News 2009 October 27

Lithuanian administration to decide on new moorages construction

Chinese ports cargo turnover up by 5%, Jan.-August 2009

Evergreen launches Caribbean and Centram feeder service

Somali pirates seize yacht

NYK to cut half its box fleet by 2013

Hapag-Lloyd to hike rates from south Asia to North Europe and the Mediterranean

DP World container volumes down 8% in Jan-Sept; CFO to join parent firm

Maersk Line adjusts capacity on Europe-ME-India route

Maersk starts a new dedicated feeder service in Iraq

Three-fold net profit increase of the Ukrainian maritime and river transport enterprises, Q I-III 2009

Russia and Turkey to construct oil refinery in Ceyhan (Turkey)

FGUP Rosmorport structure changed

RF Government to decide on Ust-Luga OJSC bonds state guarantees

VCT cargo turnover down by 20%, Q I-III 2009

Rosprirodnadzor fines Tis Logistic LLC for ecological requirements violation

Bank Saint-Petersburg sells Scandinavia’s property

International congress ‘Oil terminal 2009’ held November 26-27 in St.-Petersburg

Norwegian Cruise Line to offer $450M in notes

Brussels says no plans to ease liner antitrust rules

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins $460 mln bulk ship order

Over 90 vessels decommissioned in the Far East, Q I-III 2009

Port of Jawaharlal Nehru delays extension

Motor-tow-vessel of Pechora river shipping sinks in Amderma port (the Kara Sea)

Sweden's Transatlantic loses $7.3 million

Oil price down to $77.26 in London and to $78.68 in New York