News 2009 July 30

NUTEP plans to raise capacity of NCC terminal in Novorossiysk by 26.5%

Samsung bags $50bn Shell contract

NYK close to inking 20-year Vale deal

Malaysian ports rise container throughput by 10% in Q2

Maersk expects idled container fleet to expand 66% by next year

Maersk, Hyundai, APL sign vessel-sharing agreement

North Korea seized South Korea fishing boat

Daewoo Shipbuilding rises Q2 revenue by 79%

Russian task force arrives in Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy mission

Net profit of Tallinn port up 9% to $24.283 mln in H1 09

Task-force to improve regional cooperation between Latvia and Russia to be formed

NCSP Group buys 4 new tugboats for EUR 25 mln

Oil pipeline company Transneft posts 3.4% net profit drop in 1H09

Russian Railways receives $500 mln loan from EBRD

Nissan to shut down St. Petersburg plant in early August for summerholiday

SCF Sovcomflot partnership with SUEK

Iran, Russia agree to intensify North-South corridor project

Sungdong gets second suezmax order in July

Evergreen hikes rates on U.S. commodity exports

Oil price down to $66.53 in London and to $63.35 in New York