News 2009 April 27

Marine Insurance Forum 2009: Russia & CIS to be held in Moscow on June 25-26

Marseilles throughput down 14% to 20.9 mln t in Q1 09

Shanghai Port Q1 net profit falls 28 pct to $107.5 million

Output of Ukrainian shipyards down by almost 60% in Q1 09

Japanese to help modernise Russian shipyard

Long Beach named best port in North America

Cochin Shipyard Limited plans to build shipyard in Vizhinjam

Maltese-flag bulker hijacked

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins US$75 mln sub order from Indonesia

Gulf Navigation profit down 85% in first quarter

K-Line, Nippon Yusen forecast profit plunge this year

Norwegian owners cancel 41 vessels in 2009

Port Vanino to pay RUR 228 per preferred and RUR 110 per ordinary share as dividends for 2008

Estonia to become transit point for Chinese goods

“Recession in the industry's mind, not its pocketbook” - Clarkson

Rotterdam voted as best port in Europe for the twentythird time

RZD and Russian transport machine building enterprises sign cooperation charter

Palmali Group rejects two tankers built by Krasnoye Sormovo

Train congestion near Novorossiysk to last till late May – North Caucasus Railway

Throughput of Taganrog Commercial Seaport down 31%to 167,000 in Q1 09

L.A.-Long Beach delay infrastructure container fee

Somali pirates seize Yemen oil tanker

Matson Navigation to increase fuel surcharge

Cargotec receives port equipment orders worth EUR 10 million

India's Paradip port to handle 100 million ton cargo by 2016

CKYH alliance starts calls to the Port of Halifax

Horizon Lines loses $10 million in Q1

Russian warships arrive in Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy mission

Throughput of Odessa region’s seaports down 5.4% to 23.9 mln t in Q1 09

Russian Railways issues new shares worth RUR 41.5 bln

Oil price up to $51.67 in London and to $51.55 in New York