News 2010 April 8

Cortez Gasoil Index up by 9 rubles, to 16.835 a ton

Freight traffic by KZD up 39.8% to 4.2m tons in Q1, 2010

Yuznhy Customs post increases its throughput

BDI falls 34 pts, to 2947 pts, April 7th

Ukraine seaports’ throughput up 3% in Q1, to 26.66m tons

RosMorPort to carry out dredging works at Temryuk and Kavkaz ports

Cargo volumes via Berdyansk port down 29.5% to 238.900 tons in Q1, 2010

Unifeeder calls off Strike Surcharge at the ports of Finland

Volgograd Shipbuilding, Palmali Group deal over 5 tankers contact

Sochi hosts Oil Spill Control International Congress on May 20-21, 2010

New Vladivostok-Sakhalin-Kamchatka ferry line opens this fall

Volume of Russian market of transport and logistics services to be tripled by 2015 - to $ 151 billion

FECD launches a “dry port" customs clearance scheme in Vladivostok

Cargo turnover at Kerch Port is up 1.7 times, at 1.2m tons in Q1, 2010

Container volumes by Far East Railroad up 50%, at 32.000 units in Q1,2010

Pirates hijack Turkish bulker off the Somali Coast

5-6 tons of oil leaked from a ship into waters of the Chazhma Bay

Throughput of Murmansk Port down 12%, to 3.34m tons in Q1 2010

FCC delivers cargo on platform cars to China

Hijacked Korea oil tanker anchors near Somalia

A 4.6-magnitude quake hits the eastern coast of Kamchatka

Oil price down $0.56, to $85.59 in London, in New York to $85.88 (-0.96)