News 2008 December 15

Russian Railways intends to continue with sale 25% + 1 share of Refservis in 2009

Russia's oil export duty may rise up to $119 per ton from Jan 09

Freight transport on Estonian Railroad down 5.8% in Nov 08

NOL restructures Asian operations

Egyptian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean, 3 missing

Hamburg Sud establishes own agencies in Italy and Egypt

SembMarine unit delivers rig

Pirates release tanker but “three dead”

China's coal import tumbles 50% in in November

Australia’s Port Kembla to get $1.2bn transformation

New CMA CGM 11,000 TEU ship makes debut

HMC launches $327m ‘one-stop shop’ for maritime industry

Marseilles Fos reports general cargo down 12 percent in Jan-Nov 08

SOCAR to make 85% of gas sale in Georgia by the end of 2010

Russia's oil output down 0.6% to 2.9 bln barrels in Jan-Oct

Throughput of Riga port up 14% to 26.88 mln t in Jan-Nov 08

Two trawlers detained for crab poaching off Kamchatka

Throughput of Vladivostok Container Terminal up 23% to 220,381 TEU in Jan-Nov 08

Permanent border checkpoint is opened in Ust-Luga

DP World reports double digit growth

STX Group targets W30 trillion sales next year

PPA to tap French loan for ports modernization

CMA CGM, Maersk to join Asia - US services in May

Iran expands VLCC fleet

'Resurgence' for Capes but still 'miserable' for Panamaxes: Baltic

The port of Aktau handles 9.8 mln t in Jan-Nov 08

Rio de Janeiro to allow only 2 new ports at Sepetiba

New Mangalore port logs 49% rise in container traffic

Oil price down to $46.41 in London and to $46.28 in New York

Throughput of Klaipeda port up 11% to 27.6 mln t in Jan-Nov 08