News 2009 February 5

Petersburg Fuel Company to sell oil product transshipment terminal in the Leningrad region

OPK to complete production of generators for 1st FNPS by 2009

Maersk revises South Atlantic Express service

OOCL adds Gothenburg to SBX2 service

Hanjin liquidates German unit

UK union slams down on Russian operator

Minister promise to support Turkish shipyards

Maersk revises South Atlantic Express

Saigon Newport signs deal with foreign shipping firms

Havila Shipping ASA posts operating profit of NOK641.5m

Alexander & Baldwin reports 2008 net income of $132.4 million

LUKOIL to invest USD 37.5 mln to develop its business in Turkey

KLASCO revenues increased by 7.3% in 2008

Faina freed, vessel to sail off to Mombasa

Railway transportation of Transgarant up 17.3% to 24.8 mln t in 2008

Pirates start leaving hijacked Faina vessel - maritime bulletin

Maersk adds Wilmington call

Maersk hikes Euro-Asia rates

Matson Navigation Q4 operating profit declined 30 percent to $21.1 million

Gdansk tops 100,000 TEU

UK's Dragon LNG terminal to open in Q2

Volume down at NZ's largest container port in January

Mexico reopens oil port of Dos Bocas

Port of L.A. seeks to cancel contract for Chinese X-ray unit

Ennore Port plans general cargo berth by 2010

Wilhelmsen sells ITM to V.Ships

STX Pan Ocean secures $20m contract

9.98% of shares in Mazeikiu Nafta to be offered to Poles in a fortnight

Scrap yards full as owners cut their losses

Guangzhou, Ningbo join top ten club in 2008

Russian destroyer escorts 3 ships in pirate-infested Gulf of Aden

Gas pipeline construction in Primorsky Territory to be started this year

Oil price up to $44.15 in London and down to $40.32 in New York

World box ship order book falls to 6.1 million TEU