News 2010 April 1

US navy detains pirates off Seychelles

Cortez Gasoil Index down 40 rubles, to 16.559 a ton

Volga Shipping Company starts navigation on the lower Volga

FCT’s container volumes up 29%, 255.903 TEUs in Q1, 2010

Merchant ships drive off pirate attacks

Janine van Oosten appointed new harbormaster of Amsterdam

Seaport of St. Petersburg posts a 11.8% net income cut, 41.844m rubles for 2009

Pella Shipyard to build 3 tugs for Russian Defense Ministry

BDI changes its trend, up 16 pts, to 2998 pts

Leading Russian and European fresh fruits&vegetables companies to attend FRESH-2010

Rotterdam innovation makes oil fires controllable

NovoShip adds NS Bora Suezmax to its fleet

Rosgranitsa regulates border checkpoints procedure at Temryuk and Kavkaz seaports

Admiralteysky Vefy delivers a diesel-electric submarine

Primorsk Port removes ice-class restrictions

Navigation-2010 in the Azov-Don basin, Volga-Don transit canal starts today

Kozmino Terminal revs up, handles 3.243m tons in Dec-Mar

Oil price up $1.42, to $82.70 in London, in New York to $83.76 (+1.39)