News 2020 October 9

“K” LINE receives the letter of appreciation for providing free ocean transportation of fire engines and ambulances donated to the Republic of El Salvador

New gas deposit discovered on Yamal shelf

Stena Nordica returns to the ferry route between Gdynia and Karlskrona

Expert says Russia is substantially leading in building cargo ships of mixed river/sea class

Høglund Marine Solutions and Veracity by DNV GL sign collaboration agreement

UK Government urged to give Teesside UK’s first Freeport by end of 2021

Singaporean seafarers receive additional unemployment assistance

Throughput of Russian seaports in 9M’2020 fell by 2.7% Y-o-Y

Wärtsilä to supply a major LNG/bioLNG production plant for CO2-neutral transport fuels

Singaporean seafarers receive additional unemployment assistance

Maersk’s first block train from China arrives in Georgia

Kalmar introduces energy-saving guarantee for its eco-efficient electric forklift truck

Throughput of Russian seaports can decrease by 3% in 2020

Deputy PM of Russia says the country’s IWW should be developed under a dedicated national project

Zero-carbon ships likely to be ready before land-based infrastructure, says LR

Keppel secures contract worth about S$600m in the offshore renewable energy industry

Agreement with port infrastructure investors to be signed before year end

Kalmar launches containerised ChargePod solution for electrically powered forklift trucks

IMO-Singapore "Future of Shipping-Digitalisation" webinar focused on digital transformation and decarbonisation of shipping in post-pandemic world

MAN 32/40R-DF successfully passes Type Approval Test

Taman terminal for mineral fertilizers to be commissioned in November 2021

Gulf Stream Marine expands network with acquisition of Alabo Street Terminal operations at Port of New Orleans

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

Baltic Dry Index as of October 8

Oil prices decrease after a recent growth

Kongsberg Maritime to deliver integrated propulsion and manoeuvring systems for two 230m RoPax vessels

MABUX: Bunker Market this morning, Oct 9