2018 October 19

https://www.spglobal.com

Nord Stream 2 natural gas link could face delays from weather, vessel issues: official

The construction timeline for the planned 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could slip if bad weather affects pipelaying or if any of the pipelaying vessels have technical issues...

2018 October 19

https://themoscowtimes.com

Chinese Port Refuses to Service Stranded Russian Ship Over U.S. Sanctions Fears, Company Says

A Chinese shipyard has reportedly refused to finish repairs of a Russian vessel said to be involved in the transfer of refined petroleum products to North Korean vessels over fears of U.S. sanctions...

2018 October 19

https://www.hafen-hamburg.de/

Port of Hamburg as digital networking pioneer

Underwater drones, autonomous trucks and paperless Customs clearance – the future is already buzzing in the Port of Hamburg...

2018 October 18

http://tass.com

Arctic Maritime Competence Center opens in St. Petersburg

The Arctic Maritime Competence Center in the interests of the Russian nuclear fleet authority, Rosatomflot, began working at the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping...

2018 October 18

http://www.petroleum-economist.com

Novatek Arctic LNG project defies US sanctions

Funded by Chinese banks and part-owned by Total, the Yamal project represents the centrepiece of the Kremlin's efforts to develop LNG exports to rival Qatar and the US...

2018 October 17

http://www.maritimeherald.com

Rosrybolovstvo at the End of 2018 Will Begin a Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic

...the research vessels of the Federal Fishery Agency will begin an expedition to the Antarctic waters to study the state of the krill reserves...

2018 October 17

https://www.maritime-executive.com

Thordon Strengthens its Presence in the Baltic and Caspian Sea Regions

Thordon Bearings has signed sales and distribution agreements with St. Petersburg-based Industrial & Marine Projects (IMPRO) and Tallinn’s Marine Ecology Equipment (MEE), in a development that anticipates the introduction of more stringent pollution rules for European waterways...

2018 October 17

https://www.reuters.com

Russia's VTB bank may obtain 25 pct in Transcontainer - sources

Russia’s VTB Bank may obtain a 25 percent stake in the country’s largest container company Transcontainer from Russian shipping firm FESCO...

2018 October 17

http://www.xinhuanet.com

Russian gov't allocates 130 mln USD for Far East development

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree to allocate 8.4 billion rubles (about 130 million U.S. dollars) for projects in the Far Eastern Federal District...

2018 October 16

https://port.today

Slavyanka port projects… Shall we see any developments?

Aiming at providing essential investment information to Korean companies, that have shown interest in development of the region, the Ministry will carry out the feasibility study on the port until September 2019...

2018 October 16

https://www.spglobal.com

Novorossiisk fuel oil terminal could switch to handling light products

The fuel oil terminal at the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk could be switched to handling light products, after a project for its transformation has been approved by the Rostov subsidiary of the Glavgozexpertiza...

2018 October 16

https://www.montelnews.com

Coal exports from key Russian port set for 20% rise in 2019

Russia’s largest European coal export terminal at Ust-Luga, near St Petersburg, will hike exports by an estimated 20% next year, to 25m tonnes...