News 2009 December 11

St.-Petersburg authorities may apply to Russian FCS to suspend new customs regulations

STX Europe to sign the contract with Siem Offshore on construction of 2 supply-vessels to the sum of more than $150 million

“Zvezdotchka” ship-repair company to get 495 million rubles as government support

Leningrad region and Quebec (Canada) intend to develop cooperation in the sphere of logistics and goods transportation

Russian Railway transported 1,972 thousand TEUs by container train on Kouvola-Buslovsky-Shushary line in 2009

Over 16 million tones of cargoes through Murmansk customs in January-November, 2009

IFC provides $70m loan to Jakarta terminal for expansion

Ditching barge hull complete for Kashagansky oil field

Shanghai port cargo throughput up 19.06 percent to 30.7 million tonnes in November

MOL shows off its first SRV

German ports freeze dues, offer discounts

Rolling stock stucks, delays throughput at Vladivostok Port

Russian Ust-Luga Company buys three Liebherr Group’s mobile cranes for UG-2, to purchase more

Volga Shipping company cut freight traffic 30 % - to 4,6 million tons in 2009

Somali pirates release Greek ship held for seven months

Bulgaria, Russia mull joint venture to run Varna-Port Kavkaz ferry

134 capsizes stuck in ports worldwide - shipbrokers

Port Klang corruption scandal widens

Russian customs office to tighten control on Russian-Latvian border

Baltic Dry Index average to jump 15 percent in 2010, STX says

EIB finances expansion of Port of Barcelona

Singapore bunker firm's licence cancelled

Le Havre outlines US$1 billion port upgrade

Oil price down in London to $71.86 (-0.53), in New York to $70.54 (-0,13)