News 2009 June 3

ASCO Marine acquires Seletar Shipping

Noble Group extends distillate trade to Asia, Europe

Bermuda on the top on Paris MOU quality list

Swedish owner Transatlantic drops sale of Atlantic division

China State Shipbuilding Corporation plans new shipyard

London-listed vessel owner Goldenport nets $11m gain from panamax sale

LUKOIL's net income down to $905 mln in Q1 09

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 18.23% to 2.7 mln t in Jan-May 09

Euro Tank Terminal in Rotterdam opens expansion

Throughput of Temryuk port up 18.09% to 978,040 t in Jan-May 09

RosMorPort FSUE to take delivery of icebreaker Sankt-Peterburg in July 2009

Throughput of Iljichevsk Commercial Seaport down 9.4% to 7.2 mln t in Jan-May 09

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

Putin visits Finland to push for Nord Stream, talk timber tariffs

International Forum «Safety of Transport Complexes» to be held in St. Petersburg on June 17-19

Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC down 10% to 5.7 mln t in Jan-May 09

Oil price up to $68.17 in London and down to $68.55 in New York

Kuehne+Nagel predicts double-digit fall in global box volumes

ICC endorses Rotterdam rules

Vietnam to cut import tariffs