News 2020 May 19

Wärtsilä solutions chosen for first Japanese built LNG-fuelled ferries

Australia: all-aluminium ferry "Nairana" propelled by SCHOTTEL

Rosneft improves ice navigation routes

SEA\LNG publishes an open letter in response to the Climate Bond Initiative’s Green Bond certification criteria

Fincantieri's subsidiary to rebuild the Carlo Rva port of Rapallo and the breakwater of Vado Ligure

Port of Antwerp total freight volume up 0.4% in April 2020

Container throughput of Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port in 4M’2020 grew by 6% YoY

Throughput of Kaliningrad port in 4M’2020 fell by 4% Y-o-Y

RF Ministry of Transport postpones expiration date of vessel documents for half a year

Throughput of port Vyborg in 4M’2020 fell by 48% Y-o-Y

Maritime market update: Bunker demand to fall by 5 % in 2020

Throughput of port Vysotsk in 4M’2020 fell by 10% Y-o-Y

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

Navigation season starts on the Pechora river

Navigate Rotterdam improved further thanks to data sourced from sector players

CMA CGM ends ESS for exports from Russia & Baltic

Throughput of port Primorsk in 4M’2020 grew by 15% Y-o-Y

Port of Ust-Luga throughput climbed by 2% in 4M’2020

Port of Oakland COVID-19 response enters new phase

IAPH welcomes new member from USA

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg totaled 19.75 million tonnes in 4M’2020

Nassau Cruise Port raises over USD130m through historic bond issue

Oil prices continue rising

Videoconference “Autonomous ships – progress or blind lane?” organized by Marinet and IAA PortNews slated for 22 May 2020

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Leto with Cargill

“Lachin” vessel – the first tanker produced in Azerbaijan, commissioned to operate in foreign waters

Severnaya Verf held steel-cutting ceremony for sixth processing trawler ordered by NOREBO Group

Baltic Dry Index on May 18

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, May 19