Ust-Luga Cup 2014 starts on June 1, 2014, in Stockholm and finishes on June 11 in Saint-Petersburg. The list of participants has been expanded this year with some new teams including the crew of the design institute Morstroytechnology. The coming Regatta was the subject of the interview with Mikhail Nikolayevsky, Director General of Morstroytechnology LLC.
Russia has embarked on actual offshore activities in the Arctic but apart from the extreme weather the projects face logistic and transport challenges.
Oil transshipment via Neva Pipeline Company’s terminal in Ust-Luga (BPS-2) is to decline this year while shipments from Ust-Luga Oil terminal are expected to increase. In this context, the conversion of the oil pipeline into the oil product pipeline is the subject of more speculations today.
Oleg Timofeev, Deputy Director General of Krylov State Research Center and Chairman of Science and Engineering Board at Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, tells IAA PortNews about the development of new shipbuilding technologies, challenges and prospects of the industry as well as about LNG shipping.
Europe is getting ready to toughening of the environmental standards in the Baltic Sea. Shipping companies switching to liquefied natural gas are provided with state support, infrastructure for LNG bunkering is being developed in ports. Norway is ahead of other countries in this sector. Representatives of the Russian Association of Marine and River Bunker Suppliers could see that themselves when visiting the country.
Amid weak profitability and insufficient financing of railway infrastructure, some coal business players question the prospects of the Far East ports development.
Next year the world's largest shipping artery will be able to receive ships of a new type. Deputy Administrator of Panama Canal Authority Manuel Benitez has told in an interview with the IAA PortNews correspondent about the Canal expansion plans. Russian ambassador in the Republic of Panama Alexey Ermakov shared his thoughts on the situation in the maritime industry of Panama, as well as about participation of Russian companies in the sector.
The joining of the Crimea with the Russian Federation entails the necessity to redivide the Sea of Azov. At the request of IAA PortNews, the situation has been analyzed by the international law experts.
Donrechflot OJSC, one of the largest shipping companies in the southern region of Russia, is nearing the completion of its river fleet repairs and plans to commence navigation in the third decade of March. Director General of Donrechflot Vasily Filippovich tells Water Transport (Media Group PortNews) about prospects and challenges of the company’s current operations.
Global container shipping is to see “price wars” amid market consolidation by larger players while Russia suffers from dumping despite the country’s high potential for cargo containerization.
2014 April 23
Mikhail Nikolayevsky: “It would be nice to have some salt wind and romance of the sea”
Ust-Luga Cup 2014 starts on June 1, 2014, in Stockholm and finishes on June 11 in Saint-Petersburg. The list of participants has been expanded this year with some new teams including the crew of the design institute Morstroytechnology. The coming Regatta was the subject of the interview with Mikhail Nikolayevsky, Director General of Morstroytechnology LLC.
2014 April 21
Cold logistics
Russia has embarked on actual offshore activities in the Arctic but apart from the extreme weather the projects face logistic and transport challenges.
2014 April 17
Pipeline issue
Oil transshipment via Neva Pipeline Company’s terminal in Ust-Luga (BPS-2) is to decline this year while shipments from Ust-Luga Oil terminal are expected to increase. In this context, the conversion of the oil pipeline into the oil product pipeline is the subject of more speculations today.
2014 April 11
Oleg Timofeev, Deputy Director General of Krylov State Research Center: “customers need both technical and financial solutions”
Oleg Timofeev, Deputy Director General of Krylov State Research Center and Chairman of Science and Engineering Board at Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, tells IAA PortNews about the development of new shipbuilding technologies, challenges and prospects of the industry as well as about LNG shipping.
2014 April 8
LNG: studying the way of Norway
Europe is getting ready to toughening of the environmental standards in the Baltic Sea. Shipping companies switching to liquefied natural gas are provided with state support, infrastructure for LNG bunkering is being developed in ports. Norway is ahead of other countries in this sector. Representatives of the Russian Association of Marine and River Bunker Suppliers could see that themselves when visiting the country.
2014 April 2
Deadlocked coal
Amid weak profitability and insufficient financing of railway infrastructure, some coal business players question the prospects of the Far East ports development.
2014 March 31
Panama Canal readies for post-Panamax ships
Next year the world's largest shipping artery will be able to receive ships of a new type. Deputy Administrator of Panama Canal Authority Manuel Benitez has told in an interview with the IAA PortNews correspondent about the Canal expansion plans. Russian ambassador in the Republic of Panama Alexey Ermakov shared his thoughts on the situation in the maritime industry of Panama, as well as about participation of Russian companies in the sector.
2014 March 24
Who will claim the Azov Sea?
The joining of the Crimea with the Russian Federation entails the necessity to redivide the Sea of Azov. At the request of IAA PortNews, the situation has been analyzed by the international law experts.
2014 March 19
Vasily Filippovich: “Safety issues are under special attention”
Donrechflot OJSC, one of the largest shipping companies in the southern region of Russia, is nearing the completion of its river fleet repairs and plans to commence navigation in the third decade of March. Director General of Donrechflot Vasily Filippovich tells Water Transport (Media Group PortNews) about prospects and challenges of the company’s current operations.
2014 March 17
Box eaters
Global container shipping is to see “price wars” amid market consolidation by larger players while Russia suffers from dumping despite the country’s high potential for cargo containerization.
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