News 2009 September 22

RF government may sell up to 20% of Sovcomflot shares this year – Igor Shuvalov

Oil terminal in Ust-Luga and Kozmino port are to be opened by year-end – Igor Levitin

Net profit of Ukrainian commercial seaports up 3.2 times to $170 mln in Jan-Aug 09

Jamaica to build large cruise ship terminal

Maersk Supply Service gets two newbuildings

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port phase one to be finished by 2010

Chile's Mejillones port suspends operations after oil spill

Japan injects $9.3m into Vietnam сustoms facilities at Haiphong Port

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry bags $100m crane order

Russian, Chinese warships escort 23-vessel convoy off Somalia

Iran to privatize oil terminals

Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard buys out 100% of Volgo-Caspian Design Bureau

First stage of East Siberia-Pacific oil pipeline to pump 45 mln tons

Financing of RF transport industry in 2010 to stay at the level of 2009 – Igor Levitin

Throughput of Crimean ports down 7.4% to 7.8 mln t in Jan-Aug 09

International exhibition NEVA-2009 opens in St. Petersburg

Odessa port prepares new investment agreement for construction of a deepwater container terminal

Nevsky yard to lay keel of emergency rescue vessel Tue

Fredriksen raises stake in TUI to 19 pct

China's PSA Dongguan Container Terminal begins international liner calls

STX Pan Ocean wins US$5.84 bln iron-ore shipping deal from Vale

Marseilles-Fos container volumes up by 4 percent to 583,779 in Jan-Aug

Maersk hires a new chief financial officer

OOCL hikes China-Australia rates