News 2009 June 17

Gazprom sees Sakhalin LNG exports at 5 mln T

Throughput of Vanino Port down 16.4% to 2.4 mln t in Jan-May 09

Kuwait Oil Company plans to replace its ageing fleet of workboats

Australia builds world's biggest coal port

Largest bunker tanker launched in Singapore

Diesel fuel spills from N Korea’s vessel in Vladivostok

OPK shipyards successfully completed sea trials of icebreaker “St. Petersburg”

All-Russia Forum "Current State and Prospects for Development of Russian Bunker Services Market" to be held June 25-26 in SPb

Round Table “RF getting ready to participate in Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme” to be held July 10 in SPb

Riga Port to be moved from downtown to Krievu Island

Oil export via the port of Primorsk up 3% to 31.8 mln t in Jan-May 09

Shipping Corporation of India Q4 net drops 19%

LUKOIL to ship 3 mln T oil to China's Sinopec

Cosco Pacific global terminal volume down 8.3pc in May

Los Angeles container volume down 16.3 percent in May

Russian oil output down by 0.1% in Jan-May - statistics

Marseilles cargo throughput down 22 percent in May

Oil price down to $70.24 in London and to $70.47 in New York