2021 January 22

https://www.dredgingtoday.com

Another dredger joins Astrakhan branch fleet

Due to the reception of these vessels, the dredging fleet of the Astrakhan branch increased up to 6 vessels

2021 January 22

https://www.offshore-energy.biz

SCF inks LNG newbuild charter deal with Total

The two companies have concluded a time charter agreement for up to 7 years for a newbuilding 174,000-cbm LNG carrier

2021 January 22

https://www.ship-technology.com

Zvezda commences construction of second ARC7 LNG carrier

The LNG carriers are being constructed on behalf of gas industry company PAO NOVATEK for Arctic LNG2 Project

2021 January 20

http://www.scf-group.com/

SCF further expands transit window through the Eastern part of the Russian Arctic

SCF’s LNG carrier Christophe De Margerie, reached Cape Dezhnev in Russia’s Far East, completing her eastbound voyage carrying a cargo of LNG along the Northern Sea Route

2021 January 20

https://www.nytimes.com

U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Ship Involved in Russian Gas Pipeline

The sanctions, which are to take effect on Tuesday, are the first action the United States has taken against the project, which has been a point of friction between Washington and Berlin...

2021 January 19

https://newsroom.portofantwerp.com/

Record container throughput limits losses in 2020, the year of coronavirus

The total throughput of Port of Antwerp in 2020 amounted to 231 million metric tonnes of cargo, a fall of 3.1% compared with the previous year. Thanks to the buoyant container throughput rates, which set a new record, the port was able to limit the overall decline in throughput. Compared with most other ports in the Hamburg-Le Havre range, the port held up very well despite a year dominated by coronavirus and other trade tensions. The investment in pioneering projects relating to energy transition, digitalisation, and mobility have also laid solid foundations for a sustainable future.

2021 January 18

https://www.reuters.com

Freight ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast, two dead - coast guard

The Russian state agency overseeing sea and river fleets said that only two crew members were Russian nationals

2021 January 18

https://nationalinterest.org

China Enters the Arctic Digitization Race

Moscow is not alone in eying the potential of the Arctic’s digital silk roads...

2020 December 28

http://maritimeglobalnews.com

Russian Fishing Trawler Sinks in Barents Sea, 17 Feared Dead

Rescue ships are facing temperatures of around minus 20C and waves of around four metres high

2020 December 28

https://www.dredgingtoday.com

Rosmorport takes over second hopper barge of project NV-600, the Smelaya

FSUE Rosmorport and Onezhsky Shipyard signed agreement for the design and construction of two 600 m3 hopper barges... in October 2018

2020 December 26

https://www.offshore-energy.biz

U.S. preparing fresh sanctions to halt Russia’s Nord Stream 2

the outgoing Trump administration is preparing a fresh round of sanctions in the near future that could deal a fatal blow to the Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 project

2020 December 25

https://www.maritimeprofessional.com

EU and UK Clinch Narrow Brexit Trade Deal

Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire