News 2010 October 11

Novatek posts 12 shipments of exported gas condensate in Q3, 2010

Renault-Nissan Alliance rates RTL Group N1 logistics operator

Pirates likely hijack the MV IZUMI in the Somali Basin

Nine-month throughput of OCSP is down 8.5%, to 18.79m tons

FTS OKs rate hike on handling service at the petroleum products BaltTransService terminal in Primorsk

Successful Bulava launch opens door for new submarine

Russia needs "Mistral" class ships to respond quickly to emerging threats, says Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Russia

Port of Riga posts a 0.2-percent throughput drop for Jan-Sept., 2010, to 22.3m tons

Freight turnover of KCSP soars 50.6%, to 2.377m tons in Jan-Sept.

A Mongolian ship with Russian-Ukrainian crew sinks in the Kerch Strait

Auckland port profit up 8 percent in Q1 of fin 2010-2011

Suez Canal revenue down to US$410.2 million in September

Dubai Customs launches new container scanning system

Shipping Corporation of India may buy shares of four yards

MISC invests in reefer containers

Ust-Luga port handles Subaru cars first shipment

Abu Dhabi owner plans $400m expansion

236 passengers rescued from the burned-out DFDS ferry

Klaipeda Seaport participates in Minsk TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS 2010 Expo

Almaz launches a new pilot boat, built for Rosmorport

CNOOC acquires Dongying port to build oil storage base

Marseille oil port strike extends to 14th day

Supertanker owners may switch to Africa - Optima

Nakhodka CSP buys new handling equipment

United Shipbuilding Corp. to build a supply base worth 1bn rubles in the Murmansk region.

Malawi to build oil pipeline to port of Beira in Mozambique

Vallarpadam terminal opening may be delayed

Stockholders of Sea Port St. Petersburg eye the restructuring of the company

Transport Minister Igor Levitin to run for Moscow mayor post

Crude-futures price is up to $84.03 in London, in New York to $82.66

Fayard to repair jack-up rig

Lagos ports expect 108 ships in October