News 2010 October 26

Rosmorport to consolidate its branches by the end of 2011

Corporatization of Rosmorport may be completed by mid-2012

Lukoil optimizes refining & marketing business segment

Igor Rusu says Rosmorport may drop unprofitable pilotage at ports, in late 2010-early 2011

Rosmorport’s revenue for 2010 to reach RUB12.5bn, over 13bn in 2011

Transport Ministry to hold tender for new Taman port design, late October-early November

Rosgranitsa for attracting private companies to arrange sea checkpoints

Rosgranitsa plans to arrange 60 sea ports’ checkpoints by 2017

Chemoil doubles bunker sales in Singapore on-year

Viking Line to order new ship from Turku shipyard

276 new container ships to enter the market in 2010

France strikes cost up to $557 mn a day

BAE Shipyards wins $1M ferry repair contract

Port of Houston Authority considers $1 mln for storage and repair projects

Vitol ups terminal storage capacity in Cyprus

Viking Line to order new ferry worth €240m from STX shipyard

Transneft says no changes in NCSP’s operation strategy

Shanghai container throughput up 14.3 percent in September 2010

Keppel invests $13.9 million in Rotterdam port

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins $143mln order from S.Korean navy

ERSC plans to order 50 new ships by 2015

Rosmorport to buy a tug for its Sakhalin branch

Rotterdam Port shows strong recovery

Kherson Shipyard upgrades Ro-Ro ship for Georgian company

France to deliver to Russia helicopter carrier with transfer of technologies

St. Petersburg port eliminates oil slicks, pollution source not found

Bahrain set to open $600 mln LNG terminal tender

MISC starts new Shanghai-Chennai service

Myanmar expands Yangon, Thilawa ports

South Korean ports' cargo throughput up 12.1 pct in Q3

Horizon Lines to add new containers for China service launch

New Zealand's largest export port of Tauranga sees 2010/11 earnings in range of $38.3 mln to $39.8 mln

Roseximbank eyes investment projects in Ecuador

Strike disrupts France's energy sector

Crude-futures prices up to $83.54 in London, in New York - to $82.52

German ship freed by Somali pirates

Norwegian Coast Guard detains cargo ship with Russian crew