A year ago, the participants of International Conference ‘The Future of Russian Ports’ (during ‘Transtec’ Expo) we discussing mainly the impact of the global financial crisis and how the Russian port industry will come out of it. But this year representatives of the companies are focused more on the launch of new projects and future development plans, which in itself can not but rejoice. PortNews gives coverage of the most interesting for the port industry issues raised during the conference.