News 2009 May 26

Latvian ports cut handling of metal goods by 6.7% to 174,500 tonnes in Jan-Apr 09

Rail Baltica is a priority among Lithuania's transport projects

Rosneft to develop Abkhazia's offshore fields

Efko to commence construction of the second phase of transshipment complex in Taman port in 2009

ICTSI to operate and maintain Muara Container Terminal

Rickmers Maritime sees higher Q2 income

Neste Oil builds Europe's largest renewable diesel plant in Rotterdam

China's Tianjin plans vast expansion of rail network by 2020

More Vietnam-US direct shipping services to be launched next month

Swedish navy stops ship attack in Gulf of Aden

Danish DS Norden Q1 profits plunge 64%

Hamburg Sud upgrades services

Bulgaria's Svishtov port expands freight terminal

Two foreign companies bid for $1.4 bln Tunisia port licence

Bavarian inland ports doubled the volume of rail cargo transported to Amsterdam and Rotterdam via Asschaffenburg

IMCL to start Rotterdam-Poland service

Cargo volumes at the Port of Tallinn and Riga grew in January-April 2009

Mitsui O.S.K. plans to acquire bulk shipping line

Loss of Lithuanian Shipping Company exceeds $5.5 mln in Q1 09

Total turnover of North-Western Shipping Company down 22% to 1.3 mln t in Q1 09

Net profit of Vostochny Port makes RUR 110 mln in Q1 09

Trawler disabled, Okhotsk sea

Refrigerator vessel Matterhorn with Russian crew detained by French authorities on suspicion of oil spill

Oil price down to $60.21 in London

South Korea's Pohang box terminal to start operations on August 8

Singapore Rickmers Maritime sees higher Q2 income

China Merchants' first berth in Qingdao to open by 2010

Port of Seattle opens US$50 million double-berth container terminal

Maersk rises India-Europe rate and piracy surcharge

NYK and NileDutch to launch Asia-West Africa service