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2023 December 3   10:48

PortNews’ past week main headlines

Ports and Hydraulic Engineering

  • Murmansk Bulk Terminal has loaded its record volume of iron ore onto a Capesize vessel using new technology.
  • Export of fertilizers via the Port of Taman enables logistics operators to build profitable supply chains.
  • Vostochny Port tripled its throughput thanks to its two year operation of a “closed loop” of cargo traffic.
  • Equipment for the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant was shipped to the seaport of St. Petersburg.
  • The State Duma gives not to early termination of lease agreements for federal property with coal stevedores.
  • EuroChem shipped its first cargo of products to Great Port of St. Petersburg under an agreement with Global Ports.
  • A law has been signed and published to simplify the privatization of inland ports property.
  • Almost 140 people are involved in the construction of Pionersky marine terminal based in Kaliningrad region.
  • The cost of newbuilding contracts signed by Samussky Shipyard for 2024-2025 exceeds RUB 500 million.

Shipping and Logistics

  • Non-ferrous metals are one of the most profitable and in-demand cargoes for global trade. Nevertheless, it was one of the few cargoes which shipment via Russian seaports demonstrated a decline this year.
  • Primorsky Krai based Dalzavod Ship Repair Center is improving its technical equipment.
  • The Alexander Deev ferry completed her drydocking and is ready for loading in the Port of Vanino, Khabarovsky Krai.
  • Winter icebreaking season kicked off at the Leningrad Oblast based Port of Ust-Luga.
  • The new edition of the rules for equal access of shippers to transportation to come into force as of September 1, 2024.
  • CGC Holding LLC plans LNG exports via the southern route in 2025.
  • A plan for icebreakers deployment during winter shipping season in the Sea of Azov has been approved.

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

  • USC abandoned the project of one of the competence centers in St. Petersburg.
  • FESCO and USC are discussing a project to build a fleet of sea-going / inland mixed class container carriers.
  • TechFlot engaged in shipbuilding / ship repair obtains a certificate from Military Register.
  • Nordic Engineering receives an RS certificate for heeling tests and weighing of vessels.
  • NOREBO Holding’s Otradnoye Shipyard’s newbuilding order book includes 25 vessels.
  • Andrei Kostin reported to the Russian President about the need to build new shipyards in the Leningrad region and the Far East.
  • Baltic Shipyard loaded the mast onto the Project 22220 nuclear icebreaker Yakutia.

Bunkering Market

  • Paris - for hydrogen, Russian rivers - for sulfur.

New Resignations and Appointments

  • Dmitry Yerkov named Executive Director of Tuapse Bulk Terminal.
  • Vasily Strugov tapped as Executive Director of Construction Dredging Company LLC.

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