News 2009 July 16

Hanjin joins APL in south Asia/Mideast-US east coast Suez loop

India's first nuclear-powered submarine to be launched July 26

Konstantin Palnikov – new Managing Director of North Western Shipping Company

Ventspils nafta earned LVL 29.7 mln profit in 2008

Vopak to develop new French LNG terminal

Panama Canal locks contract awarded

Border guards seize poaching vessels in Russia's Far East

Cargo traffic at RF maritime transport down 0.9% to 17.3 mln t, at IWW – down 35.9% to 32.1 mln t in H1 09

Gulf oil tanker rates drop to 6-week low

World pirate attacks more than double in H1 2009

S'pore sees steady June container traffic

Tallink net loss increased to EEK 269.8 mln

Throughput of Ventspils port down 0.7% to 14.8 mln t in H1 09

Prisco and GC Rieber Shipping acquire two new vessels for work on Sakhalin shelf

Klaipeda Port handled 13.03 mln t of marine cargo in H1 09, a 18-pct deacrese, y-o-y

Oil price up to $63.09 in London and to $61.54 in New York