2020 May 29

https://www.occrp.org

Russian Customs Finds 70 Tons of Cheese Smuggled from the EU

Russian custom officials did not say who is behind the fine-EU-food smuggling, but said that the goods were intended for a Sankt-Peterburg based company...

2020 May 29

https://www.themoscowtimes.com

Tanker crosses Russian Arctic route without icebreaker assistance

On May 19, the Christophe de Margerie kick-started this year’s Northern Sea Route shipping season on a voyage across the eastern part of the coveted shipping lane...

2020 May 28

https://www.xeneta.com

CONTAINER RATES ALERT: Continued global uncertainty hits rates, but worst fears yet to be realized

...despite the widespread ramifications of Coronavirus, rates held comparatively steady for the month of May...

2020 May 28

https://www.dnvgl.com/

The role of combustion engines in decarbonization – seeking fuel solutions

Internal combustion engines (ICEs) represent the dominant technology in marine propulsion today. If ICEs are to play a role in the decarbonization of shipping, suppliers, regulators, shipowners and engine manufacturers will have to agree on viable alternatives to carbon-based fuel.

2020 May 26

https://www.concordiamaritime.com

Market Update: The tanker market on a roller coaster

In the VLCC segment, we have seen rates commuting between $25,000-250,000/day and in the MR segment between $15,000-70,000/day

2020 May 25

https://www.hafen-hamburg.de

Global Ports Introduces a new Mobile Harbour Crane to PLP

The crane, which has a capacity of 144 tonnes, was manufactured for the Group at LIEBHERR’s facility in Rostock...

2020 May 22

https://www.offshore-energy.biz

China extends IMO Ballast Water Management Convention to Hong Kong

Ships flagged to Hong Kong, China — the fourth largest flag administration in the world by shipping tonnage — will now have to apply the requirements of the treaty

2020 May 20

https://www.reuters.com

Yamal LNG on fast boat to China as Northern route melts early

The first vessel to deliver a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Russia’s Yamal plant via the Northern Sea Route this year is on its way to China

2020 May 20

https://tass.com

First investments in future Arctic port exceed $5 million

The Belkomur project is a new railway route, which will connect industrially developed regions in Siberia and the Urals with ports in Russia’s north and north-west

2020 May 19

https://www.offshore-energy.biz

European shipowners: Investments in making fleet greener will no longer be possible after COVID-19

Investments in the reduction of air emissions from ships would no longer be possible in a post coronavirus world...

2020 May 18

https://www.econotimes.com

S. Korea, China Importing Cheaper Diesel to Russia

South Korea has started exporting diesel to Russia due to a quirk in the latter's tax system that makes it cheaper for Russians to import fuel than buy locally...

2020 May 18

https://www.theepochtimes.com

US Sends Oil to Belarus, Seeking to Reduce Energy Dependence on Russia

Belarus has been seeking to diversify its oil supplies after Russia stopped shipping oil there when both countries failed to renegotiate the oil price for 2020...