News 2010 March 10

Singapore container turnover up 18%, 2.33m TUEs this January

BDI freight index gains 450 pts since March, to 3210 pts

Philippine port operator ICTSI to sell $200-M bond

Saint Petersburg-based raw stock Exchange, SalavatNefteOrgSintez start trades from March 11 fertilizers

Busan sees 10.9% decline in box volumes in 2009

Gazprom Neft posts 41% net profit cut for 2009, at $2.766 billion

"Port Service. Bunkering Market" Annual 2009 Report has been on sale

Rosneft to build a refinery in Chechnya

Port of Liepaja reports a 18-percent growth, 708.200 tons, in January-February

Cargo turnover at Port of Riga down by 7.7%, to 4,63 million tons in Jan.-Feb.

Yuzhny Port posts a 4.7% volume rise for Jan.-Feb., at 3m tons

China's foreign trade up 45.2% this February

Freight turnover in VCSP at 1.186 million tons in Jan.-Feb., nearly twofold rise

UC Rusal to pay Norden $23 million

FAS files charges against NGT over monopoly prices for services

Oil price down by $0.56, to $79.91 in London, in New York by $81.49 (-0.38)

Evergreen Marine to expand fleet with 12 new container ships

US retail container traffic expected to rise 13% in March

India's JNPT to set up two more terminals

ACL launches China - Philippines service

China's Port of Yingkou container volume soars 41pc in January

CSCL-Evergreen commences China-Philippines-Thai service

New York - New Jersey port to cut emissions

“K” Line to test ship-scrapping system

Hong Kong container throughut down 14 percent to 21 million TEU in 2009

Chemoil, Hanjin Shipping may build bunker terminal in Korea