News 2009 October 22

Nevsky Shipbuilding-Shiprepair Plant (Schliesselburg, Leningrad region, Russia) launched the head vessel - bunker-tanker for coastal trade, deadweight - 850 tons

Igor Levitin on key priorities of Russia and EU transport co-operation

Shipyard Yantar to complete test vessel construction December 2009

China's CNOOC starts building fourth LNG terminal

Pirates hijack Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier off Somalia

DP World seeks ?1bn London Gateway loan

Container ship oversupply may last through 2011:Evergreen Marine

Commercial Seaport of Sochi reconstruction estimated RUR13 billion

Evergreen rises rates on Far East/Indian Sub-Continent services

LUKOIL to decide on crude oil terminal project

Box throughput of Gdansk terminal (Poland) up to 117,775 TEU, Jan-Sep 2009

VSZD cargo volumes exceed 48.6 mln tons within 9 months, 2009

12 vessels and water crafts built in Ukrainian shipyards

Over 250 tankers to be cleared in Sakhalin customs, 2010

Volga Shipping JSC ships 4 mln tons of cargo in navigation 2009

Trans Siberian railway resumes operation

Maersk Line raises trans-Atlantic container rates

Russia may privatize certain state corporations - Medvedev

Ningbo's container volume up 9.4pc in September

Oil price up to $79.69 in London and to $81.37 in New York