News 2020 September 7

Maersk makes AE19 ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe permanent

Petersburg Oil Terminal is ready to handle additional volumes of oil products

Port of Ventspils (Latvia) handled 8.7 million tonnes of cargo in 7M’2020

Ust-Luga port capacity to grow by 42 million tonnes with construction of new dry bulk terminals

Throughput of Taganrog port in 8M’2020 fell by 10%

Port of Tallinn to use Estonia’s first hybrid ship on Virtsu-Kuivastu ferry line

Leningrad Region ports to take over all foreign trade cargoes of Russia from neighboring states by 2025

Throughput of Rostov-on-Don port in 8M’2020 grew by 6% Y-o-Y

Sri Lankan Govt to expand Galle, Trinco, KKS Ports for regional, global exports

Arkadiy Korosteljov appointed President of FESCO Transportation Group

Okskaya Shipyard delivers fourth dry cargo carrier of Project RSD59, Petrotrans – 5904

SCF and NOVATEK order 10 LNG carriers for Arctic LNG 2 from Zvezda Shipyard with financing from VEB.RF

Kobe/Kansai Hydrogen Utilization Council launched

Taman and Zarubino projects to be excluded from comprehensive plan for upgrading and expanding core infrastructure

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from North Europe / Med to Australia and New Zealand

Oil cargo shipments from Russia’s Baltic Basin ports fell to 72.5 million tonnes in 1H’20

EPS inks world’s first dry bulk LNG dual fuel charter with BHP

Lugaport terminal’s last turn to be put into operation in Ust-Luga by the end of 2024

CMA CGM announces new PSS for reefer cargo from North Europe, Scandinavia, Poland and Baltic to Asia, Middle East / Red Sea / Indian Subcontinent

CMA CGM posts Q2 2020 results

Estonia’s first hybrid ship Tõll operates between Muhu and mainland Estonia

Rosmorport and Novotrans sign agreement on implementation of LUGAPORT project

Repair works of Daugavgriva shore reinforcement completed

Oil prices continue going down

Baltic Dry Index as of September 4

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Sep 07