News 2009 April 16

Ukraine’s transport companies cut cargo transportation 32.9% to 153 mln t in Q1 09

RAS net profit of Sea Port of Saint Petersburg up 24% to RUR 1 bln in 2008

PRISCO Elizaveta has been blessed

STX to build three icebreaker tugs for Caspian Offshore Construction

Hellespont launches chemical tanker pool

Braemar buys LPG Connect International

STX Group raises US$417 mln from Chinese lenders

OOCL revenue down 30% in Q1

Shanghai's exports saw slower drop in Marсh

Fishermen lift French port blockades

Maersk leaves Tacoma for Seattle

Port of Rotterdam Authority to commission new berths for inland shipping on Maasvlakte

Throughput of Freight One JSC up 3.4 times to 37 mln t in Q1 09

Trial customs clearance in “dry ports” to be launched in St. Petersburg by summer 2009

Tallink loss almost tripled in three months on weaker cargo

Concept for transfer of customs clearance to state border approved by all ministries and agencies – FCS of RF

Ukrzaliznitsa to build 62 km of additional approaches to ports in Odessa and Nikolayev regions in 2009

Cosco launches Fuzhou-SW America Service

Ship orders in Japan down 47 percent in fiscal 2008

Tanker sinks in Cebu

French frigate seizes pirate ‘mother ship’

Philippines ICTSI secures $40m, five-year loan from local bank

India helps fund Malacca/Singapore Straits navigation

US box volumes hit seven-year low in February

New Bahrain container terminal gets first boxship

Persian Gulf tanker rate down to 11-year low

Gazprom plans attracting Ukrainian shipyards for creation of industrial fleet

Shanghai DC consortium wins another big contract in Brazil

Gazprom Neft expects output to grow after 2012 due to Gazprom, E.Siberian assets

RZD has completely allocated its 14 series bonds for RUR 15 bln

Hijacked Greek cargo ship released after month

Oil price down to $51.79 in London and to $49.25 in New York