News 2009 September 1

LUKoil buys Total's 45% stake in Dutch oil refinery for $600 mln

Arctic Sea crew released

CMA CGM, Maersk and Hyundai suspend Hudson service

Golden Ocean to sell panamax vessel

Nordic Tankers adjusts fleet value

Red Sea fast ferry service begins operations

Oil giant Rosneft posts 47% U.S. GAAP net profit drop in 1H09

RF Government approves limits of port Primorsk (Leningrad region)

Russia and Poland sign agreement on navigation in Kaliningrad (Visla) Bay

Oil exported by Caspian Pipeline Consortium up 11.8% to 22.95 mln t in Jan-Aug 09

Globaltrans posts H1 09 financial results

Repair works on Zmeiniy island (Odessa port, Ukraine) completed in August

Shanghai International Port Group first half net down 30%

Pacific Basin to expand fleet

Singapore launches maritime stock index

Iran sends more naval vessels to Gulf of Aden

Evergreen Marine posts loss of $60 million in Q2

Oil price down to $69.65 in London and to $69.96 in New York

Maersk hikes Med, North Africa-U.S.,Canada rates