• 2017 January 18 14:39

  Container throughput of port Hong Kong (China) down 2.5% to 19.58 mln TEUs in 2016

  In January-December 2016, port Hong Kong (China) handled 19.58 mln TEUs (-2.5%, year-on-year).

  According to the port authority, the port’s largest terminal Kwai Tsing handled 15.2 mln TEUs (-2.4%), other terminals handled 4.37 mln t TEUs (-2.8%).
  
  Port Hong Kong is one of the world’s largest ports. It is capable of handling 456,000 vessels per year. In 2015, the port’s container throughput hit 20.11 mln TEUs.

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2018 April 23

18:06	World’s largest short sea Ro-Ro vessel MV Celine christened at Dublin Port
17:52	Digital Ship’s Maritime Big Data Forum will be held on 29 May 2018 in Oslo
17:36	Ocean Rig announces agreement to postpone delivery of newbuilding drillship Ocean Rig Santorini
17:20	Construction of Bagayevsky hydrosystem begins in Rostov Region (photo)
17:05	ITF urges Hutchison Ports to improve global health and safety operations
16:35	Polskie LNG conduct a technical dialogue on extension of LNG Terminal in Świnoujście
16:29	Rosmorport’s icebreakers assisted over 5,700 vessels in freezing seaports of Russia this winter navigation season
16:05	Hapag-Lloyd plans 20 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020
15:55	Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company to provide additional scholarships for students
15:33	TransContainer’s net profit in QI’2018 increased by 19.5% Y-o-Y to RUB 1.479 million
15:04	M.v. Tucana delivers fibre optic cable baskets from Drammen (Norway)
14:47	Port of Gdansk (Poland) throughput up 44% to 12.7 million tonnes in January-March 2018
14:31	Average wholesale prices for М-100 HFO in RF spot market up to RUB 13,542 per tonne
14:10	ICTSI PNG units ink union agreements
13:59	MOL сrude oil tanker rescues a castaway in the South China Sea
13:39	Container barge transport to become more efficient in the port of Antwerp
12:48	Cargo transportation by Ukraine’s water transport fell by 7.3% to 0.7 million tonnes in 3M’18
11:46	Vistula Maersk makes a maiden call to St. Petersburg, as first in series of new ice-class vessels
11:13	2 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on April 22-23
10:51	Training ship Perekop completes unofficial visit to Republic of Sri Lanka
10:25	Brent Crude futures price down 0.04% to $74.03, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.13% to $68.31
10:04	Workshop on IMO's ISPS Code held in Mexico
09:40	Training on ship air pollution and low carbon measures held in Tehran
09:17	Baltic Dry Index up to 1,281 points

2018 April 22

15:33	Port of Rotterdam Authority to realise tide pools along Calandkanaal
15:32	British Ports Association raise border facilities' concerns with PM
15:31	Hapag-Lloyd to revise the Fuel Surcharge for Inland Haulage under Carrier arrangement from Germany to Belgium and Netherlands
15:30	JAXPORT names Interim Chief Financial Officer
15:28	Seaspan announces senior management change

2018 April 21

15:06	MV Thuringia makes maiden CI3 service call at Chennai International Terminals
15:04	Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Arethusa with Glencore
15:00	Gothenburg Port Authority publishes Sustainability Report for 2017
14:47	Wärtsilä welcomes global shipping’s agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions
14:45	Vopak to invest in new storage capacity at its Rotterdam terminal

2018 April 20

18:15	Yaroslavsky Shipyard launches yet another boom-laying boat (photo)
18:03	CMA CGM announces FAK rates from Asia to Middle East Gulf
17:47	President of Cyprus visits IMO
17:29	NOVATEK’s AGM approves 2017 dividends
17:03	SEA\LNG reiterates LNG’s central role in meeting IMO’s decarbonisation goals
16:40	SCF Group’s financing deal with VTB Bank recognized by Marine Money as a Deal of The Year
16:03	CMA CGM announces an agreement to acquire a stake in CEVA
15:36	Nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk passed control check for winter training period
15:03	MEPC 72: Proposal to mandate ISO sulphur test methods to be discussed further
14:40	Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard launches Russia’s first dry cargo carrier of Project RSD59 (photo)
14:24	HELCOM group meets in Berlin to focus on reducing land-based pollution affecting the Baltic Sea
13:38	WMU supports IMO climate change strategy for shipping
13:02	Panama Canal transits three LNG vessels in one day
12:43	Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane to handle bulk materials in Rotterdam
11:49	2 icebreaker escort operations performed in eastern part of Gulf of Finland during 24 hours on April 19-20
11:26	"Safety Day" held for Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company management
11:02	Navigation on rivers and canals of Saint-Petersburg opens from April 20
10:38	Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping discuss cooperation
10:13	Brent Crude futures price down 0.26% to $73.59, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.31% to $68.08
09:55	Marine Technics supplied a set of engines to refit gensets of vessels operating on the Yenisei river
09:34	Bunker prices are going up at the Port of Saint-Petersburg, Russia (graph)
09:16	Baltic Dry Index up to 1,201 points
08:07	Chairman of IACS pinpoints three key themes of the Association's strategy for the future
07:45	The Fjords takes delivery of groundbreaking zero emission vessel Future of The Fjords

2018 April 19

19:00	Okskaya Sudoverf launches lead shallow-draft tank barge of Project ROB20, Belmax 1 (photo)
18:05	Vroon's MPI Napoleon commences Baltic-Sea charter