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Cargo shipping in Russia’s NSR increased five times in five years

Cargo shipping in Russia’s Northern Sea Route has increased about five times since 2013, Aleksandr Kalashnikov, the department head at the Northern Sea Route Administration, reported.

In fact, a total of 13 million tons of cargo has been transported through the route until October 1. This is a major increase compared to the just 3 million tons that were shipped in 2013. In addition, the full year figure is expected to reach as much as 17 million tons.

More and more ships are choosing the Northern...

https://safety4sea.com/cargo-shipping-in-russias-nsr-increased-five-times-in-five-years/

Norway, Russia agree to acquire seismic data in Barents Sea

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg and his Russian colleague, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dmitry Kobylkin signed an agreement on mutual rights to seismic acquisition in the Barents Sea.

The agreement comes after the signing of the Delimitation Agreement in September 2010. It incorporates a better possibility for both countries to map the resource potential up to, and along the delimitation line, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy,...

https://safety4sea.com/norway-russia-agree-to-acquire-seismic-data-in-barents-sea/

French Ambassador Says Washington Could Do More to Help Shape Syria’s Future


The Bashar al Assad regime’s ever-tightening circle on Syrian resistance fighters could send a million or more refugees into Turkey and scatter thousands of Islamic extremists around the region, France’s ambassador to Washington warned Monday.

Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., he added, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met over the weekend in Istanbul to discuss...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/30/french-ambassador-says-washington-help-shape-syrias-future

2020 ship fuel overhaul will cost Russian oil firms billions

Rules mandating cleaner shipping fuels – set to take effect from 2020 – will hit Russia’s wallet. The country is the world’s largest exporter of high-sulphur oil and, according to Bloomberg, it does not look prepared for the change. Unlike its competitors in Europe and the US, which have braced themselves and made necessary changes, Russian companies have reportedly done very little. One analyst said the country had no chance …

The post 2020 ship fuel overhaul will cost Russian oil firms billions

https://theloadstar.co.uk/2020-ship-fuel-overhaul-will-cost-russian-oil-firms-billions/

Panel: NATO, EU Need Major Changes in Operations, Infrastructure to Deter Russian Aggression

Norwegian frigate HNoMS Otto Sverdrup part of a ‘screen’ of NATO warships during a drill as part of NATO exercise Trident Juncture on Oct. 25, 2018. Royal Norwegian Navy Photo

NATO and the European Union need to spend significantly to reestablish high-end naval presence and invest in rail cars and maritime containers, ports, bridges, highways, tunnels and airfields if they want to successfully deter potential Russian aggression, a panel of Northern European security experts said on Wednesday.

“It...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/29/panel-nato-eu-need-major-changes-operations-infrastructure-deter-russian-aggression

Throughput of Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC in 9M’2018 totaled 925,000 tonnes

In the nine-months period of 2018, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC (TagSCP, part of UCL Holding) handled 925,000 tonnes of cargo, down 17%, year-on-year.

The fall should be attributed to business decline in foreign trade markets dealing with the port’s key types of cargo, coal and metal, and to seasonal shift of oil cargo to river ports.
Handling of general cargo fell by 35% to 116,000 tonnes. Transshipment of ferrous metal has dropped by 42% to 59,000 tonnes. Handling of cargo in big-bags...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/25/throughput-of-taganrog-sea-commercial-port-jsc-in-9m2018-totaled-925000-tonnes/

UCL Holding stevedoring division’s nine-month throughput remains flat, at 27.2 million tonnes

In January-September 2018, companies of UCL Port, a stevedoring division of UCL Holding, handled 27.2 million tonnes of cargo, which is similar to the results of the nine-month period of 2017. 

In the reporting period dry cargo volume grew by 4.2% to 23.4 million tonnes. Handling of oil cargo fell by 24.3% to 3.8 million tonnes with reduction in transshipment via Tuapse and Taganrog.

Exports accounted for 85% of the nine-month volumes, imports made 14%, or 3.9 million tonnes.

In the reporting...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/24/ucl-holding-stevedoring-divisions-nine-month-throughput-remains-flat-at-27-2-million-tonnes/

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