News 2009 April 21

Rocket cruiser "Varyag" visits Chinese port Qingdao

Baltiysky Zavod to deliver icebreaker Sankt-Peterburg in the second quarter of 2009

Backlog of orders of Baltiysky Zavod makes RUR 14 bln

Persian oil tanker rates may rise

SCI and MSC to jointly operate ISE service from May 16

Hong Kong port's 2008 сontainer throughput hits 24.5m TEUs

M?rsk will cut emission levels on a new series of container ships

German shipping crisis 'to continue beyond 2009'- GL

Georgia Ports adopts new eco-policy

Cochin port cargo throughput down to 15.23 million tonnes in fin 2008-09

CMA CGM upgrades Asia-Mediterranean services

Somali pirates free Filipino ship

EBRD could give $37-mln loan for construction of new terminal in Odessa port

NYK plans to launch super energy efficient freighter in 2030

Baltiysky Zavod to lay down icebreaker of new series in 2010

Russia confirms Admiral Gorshkov delivery to India in 2012

Cargo turnover of Russian transport sector down 16.9% in March 09

ESPO branch to China could be finished ahead of schedule - Sechin

Finland waits for Nord Stream ecological concerns to be addressed

Russia sentences captain of sunken Chinese ship New Star

Throughput of First Container Terminal (Petersburg) down 22.6% to 198,357 TEU in Q1 09

Accident rate at Russian sea transport down 43% in Q1 09

Petrobras needs 240 vessels in the next five to six years

Borchard Line to resume direct calls at Piraeus

Baltic Dry Index ups by 3.3 percent, to 1,737 points on grain surge

Hamburg Sud to cancel Israeli congestion charge

CSAV seeks cut in charter rates by 30 percent

Mitsui O.S.K.'s profit may decline 50% this year - Nikkei

Los Angeles to build $470 million crude oil terminal

Kuehne & Nagel posts results for Q1 09

Hamburg Sud 2008 revenue up 24 percent

MOL adds Jaxport to its APX service

Oil price down to $49.86 in London and to $45.88 in New York