News 2010 February 3

Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg not to be drawn for 2-3 days

Containers export traffics through Trans-Siberian Railroad down by 56%

Wadan Yards Okean Shipyard’s stockholders reelect the supervisory board

Throughput at Batumi oil terminal (Georgia) up 28%, 574.700 tons in January

Gazprom to complete study of a Murmansk refinery investment project by the end of this year

Throughput in Finland ports dropped by 17.9%, to 78.7 million tons in 2009

TRANSAS to manufacture new generation Navi-Monitor system for sea and river ships

Cargo turnover at Georgia seaports up 9 percent, 20.2 million tons in 2009

January freight traffics through Kaliningrad Railroad up 53.1%, over 1 million tons

Rotterdam port posts final report, slightly improved but a 8.1% drop, 387 million tones for 2009

Throughput of NNFC up 6.5%, 12.192 TEUs in January 2010

Volumes of NR’s Arkhangelsk branch up 29.8, 484.400 tons in January 2010

Transport Ministry charged, removes its restrictions to ease competition in port services market

Regional governor projects LNG plant’s capacity at 15 million tons a year

Iyichevck port buys a heavy lift harbor crane, upgrades to boost its throughput

397 million rubles invested in a project, to turn Sverdlovsk region into a major Russian transport-logistics hub

Russian ports show a 19-min. cut in rail cars delay on approach lines in 2009, year-over-year

Mongolia-flagged "Real" ship evacuated to Vladivostok port, out-of-order

Oil price up $2.95, to $76.06 in London, in New York to $77.23 (+2.80)