News 2020 September 23

HMM opens Fleet Control Centre

Stena develops a solution to use recycled batteries in charging stations at port

Philippine Ports Authority COVID-19 Molecular Testing Center for seafarers now operational

British Ports responds to reasonable worst-case scenario Brexit assumptions

Vestdavit wins contract to supply six Australian Navy patrol boats

ABB powers P&O super-ferries towards new sustainable transport era

Royal Niestern Sander orders SCHOTTEL thrusters for world’s first shallow-draught ice-breaking walk-to-work vessel

FESCO’s Board of Directors elected new Management Board

Kalmar’s fuel-efficient terminal tractor solutions selected by Yilport for fleet expansion at Puerto Bolívar and Gävle container terminals

RF Government to revise comprehensive plan for upgrading and expanding core infrastructure

U.S. Coast Guard awards four more fast response cutters to Bollinger Shipyards

ESPO expresses commitment of European ports to play their part in helping shipping sector decarbonise

Travelling by ferry between Finland and Sweden is now permitted without restrictions

Damen delivers ASD Tug 2810 to Thomas Service Maritimes

Van Oord’s Deep Dig-It trencher buries cables to 5,5 metres depth for offshore grid connection

Nakhodka Shipyard launched two self-propelled freight/passenger barges ordered by Kamchatka Transport Ministry

Construction of LNG transshipment facility in Kamchatka put under special control of RF Government

CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Asia to North Africa and to the Mediterranean

Maersk partners with IB Cargo to offer tailored logistics solutions for IKEA Supply AG in Romania

Konecranes wins Automation Service Contract in Indonesia

Bunker prices increase in the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)

IAA PortNews offers photos from farewell ceremony for Project 22220 icebreaker Arktika leaving for Murmansk

BlueWater Reporting: Asia-South America trades sees high demand, equipment shortages

RF Government approves new NSR navigation rules

Oil prices decrease amid information about growing US reserves

Maritime Safety Committee adopts resolution on Recommended action to facilitate ship crew change

Baltic Dry Index as of September 22

MABUX: Bunker market this morning, Sept 23

MPA and SMI launched a joint call for proposals on the electrification of harbourcraft in the port of Singapore