News 2010 February 25

Container terminal in SILPORT to be completed by late 2011

First ES-oil-laden tanker leaves Port of Kozmino, bound for Japan

RosImuschestvo to sell state-owned holding of stocks of Nizhny Novgorod port

Ukraine officials extend discounts on transit cargoes at the country’s ports till the end of this year

Nevsky Shipyard is granted the MS ISO 9001:2008 certification

Hamburg Sud improves Mediterranean, Gulf and Caribbean services

January Suez Canal traffic up 8% year-on-year in January

Bunker Holdings Ltd. CEO steps down

DMSE hands over “Samotlor’ suezmax to Sovcomflot

All customs procedures to be removed from Russian-Belarusian border by mid-summer this year

East Siberian Railroad invests 2.8b rubles to boost traffic via Kuzbass – Far East transport hub

VTM System launched to ensure safe navigation in the Aniva Bay

ADB to buy a 30-percent stake in Poti port for $50m

Norwegian Cruise Line announces 2011/12 winter deployment

WTSA rises Westbound transpacific rates from April 1

Abu Dhabi Ship Building posts record financial results for 2009

EU condemns US 100pc sea cargo scanning law as too costly

Oil price up $0.84 to $78.09 in London, in New York at $80.00 (+1.14)