Relevant Topics 26 August 2010, 23:29
We are northward bound…
Russia is trying to revive an old idea, known since Soviet era, about the opening of the regular navigation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to Asia-Pacific region, instead of the usual southern shipping lane via the Suez Canal. First of all, the idea is interesting for the Russian gas companies. Thus, Novatek has already shipped on the NSR 70,000 tons of gas condensate to the port of destination Ningbo (China). |  24 August 2010, 12:16
Heat wave spurs ports’ throughput
Following the container volume rise fertilizer cargo is also demonstrating growth trend in freight turnover of Russian ports. Thus, in January-July, 2010 the volume of fertilizer transshipment rose by 33.5%, to 7.26 million tons. In this case, the unusually hot weather gave rise to the fertilizer market boom - the demand for agri-products in the world is growing. And in general the current economic trends are promising for export of the fertilizer cargo. |  22 August 2010, 21:45
Helicopters first
United Shipbuilding Corporation has succeeded in lobbying the possibility of placing orders for the construction of Mistral class helicopter carriers at the Russian shipyards, initially to be purchased in France. The St. Petersburg's shipbuilding company Admiralty Shipyards is actively making bids for the order ". |  17 August 2010, 20:34
Russia scratches up grain
Due to abnormal heat, drought, the Russian Government has decided to impose a temporary ban on the exports of Russian grain. At the same time, experts fear the domestic producers of grain may incur losses and lose the position they had gained on the global market, which in turn may lead to the curtailment of expansion projects and construction of grain terminals in ports of the country. |  17 August 2010, 09:58
Prepare a claim!
David Atkins has been engaged in the oil industry for over 30 years: in the supply business, production and transportation of oil, logistics, refineries capacity planning, freight forwarding, chartering, production and marketing of natural gas. The last and most interesting period in Mr. Atkins’ career was the demurrage and claims department at BP company. Mr. Atkins has told about the demurrage issues in an interview with PortNews. |  4 August 2010, 16:31
Vostochny Port needs more coal
Vostochny (East) Port, has invested over $15 million in the modernization and replacement of cargo handling equipment. However, the port fails to reach the projected coal volume, mainly because Russian Railways did not confirm the port’s production plans due to technical limitations of road capacity, especially on the road network of the Far Eastern destinations. The coal port’s slowdown entails an increase in payback period for the investment projects, and also reduces the attractiveness of further investments in the development of marine coal terminals. |  1 August 2010, 22:47
Container volumes keep on rising
Container traffic through the seaports of Russia and worldwide is being gradually recovered. In many cases the pre-crisis volume level has already been reached. There is no container shortage at ports yet, but investors continue to implement their port’s projects in hope the containers might be again in high demand very soon. |
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