News 2009 December 28

The volume of freight of "Sovfraht-Sovmortrans" in 2009 fall 13% - up to 36 million tones

Heavy-laden trucks stuck at the seaport of St. Petersburg due to heavy snowfall

Zvezda (Primorye) to repair "Photius Krylov" tug rescue boat

Okskaya Shipyard (Nizhniy Novgorod Region) to build 10 river bulk carriers for Volga Shipping

FST changes tariffs for export oil shipment for several routes

Vopak, Zamil Group ink LNG terminal JV deal

China says ship crew rescued from Somali pirates

Putin estimates $5bln for shipbuilding in Russian Far East by 2020

US to miss scanning deadline

Vinashin gets government approval for bonds issue

Nornikel to invest 1.1 billion rubles in the construction of a sea terminal in Murmansk next year

Cargo turnover of Oil Terminal of St. Petersburg in 2009 reached 12 million tons

FTS announced updated fees tariffs at Russian seaports

Investments drop for the Northern Railway development is expected at 4,65% - to 7,246 billion rubles in 2010

Transshipping complex for general cargo starts operating at Uzhny (Southern) port of Ukraine

FTS cuts tariffs for transportation of coal and coke by rail

FST establishes tariffs rates for the transportation of export ferrous metals through the Far East ports

Board of Directors of "Slavjanka Shipyard Co., Ltd” (Primorye) approves cost of the company’s shares

"Transit-DV" wins, to supply Kuzbass coal to Kamchatka in 2010

Rosgranitsa plans to complete the arrangement of the check point Suburban (Sakhalin) in summer 2010

Drilling rig ordered by Rosneft to be built at Zvezda (Primorye) shipyard

Nerpa nuclear attack submarine joins Russian Navy fleet

FTS of Russia updates its tariffs on container transportation by rail

Sovcomflot to send its first tanker to ply the Northern Sea Route in summer 2010

Costa Rican company to join the consortium to excavate Panama Canal extension

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping sales down 39% y-o-y in Q1 2009

STX may loose the $500 million shipyard project

Transneft ESPO pipeline starts operating, the first tanker loaded at the port of Kozmino

CMA CGM projects profits for November, December

Oil prices stay unchanged, traders on Christmas vocation