News 2008 October 1

Somali gives Russian warships "special status" to fight pirates

Net income of Gazprom Neft up to $3.6 bln in H1 08

Commercial Port of Vladivostok starts second phase of container terminal construction in mid November

Construction set for Japan LNG receiving terminal

Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes port pollution bill

Port community systems of Rotterdam and Amsterdam to merge

Norwegian-based ro-ro operator Sea-Cargo orders two LNG-powered ro-ros

Wartsila-Hyundai Engine Company inaugurates a new diesel factory in South Korea

Brussels reported to reject Polish shipyard restructuring plan

Netherlands eyeing construction of large logistics terminals in Leningrad region

Oil export by CPC down 6.8% to 22.9 mln t in Jan-Sep 08

Russian Railways to invest RUR 9.6 bln in Oil for China project in 2009

New equipment of VMTP to make Vladivostok traffic less congested

State investment in inland water transport to make RUR 27.6 bln by 2015

Far East pipeline for Sakhalin gas could come online in 2011

Commercial Port of Vladivostok allocates RUR 1.6 mln for development of program on harbor water cleaning

Russia's crude export duty down to $372.2 per ton as of Oct. 1

Oil price up to $98.17 in London and to $106.61 in New York

France's Fos-Cavaou LNG terminal to start June '09

Croatia chooses Krk island for LNG terminal

Pakistani govt to build shipyards in Karachi & Gwadar

Sartor Shipping acquires Ocean Mainport

Persian Gulf tanker rates may stem drop as owners await cargoes

Ireland's d’Amico International Shipping S.A. signed a new $95 million loan facility

Transatlantic to sell Atlantic Division

New contract to expand Panama Canal opens

Net profit of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port up to $84.5 mln in H1 08