News 2021 April 20

China's Sinopec successfully starts up two Dupont™ STRATCO® alkylation technology units

MINT Fund grant scheme to provide maritime technology start-ups in Singapore

MPA launches Singapore’s first Maritime Drone Estate

SEA-LNG warns against delay in addressing shipping decarbonisation

Launch of Singapore’s MDE as test bed for drone technologies

RF President signs law on long-term agreements for providing services involving nuclear-powered icebreakers

ONE launches Green Strategy Department

Solstad Offshore signs long-term contract for PSV in UK

ABS and Rainmaking to support Singapore’s decarbonization entrepreneurs

Icebreaker assistance period ends at the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad Region

Budget allocations for construction of LNG terminal in Kamchatka Territory to exceed RUB 21 billion

Hiab to supply 37 loader cranes in Spain to maintain railway infrastructure

Alfa Laval starts testing methanol fuel cell systems for sustainable marine power supply

Bollinger Shipyards acquires Gulf Island Fabrication’s shipyard facilities

Icebreaker assistance period ends at Big Port St. Petersburg from April 21

Port of Helsinki cargo traffic up 3.6% in Q1 2021

Port of Antwerp expands its fleet with energy-efficient tugs

Investments at the Port of Gdynia – earlier than planned

Crowley completes first U.S. design for fully electric tug with autonomous technology

Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard commences mooring trials of diesel-electric submarine named Magadan

Northern Dvina Basin Administration opens navigation season of 2021

SMW 2021: Maritime innovation in Singapore receives boost

KN and AFRY sign agreement on long-term capacity allocation and pricing model study of Lithuanian LNG terminal

Oil prices rise on OPEC+ expectations

Baltic Dry Index as of April 19