News 2009 May 25

Ports and airports which were built from the Budget to be exempt from property tax

Only sea transport has survived the crisis in April

New Finlines ferry routes in June

Ukraine, Russia to discuss Black Sea Fleet facilities in June

Golden Ocean Q1 beats forecast

Maersk may post a full-year loss

Tallinn port finds partners for container terminal

RF Transport Ministry does not think it reasonable to ban import of containers by motor transport

Neptune Orient Lines moves 22 pct less cargo in April

300,000-t grain terminal is put into operation in Georgian port Poti

Vakaru laivu remontas completes the first large-scale modernization in 2009

Yuzhny port plans to triple throughput by 2015

Sovcomflot takes delivery of tugboat to provide safe operation of tankers in Ust-Luga port

Hamburg container throughput down 24.3% in Q1

ICTSI starts operating in Brunei

China ups shipbreaking volumes

ICTSI secures three-year $150m loan deal

Antwerpen to provide cold-ironing to ICL seagoing ships

Los Angeles and Long Beach container traffic down in April

Shipping Corp of India hires 2 container ships to serve Europe route

Hanjin to launch Haiphong Express Service

India’s TCI profit down 28 percent in January-March

Conference “Container and ro-ro transportation at the Baltic Sea” to be held in St. Petersburg on June 11

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

Cabinet of Ukraine ratifies new order of custom control in ports

RZD wants to start a regular train service between Vladivostok and Harbin

Russian destroyer prevents Somali pirate attack on cargo vessel

Oil price up to $60.78 in London and to $61.67 in New York