News 2009 July 20

Cargo turnover of RF maritime transport up 1.7% to 7.5 bln t-km

Singapore CO2 scrubber "works"

Russian authorities say Volga oil spill larger than thought

LUKOIL continues offshore construction operations at Yu. Korchagin field in the Caspian Sea

Cargo traffic of North Western Shipping Company down 20% to 2.8 mln t in H1 09

Throughput of Liepaja port down 8.2% to 2 mln t in Jan-July 08

Krasnoye Sormovo launches first tanker for KazMorTransFlot

Orsova shipyard concludes 10 new building contracts

New Russian task force to patrol Somali waters until November

Severnaya Verf launches supply vessel built for Siddis SkipperII AS (Norway)

Slight recovery in two major shipping routes

Rotterdam stabilises with first half container volume of 15pc

22.7pc of HK throughput originates from PRD ports

Fujian sea ports first half container throughput falls 10.7pc

Oil price up to $65.38 in London and to $63.56 in New York