News 2010 March 15

State border post at Ust-Luga to be reconstructed, to boost capacity

Vaninino announces a summer diesel fuel supply order for Q2, 2010

Russia's oil exports via Primorsk port down 6.7%, to 11m tons in Jan.-Feb.

Throughput of Ust-Luga up 17%, to 1.386m tons in January-February

Murmansk in a bid to turn into a major container port for Northern Europe

In Primorye, a storm warning

Russian Ministry of Transport’s bill to change govt regulation of navigation on the Northern Sea Route

Russian top lawmaker supports Kaliningrad Economic Zone

Russian FCS tightens control on customs value of goods

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

Bangladesh to push China to use Chittagong

Hyundai Merchant Marine to expand its fleet on Asia-Middle East route

Oil products at sea fall to 74 mn barrels: IEA

Egypt's Citadel invests $183 mln in river ports

Dutch LNG terminal operator 4Gas drops Port of Rotterdam plans

China Shipping fined US$440,000 for 'unfair' rate cutting

Big Port of St. Petersburg throughput up 13.5% in Jan.-Feb., to 6.92 million tons

FCC’s traffic volumes up 1.6 times, to 42m tons in January-February

Los Angeles Port posts a 9.74% rise in containers turnover, at 1.09 million TEUs in Jan.- Feb.

Analysts expect summer futures price up, winter – down, on diesel fuel

Long Beach posts a 17.4% rise in containers turnover in Jan.-Feb., 841.900 TEUs

Ukrainian Railways posts 2.288 m tons this Jan.-Feb, 9.6% over planned figures

Vladivostok expects over 30.000 tons of exported grain in Q1, 2010

Armenian Minister of Transport and Communications steps down

M-100 HFO spot prices up, at 7.674 ruble a ton

A Russian boat sinks in Kola Bay

Russian Railways shows daily volumes rate in Feb. up 11%, at 3.156 million tons

Sakhalin Shipping Company general director battered, in critical condition

APM Terminals wins Monrovia port concession

Oil price down $0.89, to $79.39 in London, in New York to $81.24 (-0.87)