News 2009 February 12

Throughput of Tallinn port up 2.5% to 2.4 mln t in Jan 09

Volga Shipping carries 6.9 mln t of cargo in 2008

Maersk upgrades KNSM service between North Europe and Morocco

Seattle port sets grain tonnage record in '08

GAC Group optimises its resources in Russia

IMO meet in March to agree on energy efficiency

Throughput of Russian seaports up 7.5% to 36.7 mln t in Jan 09

Russia-China trade up 18% to $56.8 bln in 2008

Russia exports over 13 mln t of grain in Jan 09

China's January import/export figures drop 17.5 percent

OOCL slash capacity by a quarter

Seaports of Ukraine earned UAH 63 mln to State Budget in Jan 09

Throughput of Liepaja port down 40.2% to 249,800 tonnes in Jan 09

"Ukrzaliznitsya" has no enough capacities to transport containers from the ports

Crude tankers store 50 million barrels of oil - IEA

CMA CGM obtains Port of Lattakia concession

Hong Kong shipping line OOCL becomes a new customer for the Port of Gothenburg

Oil price down to $44.28 in London and to $35.94 in New York