News 2020 July 16

Boluda Towage Europe gets awarded Port of Zeebrugge concession

Throughput of Kaliningrad port in HI’2020 fell by 7% Y-o-Y

The Funing to be towed into Port of Tauranga for repairs

NYK enters tugboat business at largest port in Vietnam

MISC enters into purchase agreementsand time charter parties for six VLECs

Cochin Shipyard signs contract for construction of autonomous electric vessels for ASKO Maritime

ECSA: Extension of EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta vital for maritime security

Wärtsilä to equip 5 LNG gas-carriers with fully integrated bridge systems under Arctic LNG-2 project

Throughput of port Vyborg in HI’2020 fell by 42% Y-o-Y

USCG commissions Cutter Harold Miller in Galveston, Texas

Throughput of port Primorsk in HI’2020 declined by 1% Y-o-Y

HHLA and Port of Braunschweig enter strategic partnership

Throughput of port Vysotsk in HI’2020 fell by 5% Y-o-Y

Carnival Corporation announces pricing of $775 million and €425 million second-priority senior secured notes due 2026

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

Throughput of Ust-Luga port in HI’2020 declined by 1% Y-o-Y

Rusatom Cargo to build two container hubs and ice-class container carriers by 2025

DNV GL enters the Taiwan Offshore Wind Project Certification Alliance to promote localization of the Taiwanese offshore wind sector ageing grid assets

Russia developed proposals regarding ban on HFO use in Arctic shipping

Three MOL Group vessels earn top rating from MLIT

Fifth 60-MW icebreaker of 22220 design, Chukotka, is to be laid down in 2021

FESCO’s Board of Directors elected new Management Board

Nine companies have started "Ship Carbon Recycling WG" of Japan's CCR Study Group

MSC updates Intra-Asia network

Cargo ship ‘FESCO Paris’ joined FESCO’s fleet

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg declined by 1% in HI’2020

Rosmorport's North-Western Basin Branch carries out dredging operations in Big Port Saint Petersburg

Consolidated marine container throughput of Global Ports increased by 8.4%

GTT signs a new Global Technical Services Agreement with KNUTSEN OAS SHIPPING AS

Peru and Ecuador get set to tackle invasive aquatic species

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, July 16, 2020

Oil prices started going down

Baltic Dry Index as of July 15