News 2009 July 2

Medvedev urges to upgrade Admiral Gorshkov under deadline

Throughput of Klaipedos nafta down 15.5% to 3.7 mln t in H1 09

Russian shipyards need innovations, production cost managing - Medvedev

CSCL, CMA CGM, CSAV Norasia unite on around-the-world service

China's Lianyungang to build an international port

Qatari fund buys Polish yards for 82 million euros

OPEC June output up to 26.02 million barrels per day

GDF Suez says would contest any EU fine-CEO

Maersk Line sees stagnation in 2010-Eivind Kolding

Port of Auckland begins reorganisation

Safmarine launches Safari 3 service

"K" Line establishes shipping agency in South Africa

Transit transportation of Ukrainian Railway down by over 1/3 in H1 09

SSC Ferries is being liquidated

Volgo-Baltic Logistic to be an exclusive agent of Jumbo Shipping (Netherlands) in Russia and CIS

Russia pledges to end transit of mazut through Estonia in 2010

Throughput of Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk down 12.5% to 8.3 mln t in H1 09

Ukrainian Government to check up validity of railway tariffs and grain transshipment rates

Russia to launch Baltic oil pipeline in late 2011 - deputy PM

Paragon Shipping signs new charters for 2 vessels

S.Korean shipyards to share Petrobras deals-STX

New Zealand venture defers plan to import LNG

Danaos gets covenant waivers on all credit facilities

New chairman appointed at Chennai Port

Eimskip plans financial re-organisation

Chongqing port capacity to hit 5 million TEU in 3 years

Guangxi plans to become southern China's shipbuilding base

APL inaugurates first European line at Fuzhou

Oil price down to $68.79 in London and to $69.31 in New York