News 2009 April 13

BLG Logistics starts delivery of automobiles to Sea Port of Saint Petersburg in April 2009

Russian Black Sea ports can count on small portion of IRISL cargo – expert

Ports of Ukraine in recession

CMA CGM plans to save US$600mil

India's Mundra port handles heaviest project cargo

Pacific box lines seek to set floor rates

Baltic Dry Index rises 1%, ends 22-day slide

Foreign vessel stopped for poaching in Russia's Far East

Shanghai Int'l Port aims at higher container throughput in 2009

Forming of OSK authorized capital completed – Igor Sechin

New port investments 'too risky'-COSCO Pacific

RF Government to establish single body for management of all Russian IWW – Sergei Ivanov

Transneft, Rosneft sign agrmnt on oil supplies to China

Arctic container carrier of Norilsk Nickel transports 763,000 t for 3 years of operation

Port of Rotterdam throughput down 10.8% to 94 million tonnes in Q1

Commercial Port of Vladivostok to have EUR 5 mln tug boat built at Damen shipyard (Netherlands)

Third 156,000-dwt Suezmax tanker laid down in China for Novoship

PRISCO gas carrier with Sakhalin LNG leaves Prigorodnoye port for Great Britain

Foreign vessel stopped for poaching in Russia's Far East

LNG prices may tumble to as low as $0.70 MMBtu

US special forces free Maersk Alabama captain

Shanghai International Port (Group) Co postpones Belgian port acquisition

Rosneft completed early repayment of a state bank loan

Coal stock at Qinhuangdao drops to 3.77 million tones

RAS revenue of Russian Railways down 11.4% to RUR 230 bln, loss – RUR 26.8 bln in Q1 09