News 2008 September 10

Port Fleet assists berthing of Costa Mediterranea, first vessel accepted by Marine Facade in St. Petersburg

Somali pirates seize South Korean cargo ship

Tanker FFA values up 88% at IMAREX

River port to be built within Marine Facade project by 2012 – SPb Governor

Two oil ships collide near Venezuelan port

Preparations for Shtokman must be intensified

Japan-Russia: Vladivostok will become a strong knot uniting Europe and Asia

Throughput of Nakhodka port up 26.1% to 11.1 mln t in Jan-Aug 08

Ports of Azov-Don Basin decrease throughput by 4.2% to 12.2 mln t in Jan-Aug 08

Russia wants fair oil price on world market - minister

Throughput of Vostochny Port down 1.5% to 14.5 mln t in Jan-Aug 08

Passenger port Marine Facade in St. Petersburg accepts its first vessel

Russia prepares law on Arctic

Swiss oil trader Vitol to ship Azerbaijani oil from Novorossiysk

Stevedoring companies of Leningrad region up throughput by 2.3% to 57.6 mln t in Jan-Aug 08

Throughput of Commercial Port of Vladivostok up 42% to 4.1 mln t in Jan-Aug 08

OPEC cuts output to shore up falling market

NDG suffers H1 loss of US$23 million amid integration

Qinghai Zhaoyang logistics park builds rail service centre

China plans to raise rail box traffic three fold by 2010

Maersk, Sri Lanka JKH land larger piece of S Asia Gateway Terminals pie

Oil price down to $100.34 in London and to $103.26 in New York