News 2010 April 2

Cortez Gasoil Index up 127 rubles, to 16.686 a ton

Russian Railways weighs a 30% cut in containers transit tariff via Trans-Siberian Railroad

Marine Facade plans to transport 450.000 tourists this season

BaltTransService exports 1,411m tons of oil in Q1,2010, up 26%

Russian Railways posts 279.2m tons of goods in Q1, a 12.7% gain

Foreign trade via the ports of Finland up 1.5%, 12.8 million tons Q1,2010

China CFI up 0.3%, to 1123.46 pts in a week

Oil shipment via Batumi Terminal Q1 up 35.1%, to 1.8 million tons

TransContainer tackles with cargo shipment in flexitank containers

Baltic ports say ECA regulations are 'unacceptable'

BDI down 7 pts, to 2991 pts

NUTEP’s containers volumes at 40.222 TEUs in Q1, a 52.6% surge

COSCO Shipping confirms $310m order

Emerson, LUKOIL deal to upgrade refining and petrochemical facilities

Baku port set for upgrade

MSC introduces fees on containers self-delivered from ports of St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk, from April 19

South Korea's four major shipbuilders Q1 orders up to US$5.49 billion

RSPP endorses TRANSTECH-2010 Exhibition, The Future of Russian Ports Conference

Malaysia's largest private operator KIC looks to acquire 22 vessels by 2013

Hapag-Lloyd hikes India rates

MSC hikes US export rates

Nevsky Shipyard launches a 850dwt bunkering tanker on April 6

Oil volumes via CPC’s terminal in Novorossiysk down 2.7%, 8.53m tons in Q1

Throughput of Vostochny Port in Q1, 2010 at 3.33m tons, slight gain

Oil price up $1.31, to $84.01 in London, in New York to $84.87 (+1.11)