• 2023 February 3 18:22

  IAA PortNews’ summary of past week news

  Ports and hydraulic engineering

  • Reconstruction continues at Volkovsky lock
  • Crimea bridge span successfully moved into its position - Marat Khusnullin
  • First cargo ship handled at Lugaport terminal in the port of Ust-Luga
  • Saint-Petersburg Governor signs law on ‘tax cash back’ for stevedoring companies
  • Six new ports under construction in Primorsky Territory - Governor
  • Design document for shifting Rostov port to be developed by August
  • New resident of Kamchatka PDA to invest RUB 6 billion in Bechevinskaya facility for LNG handling
  • 7 berths to be repaired in the port of Makhachkala by the end of Q2’2023

  Shipping and logistics

  • Oboronlogistics’ railway ferries delivered 72,700 t of cargo to Kaliningrad in January 2023
  • Nuclear-powered container carrier Sevmorput to make two round voyages between Saint-Petersburg and the Far East in 2023

  Shipbuilding and ship repair

  • Zero VAT rate to be set for ship repair yards investing in production development
  • Fishery Shipowners Association  suggests that privileged leasing programme also covers mid- and large-size fishing ships
  • Atomflot and Baltiysky Zavod sign contract for construction of fifth and sixth nuclear-powered icebreakers of Project 22220
  • Vyborg Shipyard and Atlantrybflot sign acceptance/delivery certificate for lead factory freezer trawler of Project KMT02.02
  • Capital repair of 17 ships of Dvina-Pechora Basin scheduled for 2023
  • Olekminsky sector of LORP needs repair of 20 ships
  • Yantar shipyard conducts large-scale modernization of its production facilities
  • The Ministry of Natural Resources plans to complete the conversion of two research vessels into cruise ships by the end of 2024

  Bunkering

  • Bunker sales at Vladivostok port in January 2023 fell by 45% YoY

  Appointments

  • Aleksandr Masko appointed as General Director of Port One JSC and Transportation Assets Management LLC

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2023 March 20

12:13	CNC launches a new service connecting Thailand, China and Cambodia
11:28	Dredging in Volga-Don Basin totaled 587 thousand cbm in 2022
11:23	Equinor welcomes OKEA as new partner in the Statfjord area
10:55	Report on condition of the port of Mariupol given to Vladimir Putin
10:41	Yara Marine’s FuelOpt demonstrates significant fuel savings
10:32	Vladimir Putin signs law on creation of a special economic zone on the Kurils
09:59	Nizhny Novgorod based R-Flot laid down multifunctional dredger of Project 2040
09:50	AD Ports Group signs a 30-year сoncession agreement to develop and operate Safaga Port in Egypt
09:13	NOVATEK BoD recommended to approve dividend payments of RR 105.58 per ordinary share

2023 March 19

16:07	Hydrogen Europe signs MoU with EURAMET to cooperate on hydrogen studies
14:41	Port of Los Angeles moves 487,846 container units in February as global trade flows
13:08	ValenciaportPCS updates the tool to optimize available spaces at the Border Control Post (BCP)
12:37	LR AiP for Rotoboost’s pre-combustion carbon capture system
11:54	FEPORT welcomes 2023 amendment of the General Block Exemption Regulation and reiterates the need for AFIR to be consistent
11:03	Vattenfall selects Norfolk Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone O&M Base
10:36	ABS and leading Korean players take aim at Scope 3 emissions methodologies
09:17	DP World to launch new air cargo logistics hub in Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana

2023 March 18

15:11	Maersk launches API-integrated reefer solution with shareable datalog
13:04	“K” LINE awarded CDP’s “Supplier Engagement Leader”
11:51	​​OOCL announces GEX1 service
10:13	ClassNK grants Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions to HermAce developed by FURUNO

2023 March 17

18:03	LR awarded AiP for Rotoboost’s pre-combustion carbon capture system
17:49	IAA PortNews’ summary of past week news
17:35	Meyer Werft shipyard and Royal Caribbean Group develop a completely new fuel cell system tailored to the maritime sector
17:01	TransContainer consiers it reasonable to use gondola cars in container logistics only on routes going to the Far East
16:35	Iberdrola and Haizea Wind Group sign €200 million framework agreement for East Anglia Three
15:54	ITF targets four worst flags in bid to scrap unsafe shipping from Mediterranean Sea
15:24	Fujairah bunker sales drop to lowest in at least two years in February 2023 - Ship & Bunker
15:02	WaterstofNet and Cluster Tweed launch the Belgian Hydrogen Council
14:25	South Korea petrochemical makers, refiners turn to North African naphtha to replace Russian supplies - S&P Global Commodity Insights
14:23	Vladimir Putin compared the North-South ITC to the Suez Canal, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles straits
14:02	DNV embarks on multi-year project to support KEPCO's plan to bring zero-carbon offshore wind power to South Korea
13:44	Russian Railways’ cargo transportation by North-South corridor in February 2023 doubled YoY
13:32	ABS highlights transformational CII potential of biofuels today
13:12	European shipowners welcome the EU’s proposed Net-Zero Industry Act
12:40	Jan De Nul kicks off Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3
12:25	IAA PortNews to issue its analytical report “Shipbuilding in Russia”
12:11	Matson to convert the main engine aboard its container ship to a dual-fuel ME-GI unit
11:36	MOL purchases 32,000-ton luxury cruise ship from Seabourn Cruise Line
11:12	FESCO launches direct Deep Sea service from ports of China to Saint-Petersburg
10:38	Grain deal extended for 60 days – RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10:20	Jumbo-SAL-Alliance commences Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project shipments for JGC Corporation
09:53	Port of Los Angeles signs agreements with Tokyo and Yokohama ports to establish Green Shipping Corridor
09:29	Insurance problems can be solved with the use of the Northern Sea Route — expert

2023 March 16

18:37	Leading digitalization and network technology providers sign MoU for research program
18:17	Support block of the “Azeri-Central-East” platform dispatched to sea on “STB-1” barge
18:00	Experts name alternatives to foreign insurance and reinsurance in maritime market
17:42	Strikes at French refineries and LNG terminals are in week two
17:19	BIMCO sees 24% drop in scrubber installations in 2022
17:02	Naming and delivery of two the world’s largest container vessels completed on same day
16:49	Rem Offshore announces multiple contracts for PSV’s
16:31	Additional insurance premiums in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov reach 5% of a vessel cost
16:24	IndianOil to consolidate green assets
15:27	MABUX: Bunker Weekly Outlook, Week 11, 2023
15:06	Kaztransoil shipped 325.9 thousand tonnes of export oil from Aktau to Makhachkala
14:44	California and Japan to collaborate on clean ports and shipping
14:23	Ports of Stockholm plans to establish a node for captured carbon dioxide at Stockholm Norvik Port
13:58	TORM purchases three fuel-efficient MR product tankers in a partly share-based transaction
13:40	The export of cargo in containers through the KTZ network increased by 30% last year
12:37	Cargo volumes carried by Russia’s river transport in 2022 rose by 5.2%, by seaborne transport – by 17.3%