News 2022 August 16

Viktor Chernomyrdin icebreaker officially received the status of a passenger ship

Sailing ship Mir takes on board second shift of cadets this year

Wan Hai Lines acquired four 3,000 TEU containerships from CSBC Corporation

Gulf Navigation seals refinancing deal for 5 petrochemical tankers

ABP appoints the lead for Port Talbot Transformation Programme

Port of Singapore bunker sales in 7M’2022 fell by 8.6% YoY

More than 500 workers of the port of Liverpool to strike over an ‘inadequate’ pay offer - Unite

Port of Singapore throughput in 7M’2022 fell by 3.7% to 339.1 million tonnes

Reefer container freight rates stabilise but to outpace dry box pricing - Drewry

A.P. Moller - Maersk to adopt Viking’s HydroPen container firefighting system

Port of Helsinki throughput in January-July 2022 rose by 8.4% YoY

Suez Canal Authority and Maersk sign bilateral cooperation agreement

GoodFuels’ Asia-Pacific branch starts sustainable biofuel deliveries with NYK as first client

Paxocean, Hong Lam Marine and Bureau Veritas sign Mou to develop ammonia bunker vessel design

Korea’s automobile exports top US$5bn in July - BusinessKorea

Ship travel passenger numbers in Helsinki late summer up to 80% of pre-COVID levels

Equinor extends contracts for AHTS’s in Norway and Brazil

Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port included into China’s list of Russian fishery products suppliers

Maersk and Castlery sign multi-year global logistics and fulfilment agreement

IAA PortNews to hold discussion on fish ports development and fish delivery logistics at Seafood Expo Russia

Steerprop to supply a complete propulsion package for first-of-its- kind wind installation vessel

Kalmar and Tropical Shipping strengthen long-term relationship with new order for straddle carriers

Eneti announces sale of shareholding in Scorpio Tankers

Ocean Network Express connects to CargoWise to enable automatic digital rate transfer

Freeport of Riga increased its cargo turnover in 7M’22 by 13.1% YoY

MABUX: Downward trend returns back to Global bunker market on Aug 16

Crude oil futures continue decreasing after a fall due to reduction of demand in China

Furetank and Algoma establish joint venture to construct four climate friendly dual-fuel product tankers