News 2009 May 7

Throughput of Odessa Commercial Seaport down 17% to 9.98 mln t in Jan-Apr 09

RZD loading volumes down 26 % in Jan-April 09

Wilh. Wilhelmsen downbeat for the rest of 2009

Singapore Cosco says client cancels one ship order

Somali pirates hijack Dutch ship in Gulf of Aden

Krasnoye Sormovo takes part in tender for construction a multitask rescue and salvage ship

China's major ports iron ore imports up 24% in April

Severnaya Verf shipyard to deliver upgraded ships to Algerian Navy in June 09

Ukrainian Government adopts Strategy of Shipbuilding Development to 2020

Russia’s export down by 47% to $ 57 bln in Jan-Mar 2009

Throughput of Illichivsk port (Ukraine) down 10.9% to 5.7 mln t in Jan-Apr 09

Vladislav Dorofeev – new Director General of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port

Hyundai Heavy Industries launches Zaliv Aniva tanker for PRISCO

Number of cargo vehicles transported by Tallink down 33% in April 09

Box and bulk overcapacity to last five years: Howe Robinson

$100m dispute erupts between China Shipping and Zim

Sri Lanka positions itself as lay-up centre

Ghana records 14.5 million tons maritime trade in 2008

Oil price up to $56.15 in London and to $56.34 in New York