News 2009 October 7

Ilichevski Commercial Seaport to assimilate about $31 million investments 2009

Topaz Energy and Marine to take into operation 16 vessels by end 2010

Kawasaki Heavy absorbs Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp

Navigator LLC river fleet ships 864,000 tons of Rosneft and TNK-BP export oil products to Kerch and Caucasus ports Apr-Sep, 2009

Brazil Vale to order $1 bln ships from S.Korea

China Shipping raises rates on most of its services

IMO to discuss swine flu vaccinations with HSE

Klaipeda port cargo turnover down 13% Jan-Sep, 2009

Aktau port cargo turnover up 32% Jan-Sep, 2009

Cargo motorship GT-18 takes the ground in Rybinskoe water storage basin

Vessels crews actions under OSP are more effective than those of SRU – Prime Shipping

Ukrainian CSP cargo turnover down 21% first 9 months, 2009

Hyundai Heavy Industries to build three suezmax instead of two aframaxes for Greek company

MISC Berhad adds call at Pipavav, India

Stolt-Nielsen S.A. reports unaudited results for Q3

Australia’s Babcock & Brown Infrastructure to sell port business, terminal stake

RF Government to flog 20% shares of OJSC Sovcomflot late 2010 – early 2011

Oil price up to $68.56 in London and to $70.88 in New York