2018 October 26

https://www.world-grain.com

Summa Group denies report that it will sell stake in UGC

Russia’s Summa Group on Oct. 26 denied that it is in talks to sell its stake in United Grain Company...

2018 October 24

https://warontherocks.com

Gray Zones in a Blue Arctic: Grappling with China’s Growing Influence

While the Arctic remains a peaceful region, characterized by a high degree of international cooperation, it is also an emerging frontier for gray-zone activities...

2018 October 24

https://www.reuters.com

Exxon, Rosneft to build LNG plant with Japanese, Indian partners - sources

Russia’s Rosneft (ROSN.MM) and U.S. ExxonMobil (XOM.N) plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in a consortium with Indian and Japanese partners, spreading the estimated $15 billion cost...

2018 October 24

https://financialtribune.com

India Explores Corridor to Kazakhstan, East Russia via Iran

India, notwithstanding impending sanctions on Iran, intends to put in place a corridor linking Gujarat and West Bengal to Kazakhstan and Eastern Russia via Iran's Bandar Abbas Port...

2018 October 19

https://www.spglobal.com

Nord Stream 2 natural gas link could face delays from weather, vessel issues: official

The construction timeline for the planned 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could slip if bad weather affects pipelaying or if any of the pipelaying vessels have technical issues...

2018 October 19

https://themoscowtimes.com

Chinese Port Refuses to Service Stranded Russian Ship Over U.S. Sanctions Fears, Company Says

A Chinese shipyard has reportedly refused to finish repairs of a Russian vessel said to be involved in the transfer of refined petroleum products to North Korean vessels over fears of U.S. sanctions...

2018 October 19

https://www.hafen-hamburg.de/

Port of Hamburg as digital networking pioneer

Underwater drones, autonomous trucks and paperless Customs clearance – the future is already buzzing in the Port of Hamburg...

2018 October 18

http://tass.com

Arctic Maritime Competence Center opens in St. Petersburg

The Arctic Maritime Competence Center in the interests of the Russian nuclear fleet authority, Rosatomflot, began working at the Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping...

2018 October 18

http://www.petroleum-economist.com

Novatek Arctic LNG project defies US sanctions

Funded by Chinese banks and part-owned by Total, the Yamal project represents the centrepiece of the Kremlin's efforts to develop LNG exports to rival Qatar and the US...

2018 October 17

http://www.maritimeherald.com

Rosrybolovstvo at the End of 2018 Will Begin a Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic

...the research vessels of the Federal Fishery Agency will begin an expedition to the Antarctic waters to study the state of the krill reserves...

2018 October 17

https://www.maritime-executive.com

Thordon Strengthens its Presence in the Baltic and Caspian Sea Regions

Thordon Bearings has signed sales and distribution agreements with St. Petersburg-based Industrial & Marine Projects (IMPRO) and Tallinn’s Marine Ecology Equipment (MEE), in a development that anticipates the introduction of more stringent pollution rules for European waterways...

2018 October 17

https://www.reuters.com

Russia's VTB bank may obtain 25 pct in Transcontainer - sources

Russia’s VTB Bank may obtain a 25 percent stake in the country’s largest container company Transcontainer from Russian shipping firm FESCO...