• 2010 August 17

    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.

  • 2010 August 17

    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.