News 2009 December 22

Middle Urals and Finland focus on possible direct container shipping

S&P agency issues “stable” rate for St. Petersburg

Local system of services management starts operating at Amur Shipping Company

Rostekhnadzor to examine Primorsky Refinery construction project for environmental issue

SCR cuts tariffs on export and import next year

AADA members to raise freight rate

Hapag-Lloyd announces the General Rate Increase effective February 15, 2010

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins 750 bln won order for oil tankers

Port of Seattle buys BNSF Line

Nevsky Shipyard to build two multi-task rescue vessels for Rosmorrechflot

FCS of Russia eases customs procedure for Latvian carriers

Project-Ukraine contracted to reconstruct Odessa port berth, cost $ 8.5 million

President Yushchenko cancels government’s decrees on Octyabrsky and Nikolaev ports

Throughput of Krasnodar region ports up 6.3% - to 142.3 million tons this year

Authority say shareholders to decide on PNT deal

Construction of new 1,1 billion rubles highway to East Port to begin next year

NAMFB of Primorskiy Territory to pay over 91 million rubles of dividends on preferred shares

Divers scanning Aras-1 hull, no visible damages

LUKOIL and ROSMORPORT to cooperate for development of sea ports and bunkering vessels

Maersk reflags supertanker to France

NYK gets a long-term contract from Rio Tinto

China's Rizhao port throughput up 22.8 per cent to 170 million tonnes in Jan-Nov

Dubai World buys a 25-percent stake in Vostochny port

Kamchatka Seabird anchored at Mauritius port, crew beg for help

Zim adds vessel in EMX service

Oil price down $72.99 (-0.76) in London, in New York $72.47 (-0,89)