News 2009 July 22

Throughput of Rotterdam port down 13.4% to 185 mln t in H1 09

Participant of the meeting on IMO Audit in Russia adopt resolution

MEPC adopts amendments to MARPOL Annex I Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil

BVT shipbuilders secures ?230m deal with MoD for next 15 years

Ukraine resumes construction of Danube-Black Sea canal

China bunker market set to double in a few years

EMS vessel crew released after Nigeria abduction

Over 1 million tons of coal handled at JSC Baltic Coal Terminal

Belarus bans operation of pipe transporting Russian oil pdt

Indian terminal project moving ahead

Oil spill ship company offers higher compensation

COSL to build Skipsteknisk-designed seismic ships

EMGS launches second purpose-built 3D EM vessel

FTS rejects regulation of tariffs for natural monopoly holders in river ports

EBRD grants Russian Railways unsecured loan of USD500m

Oil price up to $66.87 in London and to $64.72 in New York

Yang Ming hikes Asia-US rate US$400/TEU, $500/FEU on August 10

CMA CGM 'confirms' peak season surcharge from August 1