News 2010 March 17

Industrial production index in St. Petersburg for January-February 2010 increased by 13.1 % to 93.7%

176-th Shipyard (Arkhangelsk) to lay down the first section of buoy tender Vavchuga for RosMorPort FSUE

Russian Railways announces ambitious project, in a bid to become a leading logistics company

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia to implement GLONASS project

ZIM launches new Suez service

HHI appoints new chairman

APL takes $300m loan

Port Vostochny builds up its handling equipment fleet

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

Marseilles Fos container throughput up 24 percent in January and February

Cargo volumes via China ports up 29%, to 1.196 b tons in January-February

Rosgranitsa establishes pass-through-border scheme for marine and road transport in the Kaliningrad region

Containers turnover via Latvia ports up 8.3%, at 32.093 TEUs in Jan.-Feb.

West-Siberian Railroad’s volumes up 13%, 38.8m tons in January-February

Four Baltic seaports bid to become hubs for oceangoing container carriers

Nakhodka port shows a 3.1% growth in cargo volumes, 2.66 million tons in Jan.-Feb.

Vostochny Port’s throughput up 1.8 times, to 4.7m tons in January-February

FCC posts 8.000 tons of Stora Enso Oyj goods carried since early this year

Big Port of St. Petersburg’s containers throughput up 32%, 235.200 TEUs, Jan.-Feb.

St. Petersburg Customs’ Vyborg post to be removed on May18, 2010

Russian Ministry of Transport authorized to inspect ships

Oil price up $1.13, to $79.02 in London, in New York to $81.7 (+1.9)