News 2010 February 24

Cargo turnover at SILPORT up 1.5 times, at 2.5 million tons last year

Sakhalin Shipping posts a profit of 40 m rubles, a fivefold drop

TransContainer starts operating Yakutia line

India February oil export rises to 1.07 million tonnes

Myanmar invites firms to run 6 Yangon ports

St. Petersburg conference on NW port projects opens on March 3rd

UDSComp’s net loss down 1.7 times - to some $4.75m

HFO M-100 traded on February 19 at 7.965 ruble /ton

St. Petersburg to hold Conference on marine and river safety this March

Turkish shipbuilder launches 4.400-dwt dry bulker, ordered by Albros Shipping

Okskaya Shipyard starts dry-cargo ship, the first of 10-ship contract

Local Prosecutor’s Office finds responsible for oil spill and contamination of Avacha Bay in Kamchatka Region

Oil patches reported in harborage of Novorossiysk

Govt to establish Makhachkala seaport boundaries

NCSP to increase its terminal annual capacity to 2 million tons

Ukrainian river ports gain 12.8%, while seaports show a 0.8% drop in January

Kiev-based Danube company to build a terminal at Nikolayev until 2011

Vladivostok cargo turnover exceeds 1.11 million tons in the last 10-day February

ECU-LINE and INTTRA signe a pilot agreement

UAE's Khor Fakkan port throughput up 9.9pc last year

New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port and Port of Otago continue merger talks

Cosco Corp profits down 63% last year

TSA lines allowed to discuss slow steaming

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding's profits up 45%

Singapore's total trade forecast to grow 9-11pc in 2010

Golden Ocean wins approval for Singapore listing

Hamburg Sud revises Med-Caribbean services

Nehru Port reinstates mooring services

Hanjin Shipping forecasts revenue of $7.1 billion for 2010

OOCL raises Europe-Australasia rates

Odessa port is clear of ice

Owners canceled 140 container ship orders

Oil price drops $1.36 to $77.25 in London, in New York down to $78.86 (-1.45)