News 2009 March 13

Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 37.3% to 0.5 mln t, port Kaliningrad – down 31.7% to 1.9 mln t in Jan-Feb 09

RUR 12.5 bln allocated for maintenance of inland waterways infrastructure in 2008 – RF Transport Ministry

New port in Sochi to commence accepting cargo in late summer 2009

Total investment into construction of Sochi port to exceed RUR 12.9 bln

Throughput of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port up 13.8% to 13.7 mln t in Jan-Feb 09

Lithuania proposed PKN Orlen to purchase 10% of the shares in Mazeikiu Nafta

Throughput of Archangelsk Sea Commercial Port up 38% to 281,000 tonnes in Jan-Feb 09

Helicopter carrying 18 people crashes in Atlantic off Canada

Transit navigation at Volga-Baltic waterway to start April 30, 2009

Primorsk Shipping Corporation takes delivery of 51,000-dwt tanker Prisco Irina

Hong Kong celebrates flag passing 40 million mark

China's LPG shipping capacity likely to go up 70% by 2010

Seatrade launches UK-Caribbean service

Qinzhou Port launches new box shipping line to Hong Kong

Maersk changes to Samba service by avoiding Suez Canal

Oil price up to $45.09 in London and to $47.03 in New York

Throughput of Big Port of St. Petersburg down 29% to 6.1 mln t in Jan-Feb 09