News 2009 October 5

Russian warships to escort Abkhazia-bound freight vessels

Petrolesport (St. Petersburg) is included into Maersk Line’s weekly service

Port of Arkhangelsk turnover down 34.5% first 9 months, 2009

Fuel oil delivery volumes in RPK Vysotsk LUKOIL-II tankers amount to 463.8 thousand tons May-Sep, 2009

Singapore starts building S$500-M cruise terminal

Ship sinks off Taiwan; 1 dead, 10 missing

Throughput of Odessa Commercial Sea Port down 21.8% to 20.55 mln t in Jan-Sep 09

New container company set up in Denmark

Kochi port to optimise container berths usage

PT Berlian Laju Tanker to buy Norwegian shipping firm

Prime Shipping delivers 400,000 t of Samara Refinery's products to off-harbor complex in Kerch strait in Apr-Sep 09

Throughput of port Kavkaz up 8.82% to 5.894 mln t in Jan-Sep 09

The Temryuk port cargo turnover down 5.62% first 9 months 2009

RUR 3.6 billion port complex to be constructed by 2014 in the Azov Sea

Off-harbour oil products transhipment volume up 5.3% in the Port of Saint-Petersburg May-Sep, 2009

NUTEP container throughput down 10.5% to 78,693 TEU in Jan-Sep 09

Greek cargo ship collide with Ukrainian vessel to sink

OJSC Vostochy Port cargo turnover increase 0.3% Jan-Sep, 2009

Cargo loading of Russian Railways down 19.5% to 816.7 mln t in Jan-Sep 09

S.Korea STX Offshore wins $150 mln European orders

South Africa to bar Russian P&I Pool insured ships

Port Klang Authority plans new formula on feeder incentives

North Korean ship detained in Indian waters

Container lines need 20% more lay-ups to end losses: Marsoft

Shipping Corporation of India plans to sell 7 tankers this fiscal

Mercuria Energy acquires oil terminal in Port of Antwerpen

US port extends speed reduction scheme

Canada Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement increases currency surcharge 4pc from November 1

COSCO cancels contract for two 5,000 unit PCTCs

NYK drops Tacoma terminal plan

Oil price down to $68.07 in London, to $69.95 in New York

Europe freight forwarder index rises 15 points in September