Stevedoring companies and Rosmorport FSUE will start concluding new agreements on lease of state property in Russian ports in the second half of December. Contrary to what one might expect, new agreements may hardly be called long-term agreements. Rosmorport FSUE suggests that leaseholders sign new agreements for just five years

China is the world's third-largest shipbuilding nation and had 18 percent of the global market in 2005, lagging South Korea and Japan which accounted for a combined share of more than 60 percent. But Beijing aims to become the largest shipbuilder by 2015, with output of 24 million deadweight tonnes a year, or 35 percent of the world's total

Keel-laying of two ships for Russian Navy took place on Friday at Saint Petersburg shipyards

River navigation is to terminate at Volga-Baltic way in a week. According to preliminary estimates, transportation of oil products by river to the port of Saint Petersburg totaled 2.550 million tons this season. It is considerably less than average seasonal level of oil products transportation by Volga-Baltic way, which was about 4.5 million tons through recent years

Lyudmila Dymchenko, head of the department on arrangement of checkpoints under Customs Control Service of the North-West Customs (NWC) tells the PortNews reporter about the work aimed at optimization of export and import goods transit across the border

The first international Oil Terminal 2006 awards ceremony took place on 20th October at the Radius-Hall cultural-leisure center in Moscow. The Advisory Board members have analyzed the activities of oil terminals in Russia, CIS, Eastern and Western Europe

Most seaports of the North-West region decreased cargo transshipment in nine months of 2006. The lowest result is that of Arkhangelsk: - 18.5% year-on-year.

Cargo turnover of Tuapse Commercial Seaport slightly decreased through eight months of 2006. Transshipment of oil products fell by 8%. The port almost ceased transshipment of ore and metal scrap, while transshipment of grain almost doubled. Gabedava Alexander Sergeyevich, consultant of TCS’ Director General, has told PortNews IAA about results and new projects of Tuapse Commercial Seaport.

Saint Petersburg Municipal Property Management Committee has come very close to conclusion of new agreements on lease of marine berths in the port of Saint Petersburg. Alexei Chiсkanov, deputy chairman of Saint Petersburg MPMC, has told PortNews IAA about the development of work on conclusion of new agreements with leaseholders of the port’s public assets.

Open JSC Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port has introduced a budgeting system based on 1С 8.0 UPP software