News 2010 February 4

Cargo turnover through Odessa port down 4.9%, to 2,14 million tons in January this year

Rosmorport invites bids for dredging contract, to maintain harborage of the Big Port this year

Second boarder checkpoint opens in "Marine Facade" (St. Petersburg)

SOCAR exports via Novorossiysk port 129.765 thousand tons of Azerbaijani oil in January

Feodosia port (Crimea) targets its three berths facilities renovation until 2014

Tander operator to build logistic center in Tambov region this year

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Bach Dang Shipbuilding open factory in Vietnam

Expert forecast a 2-3 percent growth in containers volumes via Ukrainian seaports this year

Cargo volumes by the Northern Railway rose 13.7%, to 4.7 million tons in January 2010

Russian Railways opens its regional office of the Customs Management Center in Kaliningrad

Throughput of ports in Azov-Don basin up 46.5%, 638.500 tons in January 2010

An oil leakage reported on the ESPO pipeline near Skovorodino station

Expert’s advice for Yuzhny port project, deeper berths to boost its throughput

Yenisey Shipping Company to increase its fleet this year

Somali pirates hijack North Korean ship

Singapore's Sembcorp Marine to build shipyard in Brazil

Hyundai Heavy set to buy 10 pct stake in Brazilian shipyard

Somali pirates hijack Libyan cargo ship

CMA CGM gets $80 million cash injection

Trans-Pacific spot rate up 20.5 percent past week

HHLA operating profit down to $246 million in 2009

Dubai World to sell Inchcape Shipping Services

Matson Navigation Q4 operating profit down 36 percent

Berdyansk port to build up its handling facilities in 2010-2015

Sakhalin Border patrol detains a poaching boat laden with 2 tons of crab

Cargo turnover at the Port of Aktau up 6.8%, 1.177 million tons in January 2010

Ukraine Yuzhny Port's heavy lift cranes start operating, to gain in volumes

Primorsky patrol guard detects smuggling traffic of Chinese goods

Oil price falls $0.14, to $75.92 in London, in New York down to $76.89 (-0.25)