News 2009 April 1

Azov-and-Don Shipping Company to invest $140-150 mln in construction of vessels

RF Transport Ministry publishes draft Concept on reforming management system of Russia’s IWW

All-Russia Forum "Current State and Prospects for Development of Russian Bunker Services Market" to be held June 25-26 in St. Petersburg

LENMORNIIPROEKT BOD appoints Nikolai Kuznetsov new Director General of the institute

Dutch terminal to double fuel imports to Moldova

Evergreen to re-flag 13 ships

Port of Helsinki cargo traffic down 28 % to 1.34m tons in January-February

Containerships launches new Swedish services

Greece cancels Thessaloniki port tendering

Loading at Oktyabrskaya Railway is likely to fall 22-24% in 2009

Peruvian-Portuguese consortium sign Peru port pact

Safmarine buys two new vessels

Maersk replaces eight ships under US-flag

Port of Vancouver sells bonds

Evergreen denies Kaohsiung pullout

Indonesia to build a new floating LNG discharge terminal

Transit navigation starts at Don river and Azov-and-Don canal

TNK-BP to raise efficiency of oil production 7% in 2009-2011

Shipping companies of Odessa region carried 378,200 tonnes of cargo in Jan-Feb 09

Severstal eyeing container business development on the basis of Neva-Metal

Net profit of Odessa Port Plant totales $10.4 mln in 2008

Construction of new Far East seaport to start in 2010 – Igor Levitin

Oil price up to $49.23 in London and to $49.66 in New York

Somali pirates arrested after failed attack on German tanker

HHI eyes rival’s China operations

TMT quits FFA market

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG revenue up 12.4 percent to $1.8 billion in 2008

Ningbo port launches Ningbo-Yiwu sea-rail service