The Sommers, lead ship of TSHD 1000 design, built for FSUE Rosmorport, commenced operations at the seaport of Makhachkala on July 23. Rosmorport says the dredger will perform the most urgent maintenance dredging to debottleneck the access channel and the basin of the port’s oil harbor. The work on dredging to the design depth will…
DetailsAfter the high results of 2015, Moldavian farmers decreased sunflower sowing area for the new harvest of 2016/2017, but not because of the lowering interest in this crop. The reason for the lower area was essential increase in sowing material prices after high crop losses in 2015/2016, which also preconditioned the necessity to import expensive…
DetailsPJSC LUKOIL has commissioned Phase I of the auxiliary power supply plant in the Republic of Komi. The 100 MW power plant is designed to satisfy the growing need in power at the Denisovsky license area and will increase utilization of associated petroleum gas. The project, developed and implemented by PJSC LUKOIL’s wholly owned subsidiary…
DetailsFerry service linking Korsakov (Sakhalin) and Wakkanai (Hokkaido) will start operating on August 1, 2016. Cross border transportation of passengers between the islands will be resumed by the order of the Sakhalin Region Governor, says the press center of the regional government. Passenger ship Penguin-33 was chartered in Singapore for that purpose. The Japanese side…
DetailsAs of July 1, oilseed stocks totaled 260.5 KMT, down by 61.3 KMT YoY (321.8 KMT). Thus, availability of sunflower seeds grew by 10.7 KMT to 104.1 KMT. Soybean stocks were only slightly lower – 30.8 KMT against 31.9 KMT, and rapeseed stocks were two times as low – 28.9 KMT against 60.1 KMT last…
DetailsOn the results of Inspection Commission work, FSUE “Rosmorport” obtained Certificate No. 16.01867.315 dated 29.04.2016 of compliance of the Kandalaksha Bay with requirements for VTS of the 2nd category, says Rosmorport. The Construction of the Kandalaksha Bay VTS was completed in 2015. In accordance with the resolution No. 51-RU51503000-03-2015 dated 11.02.2015 of the Committee of…
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