News 2009 December 2

Maersk reconsiders its investment priorities

Ust-Luga port cargo turnover (Leningrad region) up by 47.7%, Jan-Nov. 2009

MISC last quarter profit falls to US$38 million

Iran, Iraq to launch tourist shipping line

Bangladesh's Mongla port signes $3b MOU

IMO considers the possibility of international training fleet establishment

Tallinn port cargo turnover (Estonia) up by 7.1% within 11 months 2009

Vladimir Bazhenov appointed CEO of Nevsky Shipbuilding-Shiprepair Plant LLC (Leningrad region) on December 1, 2009

Transportation branch volumes in Russia to go up by 10%, HR demand – by 3% by 2012, - Igor Levitin

IMTP (the Ukraine) handled cargo volume down 14.3% within 11 months, 2009

ICTSI wins $771m Mexico port contract

Farstad Shipping announces charter agreements

Marseille box traffic grows 5 percent in ten months of 2009

Four Korean carriers to borrow $630 million

Vostochny port OJSC cargo turnover down by 1% within 11 months, 2009

Canadian ports weathering CN strike

Pella (Leningrad region) to hand over Klasko-2 towboat to a Lithuanian plant, December, 2009

Oil price up to $79.35 in London and to $78.37 in New York