SCF Tankers, a subsidiary of Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF Group), announces it has won an auction to buy nine ice-class crude and product tankers formerly belonging to bankrupt Prisco (Primorsk International Shipping Co) for $215m.
Maersk Line and Russian aluminium producer Rusal have penned an agreement for the cargo transportation of the latter’s products particularly aluminium and alloys.
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has entered into an agreement with Russian state firm Rosneft Oil Company and Norwegian drilling equipment firm MHWirth to set up a joint venture in Russia.
A dual-fuel icebreaker, the EUR123m ($140.5m) Polaris, which is currently in the final stages of construction at Russian-owned Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, is due to start LNG-fuelled sea trails in early June.
Russian container terminal operator Global Ports saw a 31% drop in container volumes hit by sanctions and the country’s economic woes.