News 2010 February 16

Poland’s ferries to start operating on Kaliningrad line

Latvia hopes China transit container traffic resume this year

Larsen & Toubro Ltd to invest $400 million to expand shipbuilding

Port of Hamburg expects moderate growth for 2010

Stena Line relocates its operations to Scotland

Freight traffic by NWS down 16%, at 6 million tons

Maersk Nimes’ first call at St. Petersburg terminal

Neva-Metall to boost volumes to 60.000 containers this year, a twofold rise

Cargo turnover at Primorsk seaport up 2%, to 6.64 million tons

Nevsky, Oka shipyards cooperate, to complete ship contract for Volga Shipping

VSE Corp. hands over a bunkering tanker to Navy of Chile

Tavria reefer breaks free from the ice east Kamchatka offshore

Somali pirates get 15-year sentences

China plans to invest US$10bn in North Korea's railways, port facilities and housing

Singapore container throughput rises 18% in January

Indonesia's Tanjung Priok starts car transhipment

Containers turnover at Vladivostok up 30.79%, to 19.304 TEUs this January

Taiwan to change its maritime transport taxation

Hapag-Lloyd lost $1 billion in 2009

Odessa port launches its ro-ro terminal, first ship handled

Southern Customs expects a twofold rise in volumes via Novorossiysk post

Russian Government debates inland waterways bill today, offered by Transport Minister

Oil trade down by $0.39, $72.51 in London