News 2010 February 18

Russian Transport Ministry to regulate inland waterways traffic

Russia, Korea, Singapore to build shipyards in the Russian Far East

A bill for Russian shipbuilding and shipping industry to be ready this spring

Russia, Belarus may shift oil pipeline from Ventspils to Ust-Luga

KLASCO says Klaipeda port may lose Belarusian fertilizers

Port of Vanino builds up its harbor crane fleet, to boost output

Freight traffic by Arkhangelsk Railroad via the seaport up 1.9 times, 95.400 tons this January

Cargo turnover at port of Klaipeda up 14.1%, to 2.5 million tons this January

NOVATEK in a bid to cut LNG delivery time to Asia

NYK to levy US$325/TEU Asia-Europe peak season charge March 1

Hutchison Port Holdings fires Amsterdam port management

Fredriksen cuts stake in TUI

A fishing boat runs aground near the Smaller Kuril chain, gets a breach

Rotterdam throughput down 8.1 percent in 2009

Oil price up $0.59, $76.27 in London, in New York at $77.33 (+0.32)