News 2010 December 2

Lukoil, Gazprom Neft to keep equal share in bunker supplies to Russian Baltic ports next years

Exports of Russian coal in Jan-Nov up 0.4% to 89.7m tons

Total world’s bunker sales predicted at 174bn this year-end

China container throughput to grow 10% in 2010 - ResearchInChina

Transpetrol starts new rail Rotterdam-Hungary service

Mexican ports container traffic up 26% in 2010 -Government

Myanmar, Thailand work for building major deep seaport

Stena Line acquires two DFDS routes

Greece agrees 15-year freeze on civilian shipyards to end EU case

Port of Seattle set budget for 2011

India aims to speed up port development projects

Vladimir Putin signs Russia's privatization program for 2011-2013

Russian oil exports down 0.6% to about 225.58m tons in Jan-Nov, 2010

Fuel oil production in Russia is up 8.5% in Jan-Nov, to some 63m tons

Box traffic via FCT in Jan-Nov up 25.4% to over 1m TEUs

Freight flows via Finland seaports grow 11.8% in Jan-Oct. to 72,7m tons

Yuzhny Port’s throughput up 0.77% in Jan-Nov to 16,4m tons

Hyundai Mipo receives bulk carrier order from Novoship

SCI plans resuming container services to US East Coast

Zim raises rate by $250 per TEU on Asia westbound routes

COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard gets $110 mln order

Port of Melbourne container volumes up to 214,000TEU in October

Port of Seattle plans $500 mln in capital projects

MSC hikes rates on Far East, Europe, Mediterranean, Americas services

CMA CGM to impose new rates and new peak season surcharges

Hanjin to start Asia-East Coast service via Suez

Aramex launches China-Europe sea-air service

CMA CGM cut carbon emissions by 15 percent in five years

Baltic Oil Terminals PLC buys Petroval Bunker International B.V for US$10.8.

Yantar Shipyard to launch 3rd warship ordered by Indian Navy

Dmitry Medvedev inks federal law encouraging investments in port industry

Pirates fail in pirating crude oil carrier

Crude-futures prices up to $88.87 in London, in New York - to $86.75