RN-Bunker (a subsidiary of Rosneft OJSC) became part of the Russian Association of Marine and River Bunker (RosMorRechBunker) PortNews IAA reports quoting the Association president Vitaly Kovalev. The Association board of directors in their March 25 decision admitted the two members RN-Bunker and NefteKhim-Bunker. According to Vitaly Kovalev, the Associatio...
Early this month a subsidiary of LUKOIL-BUNKER, LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker has provided MGO DMA 0,1 S max fuel for vessels at the port of Constanta (Romania), LUKOIL-BUNKER statement said. LUKOIL-Bulgaria Bunker of LUKOIL-BUNKER is providing bunkering services in Bulgaria (Bourgas and Rosenets, Varna, Rousse, Lom and Vidin). LUKOIL-Bunker LLC is a subsidiar...
Federal State Unitary Enterprise RosMorPort has announced bidding for the state contract for the development of technical documentation and construction of 8 marine terminals at the sea port of Sochi (Imeretinka, Adler, Kurgorodok, Khosta, Matsesta, Dagomys, Loo, Lazarevskoe), RosMorPort statement said. The contract worth some 919 million rubles. The gene...
TWO Jacksonville-based ship operators have bucked the industry's downward trend by increasing their share of inbound US shipments they handle. Sea Star Line, which ranks 32nd on the importer list, reported an 11.3 per cent increase of 32,000 TEU in imports. The group's export shipments however declined last year by 4.4 per cent to 95,000 TEU, leaving it...
THE World Economic Forum's 2009-2010 Global Competitiveness Report said that the Netherlands was home to Europe's best port infrastructure. The Dutch were also noted for their wet infrastructure, which after Singapore and Hong Kong, was named the world's third best. The "best port" recognition is a testament to the billions in investment dollars spent ...
CHILEAN shipping company CSAV has revised its ANDEX service between the Far East and the South American west coast, adding a direct call at Xiamen to be served fortnightly. The amended ANDEX will return in 11 weeks with weekly sailings, rather than the previous 12 weeks. Other ports of call for the service include Busan, Xingang, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong ...
TWO Chinese warships have entered the Gulf of Oman transiting the Straits of Hormuz for the first time to call on Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The frigate Maanshan and Supply Ship Qiandaohu, are part of the fourth Chinese Navy Escort Task Group, which just completed its mission in the Gulf of Aden protecting cargo ships against pi...
GRAND Alliance (GA) has added the Vietnamese port of Cai Mep to its SCX service between Asia and the US West Coast, to which it also plans to introduce slow steaming operations with the addition of an eighth vessel effective April. Transit time between Cai Mep and Los Angeles will be 26 days - longer than the 16-20 day passages offered by GA's competitor...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi