News 2009 October 13

Cargo turnover of Russian seaports up by 8 %, Jan-Sep, 2009

WWL wins Nissan contract in Chennai, India

French mariners fight off fishing vessel attack

Middle East-Asia supertanker rates slide 0.8 per cent past week

Rotterdam became Austria's main port for the 11th time

Container traffic through the Suez Canal down 15.7 per cent in August

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics boosts China Express service sailings

Cargo navigation in Samara to be over Dec.5, 2009

Shipyard Zaliv JSC (Kerch) builds a supply-vessel hull for Ulstein shipyard (Norway)

Vanino Commercial Seaport OJSC cargo turnover down 10.5% Jan-Sep, 2009

VMPT cargo turnover remains stable Jan-Sep, 2009

Novoship OJSC tanker is illegally arrested in Lagos (Nigeria)

Volkswagen to deliver cars to Eastern Europe via St-Petersburg, 2010

Transpacific Stabilization Agreement likely to raise container freight rates

China Shipping Container Lines Co. to raise South America rates

Japanese shipping company Mitsui to merge with 2 ferry operators

NOL volume grows 0.8 percent by mid September

Asia-Europe container volume declines 11 percent in August to 1.08 million TEUs

Oil price up to $71.36 in London and to $73.27 in New York