News 2009 February 9

Operating results of NCC's terminals in January 2009

Draft of the canal DANUBE - BLACK SEA attained 5,85 m

China's shipbuilding orders may halve in 2009

Spill from Caterpillar plant closes river in Illinois

China Shipping to issue up to 5 bln yuan bills

Port of Kotka to build a new quay at the Mussalo harbour

EU clears syndicate takeover of Hapag-Lloyd

Gulf Marine signs up Aegean Petroleum

Kaohsiung slides out of the top ten

Chinese shipbuilders lobby Beijing

DP World faces low refinancing pressure this year

Throughput of Odessa port down 25% to 744,900 tonnes in Jan 09

Transneft discusses ESPO participation with Hyundai

Russian border guards detain foreign vessel for alleged poaching

Ukrainian ship freed by pirates due in Kenyan port Wednesday

Net profit of Nakhodka Oil Seaport up 3.5 times to RUR 9.9 mln in 2008

Varandey oil export terminal handles 551,400 tonnes of oil in Jan 09

Neustrashimy patrol ship returns to Baltiysk from Gulf of Aden

Vitino port handles 425,900 tonnes of oil products in Jan 09

Maersk to increase fuel fee on Middle East-India cargo

US container traffic seen down 11.8 pct H1 '09

Ennore Port plans general cargo berth by 2010

Iran starts bunkering service at Shahid Rajaee Port

DP World opens new terminal in Djibouti

Jawaharlal Nehru Port's 2008 box volume rises 7.5pc

Oil price down to $46.21 in London and to $40.17 in New York