News 2009 July 3

Throughput of Batumi Oil Terminal down 36% to 2.8 mln t in H1 09

Throughput of Tallinn port up 3.9% to 15.4 mln t in H1 09

Hapag-Lloyd looks to cut costs further

Daewoo Shipbuilding builds 4 LNG tnkers for Qatari gas project

Busan Port Authority seals berth deal

Mainland China's ports see volumes drop further in June

Panama Canal Authority calling for expansion work bids

Russia to send investigators to Gulf of Aden to fight piracy

Strike disrupts India's Haldia port operations

Flot NMTP plans to raise bunker sales by 3% to 159,340 t in 2009

Throughput of Odessa Commercial Sea Port down 20.7% to 14.2 mln t in H1 09

Managing director of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” has been appointed

PortNews IAA congratulates its readers on the Day of Marine and River Fleet Personnel

SOCAR launches new ship

Ainars Slesers becomes Riga Port's chairman of the board

Australia's Court fines Patrick, DP World $1.9m each

Throughput of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port OJSC up 53% to 135,000 t in H1 09

India's PPT signs pact for iron ore terminal

Oil price down to $66.65 in London and to $66.73 in New York