News 2009 December 4

Cargo turnover of Murmansk Commercial Seaport up by 7.3% within 11 months, 2009

Keppel seals US$200m rig accord

Three Indian port projects get approval

Port of Halifax signs MOU with Vietnamese port

Maersk Line announces general rate increase from Mediterranean ports to North America

Klaipeda seaport cargo turnover (Lithuania) down by 9.6% in Jan-Nov, 2009

Second stage of Vietnam's Hon La deepwater port begins

Gasprombank and Far East Center of Shipbuilding and Shiprepair sign a cooperation agreement

Possyet port to tender on stacker leasing on December 9, 2009

Nibulon ALLC and Wadan Yards Okean (the Ukraine) to sign a contract on 8 barges building

China Shipbuilding plans $2.16 billion IPO

Daewoo's German ship order could rise to $450 mln

Maersk container boss sees box upturn in Asia

Pakistan fails to win seat in IMO council

U.S. port activity expected to pick up in 2010

Port of Tallinn (Estonia) to decide on new lines opening to St.-Petersburg in 2011

Russian FCS elaborated draft regulation on ‘dry port’

Oil price up to $78.36 in London and down to $76.46 in New York