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  • 2023 January 13 17:56

    IAA PortNews’ summary of past week news

    Ports and hydraulic engineering

    • Throughput of Russian seaports in 2022 rose by 0.7% to 841.5 million tonnes
    • Coal Seaport Shakhtersk set to load over 13.5 million tonnes in 2023
    • Addotional berth for ferries to appear at Yakutsk-Nizhny Bestyakh link in 2023
    • Investment justification obtained for yacht port in Magadan
    • Port Lavna in Murmansk Region is 55% ready - Region Governor
    • Composit supports 10th Forum of Dredging Companies at Hydraulic Engineering and Dredging Congress as its Sponsor
    • Marine Rescue Service certified for new hydraulic engineering works
    • Glavgosexpertiza approves modernization of NOVATEK’s LNG plant in Vysotsk

    Shipping and logistics

    • Issues determined for Shipping Team discussions
    • Cold time period resulted in congestion of 50 ships in Rostov-on-Don, Azov and Taganrog ports
    • Freight costs grew due to potential sanctions for not establishing a price ceiling - Alexander Novak
    • Far Eastern Shipping Company to appeal against court’s decision to turn FESCO shares into state income
    • Yet another ship of Northern Shipping Company joins Saint-Petersburg – Kaliningrad line
    • New transport and logistics center in Primorye to ensure handling of 88,000 TEU in 2025

    Shipbuilding and ship repair

    • Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard to launch two passenger catamarans of Project 04580, Kotlin, in spring 2023
    • Izhora-Metal plant in Saint-Petersburg launches new section to produce steel workpieces for shipbuilding
    • Krylov State Research Center embarks on import substitution projects in the segment of shipbuilding software products
    • Construction of key facilities of Bagayevsky hydrosystem to begin in 2023.

    Bunkering

    • Bunker sales at Vladivostok port in 2022 fell by 23% YoY to 566.5 thousand tonnes

    Appointments

    • Sergey Chernogubovsky appointed as Executive Director of Vyborg Shipyard

2023 March 28

18:00 Rosatom suggests replacement of floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov with more powerful one — Yury Trutnev
17:36 CLIA and ECSA issue statement on the Renewable Energy Directive
17:06 China Energy establishes shipping company
16:53 Oil supplies from Russia to India surged 22 times in 2022 — Aleksandr Novak
16:28 Rosatom suggests that oil companies transport some of their cargo by NSR
16:23 Norsepower secures €28 million from investors to bring sails back to shipping
16:05 MEYER RE and Damen Shiprepair sign cooperation agreement
15:46 Monjasa oil tanker boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea
15:24 Equinor announces two rig contracts and a collaboration agreement with Transocean
15:15 Delivery of some rescue ships intended for the Arctic can be delayed by a year and a half— head of Rosmorrechflot
14:51 IMO GHG working group progresses work on revision of IMO climate strategy
14:30 Oboronlogistics counts on 20-pct increase of cargo transportation in cars by Ust-Luga - Baltiysk railway ferry line
14:21 Aramco JV HAPCO to commence construction of major refinery and petrochemical complex in China
14:07 Oboronlogistics’ Ambal ferry to leave for scheduled repairs in the second half of the summer
13:42 The world’s first floating wind fishing integrated platform design receives authoritative certification
13:19 Mitsubishi Shipbuilding holds launch ceremony in Shimonoseki for demonstration test ship for liquefied CO2 transport
12:52 Capacity of Western Arctic seaports to reach 149.5 million tonnes by 2030
12:43 MOL and Rio Tinto to strengthen partnership for safer operation
11:40 Kawasaki Heavy Industries receives an order for an 86,700 m³ LPG-fueled LPG/ NH3 carrier
11:04 ZIM and Shell complete the first LNG bunkering under 10-year LNG supply agreement
10:36 Rotterdam LNG bunker price premium to VLSFO falls 95% in 7 months - Ship & Bunker
10:13 China Classification Society issues AIP certificate for the world’s first low carbon VLGC equipped with a carbon capture system
10:06 Quotas for exports of mineral fertilizers from Russia increased by 300 thousand tonnes
09:34 FESCO service for delivery of refrigerated cargo from the Far East to APR to be launched in 2023
09:15 KazTransOil JSC sent for export 10 thousand tonnes of oil from the Tengiz field in the direction of Baku

2023 March 27

18:07 Navigator announces additional vessel acquisitions under 60/40 JV with Greater Bay Gas
17:58 Delo Group and Shandong Port Group agreed to set up a joint venture
17:40 ADNOC to collaborate with the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia and Currenta to establish the viability of ammonia as a fuel for steam and power generation
17:26 Orsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 win Scottish floating wind lease
17:06 Purus Wind signs order with Damen Shipyards for eight, low-emission vessels for wind farm operations
16:49 Container ships under construction at USC’s Lotos shipyard for North-South ITC to become a series of 21 units
16:35 Jan De Nul completes capital dredging in Payra Port
16:15 Capital Ship Management takes delivery of M/T 'Avax'
15:56 RF Navy’s frigate Admiral Kasatonov completed long-range missions of 420-day campaign
15:40 DP World Antwerp Gateway introduces fingerprint scanning technology to improve container pick up security
15:24 Aker Solutions receives contract from Equinor to tie back the two gas fields
15:04 Neste and Terntank sign an agreement for two new lower-emission tankers to transport raw materials and products
14:57 Rosatom works towards accepting data from Chinese satellites to support NSR navigation — media
14:38 APM Terminals announces strategic partnership for a project to develop two new deep-water berths in Vietnam
14:34 MOL expands financing base through transition linked loan
13:59 Navigation season of 2023 opens in Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s IWW ahead of schedule
13:41 Uralhimmash shipped equipment for Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh
13:40 Port of Oakland February container volume down 23% in Feb 2023
13:12 SEA-LNG welcomes provisional FuelEU Maritime agreement
12:33 AD Ports Group launches new Ro-Ro shipping service to improve commercial connectivity with Kuwait via Khalifa Port
12:06 Russian seaports handled 842 million tonnes of cargo in 2022, up 0.8% YoY
11:34 Russia’s container market expected to grow by 3% this year
11:30 DNV awards first D-INF(S) type approvals to COSCO and SHI for standardized data infrastructure systems
11:10 Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry delivers three new ships on the same day
11:03 Container throughput fall in Russian seaports could not be offset yet — Rosmorrechflot
10:41 Port of Rotterdam Authority tests smart berth at ECT
10:40 RF Transport Ministry monitors the situation with the Crimean Bridge daily
10:17 DP World invested more than $10 billion in the global logistics sector since 2012
10:05 Shipment of containers from the Far East has normalized – Vitaly Savelyev
09:42 RF Transport Ministry expects transshipment volumes in Russian seaports to grow by 8 million tonnes
09:41 U-Ming holds a christening ceremony for Capesize bulk carrier
09:19 Inland water transport to carry 9.5 million passengers in 2023 – RF Transport Minister
02:00 Russian company MYContainers develops cooperation with international sea lines

2023 March 26

15:01 MSC brings new European container service to JAXPORT
14:17 WuHu Shipyard hosts steel-cutting ceremony for Orca series heavy lift vessel for Jumbo and SAL