News 2009 May 5

Nordic American Q1 profit falls 27%

Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Q1 profit down 62%

Guangzhou Shipyard Q1 profit falls 50% on plate prices

Maersk Group reduces CO2 emissions by 9% in 2008

Port of Kaohsiung wants to twin with mainland ports

RAS net profit of Sea Port of Saint Petersburg up 5.47 times to RUR 42.1 mln

Freight Index falls record 25 percent in April

Export of Russian oil cargo via port Primorsk up 6% to 19.2 mln t in Q1 09

Novoship’s new tanker NS Arctic delivered

Big Port of St. Petersburg cuts throughput by 27% to 9.7 mln t in Q1 09

Throughput of Petersburg Oil Terminal up 2.8% to 3.7 mln t in Q1 09

Throughput of Vostochny Port down 6% to 4.6 mln t in Jan-Apr 09

RISCO fleet renewed by two new tankers and one buker

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

St. Petersburg passenger port opens navigation

Russia's Medvedev urges international court to try pirates

Cargo navigation-2009 starts at Yenisei

Asian nations set up $120 billion crisis fund

Philippines government plans to revive shipbuilding sector

Iran plans to add 16 ships to its fleet

Up to 56 VLCCs could be fixed for floating storage

Maersk adds second service at the West Shenzhen port

CMA CGM withdrew from the joint service with China Shipping

Hyundai Merchant Marine launches two U.S. services

Oil price up to $54.58 in London and to $54.47 in New York

Wallenius Wilhelmsen launches South America service