News 2010 March 23

Norilsk streamlines its management structure

Range of services of enterprises of Transport and Communications in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region increased in January-February 2010

FAS orders NGT to remove breaches of the anti-monopoly law

China Govt supports struggle of Russia with "gray customs clearance"

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

Head of the Department of Internal Ministry Traffic Law Enforcement gets the sack

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company recovered it’s ship Vilkovo previously arrested in Greece

FCS of Russia published a register of intellectual property

Second week Baltic Dry Index shows downward slope, at 3337 pts on March 22nd

East-Siberian Railroad’s containerized cargo volumes up 10%, to 13.400 containers in Jan-Feb

St. Petersburg is better off among other Russian regions troubled by the crisis - Valentina Matvienko

InterManager and ITF sign MOU

Establishment of Russian-Finnish Business Council of big business representatives to be considered

Russia is interested in cooperation with Finland in construction of ships of ice class

DonRechFlot starts navigation on the River Don, bids to double traffic volumes, to 2 million tons

KZD starts transportation of bulk goods containers by Baltiysk - Ust-Luga rail-ferry line

Astrakhan Sea Port posts a 71% surge in freight volumes for 2009, at 371.300 tons

Sergey Kruglik, Deputy Minister of Regional Development sacked after a meeting of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Kozak

Prime minister Putin signs Torfyanovka customs station order on the Russo-Finnish

TransContainer posts a 22.1-m rubles net profit for 2009, a 121 times slump

Magadan Commercial Sea Port services fees approved

Oil price up $0.66, to $80.54 in London, in New York to $81.25 (+0.57)