshore Wind Farm

Financing of Nizhegorodsky hydrosystem project to be redistributed in favor of NOVATEK’s projects

VARD signs contract with P/F Akraberg for the design and construction of a sophisticated unit

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Apr 02

Baltic Dry Index is down to 624 points