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PORTFLEET Contacts Company news Licenses Photo gallery Video Senior Management	Industry news 08.05.2018 Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 3.8% to 2.34 million tonnes in 4M’18 28.04.2018 Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga puts into operation two new Quaricon conveyors 23.04.2018 Vistula Maersk makes a maiden call to St. Petersburg, as first in series of new ice-class vessels 20.04.2018 Navigation on rivers and canals of Saint-Petersburg opens from April 20 03.04.2018 Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga handled 1 million tonnes of cargo in QI’2018, up 21.5% Y-o-Y 26.03.2018 RF Government approves federal law on setting rouble prices for services offered in Russian seaports 23.03.2018 UCL Holding companies performed a unique joint project on delivery of oversize cargo 15.03.2018 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 11% to 9.01 million tonnes in 2M’18 02.03.2018 Coal exports via Rosterminalugol in Feb'18 exceeded 1.4 million tonnes 26.02.2018 Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 6% to 8.60 million tonnes in Jan'18 15.02.2018 Kont to build 4 cruise terminals in the Leningrad Region 09.02.2018 Interferrum-Metal CJSC (Big Port St. Petersburg) shipped 30,000 t of Russia’s export HFO 06.02.2018 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg handled 6.9 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 4% Y-oY 26.01.2018 North-Western Shipping Company carried 5.8 mln t of cargo in 2017, up 3.5% Y-o-Y 22.01.2018 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 10% to 53.64 mln t in 2017 09.01.2018 Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 16% to 7.12 mln t in 2017 05.01.2018 Revised Merchant Shipping Code and Inland Water Transport Code expand authorities of Harbour Masters and Captains 19.12.2017 Rosmorport appoints Andrey Gorodishtyan as Deputy Director General for Navigation Safety 13.12.2017 Rosmorport taps Sergey Simonov as Deputy General Director 07.12.2017 Russian Chamber of Shipping and water transport employees sign sectoral agreement for 2018-2020 01.12.2017 Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 13.7% to 6.42 mln t in Jan-November'17 23.11.2017 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 10% to 44.01 mln t in 10M’17 22.11.2017 Navigation season at the main route of the Volga-Baltic Waterway is over 20.11.2017 Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga performs unique unloading operation 02.11.2017 A river cruise boats pier commissioned in Staraya Ladoga, Leningrad region 25.10.2017 Andrey Lavrishchev appointed as Director General of FSUE Rosmorport 24.10.2017 Ship calls at Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg «Marine Façade» grew by 19% to 249 ships in 2017 10.10.2017 Freight turnover of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in Jan-Sep'17 was flat Y-o-Y at 2.4 mln t 05.10.2017 Rosmorport appoints Andrey Lavrishchev as its Acting Director General 22.09.2017 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 11% to 35.26 mln t in 8M’17 18.09.2017 Rosmorport is going to build ships running alternative fuels 08.09.2017 First call of Kaliningrad-Bronka container line is expected in October 2017 04.09.2017 Sergei Semyonov appointed as head of FSBI Maritime Safety Service 17.08.2017 Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 12% to 58.89 mln t in 7M’2017 15.08.2017 RF Govt issues resolution on expansion of Vysotsk seaport (Leningrad Region) for construction of an LNG terminal 04.08.2017 Russian Gov't to finance three ferries construction for the Baltiysk–Ust-Luga route 02.08.2017 Neva-Metal seven-month freight volumes climb 1% to some 1.8 million tonnes‎ 31.07.2017 The project of Port of Ust-Luga water basin formation gets 'green light' 24.07.2017 Multipurpose Terminal YUG-2 (Ust-Luga port) begins transshipment of pipes for Turkish Stream 17.07.2017 MSCC Bronka welcomes first containers of NYK Line 04.07.2017 Throughput of Port Vysotsky LLC up 16.6% to 3.51 mln t in Jan-June'17 26.06.2017 Rosterminalugol welcomed the largest bulker in the history of Ust-Luga port (photo) 19.06.2017 RF Government approves plan for construction of three ferries for a link with Kaliningrad Region 07.06.2017 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in Jan-May'17 is flat, y-o-y, at 1.3 mln t 01.06.2017 Primorsk-Razvitije will build oil terminal at the port of Primorsk in the Leningrad Region 31.05.2017 MSCC Bronka welcomes first containers of COSCO Shipping Lines 22.05.2017 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 6% to 16.79 mln t in 4M’17 12.05.2017 RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II terminal received 3.94 mln t of export oil products in 4M’17, up 14.8% Y-o-Y 03.05.2017 Throughput of Port Vysotsky LLC up 16% to 2.26 mln t in Jan-Apr'17 24.04.2017 Big Port St. Petersburg stops providing icebreaker assistance services from April 25 20.04.2017 RN-Bunker starts selling low-sulphur marine fuel produced by Ufa refineries 19.04.2017 Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg expects 243 calls in navigation-2017 05.04.2017 Navigation on the Neva river and waterways of Saint-Petersburg opens on 14 April 27.03.2017 Amended Water Code of Russia will require no water use agreements for operation of facilities at seaports 20.03.2017 New Regulations of Big Port St. Petersburg set permissible draft of 13 m taking into account the capabilities of port Bronka 17.03.2017 Global Ports Investments PLC Appoints Mikhail Loganov as CEO 09.03.2017 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in Jan-Feb'17 is flat, y-o-y, to 508,000 t 27.02.2017 Rosmorport appoints Grigory Biryulev as Deputy Chief of Fleet of its North-Western Basin Branch 17.02.2017 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 10% to 4.06 mln t in January 2017 13.02.2017 Victor Basargin appointed as head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Transport Supervision 01.02.2017 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg launches first regular container service 26.01.2017 Cargo shipments by North-Western Shipping Company up 18% to 5.7 mln t in 2016 23.01.2017 Throughput of port Vysotsk down 2% to 17.10 mln t in 2016 20.01.2017 Terminals of Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga JSC handled 3.6 mln t of cargo in 2016 09.01.2017 Yury Akhmedov appointed as Deputy Director of Rosmorport’s North-Western Basin Branch, Head of Ust-Luga Department 21.12.2016 Unified scheme approved for involving Russian and Finnish icebreakers under agreement on interaction in icebreaker assistance in the Baltic Sea 20.12.2016 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg down 7% to 43.96 mln t in 11M’16 20.12.2016 Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 6% to 85.07 mln t in 11M’16 05.12.2016 Ice navigation restrictions postponed at Big Port St. Petersburg 29.11.2016 TransContainer starts shipping pellets from Krasnoyarsk to Ust-Luga 22.11.2016 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg down 7% to 40.02 mln t in 10M’16 17.11.2016 Ice navigation restrictions come into effect at Big Port St. Petersburg from December 1 01.11.2016 IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with LSF oil requirement 21.10.2016 Rosmorport appoints Yury Akhmedov as Acting Deputy Director of its North-Western Branch, Head of Ust-Luga department 18.10.2016 Passenger Port of Saint-Petersburg serviced 456,500 cruise passengers in navigation 2016, down 5%, y 11.10.2016 Ferryboat Baltijsk resumes operation at Ust-Luga-Kaliningrad line 03.10.2016 Infotech Baltika launches offshore transshipment facility at Big Port St. Petersburg 23.09.2016 Throughput of Ust-Luga port to grow by 13.6% to 100 mln t in 2016 22.09.2016 Unified ship reporting system do be developed in the Baltic Sea 09.09.2016 Ferryboat Baltijsk to resume operations at Ust-Luga-Baltijsk line in September 2016, ferryboat Ambal to undergo modernization 24.08.2016 Russian Gov't eases licensing rules for sea, inland shipping 17.08.2016 Gazpromneft Marine Bunker expands St. Petersburg terminal capacity by 30% to 16,100 cbm 16.08.2016 Russia's largest coal port holding promises 43% volume growth in three years to 57 million t/y 01.08.2016 Throughput of Multipurpose Reloading Complex (Ust-Luga) in HI’2016 reduced by 3% to 1.98 mln t 19.07.2016 Cruiser Aurora returned to her permanent mooring place in Saint-Petersburg 18.07.2016 Throughput of port Primorsk up 9% to 32.50 mln t in HI’2016 08.07.2016 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) in HI’2016 is flat, year-on-year, at 1.6 mln t 05.07.2016 RF President signs the law on investment quotas for fishery development 23.06.2016 Big Port St. Petersburg eyes joining EU THESIS-S system 22.06.2016 Russia’s State Duma rejects the bill on calling off the obligatory state expert approval of OSR plans 20.06.2016 State Duma to consider the requirement on obligatory state expert approval of OSR plans 03.06.2016 Gazpromneft Marine Bunker performs first bunkering operation at port Bronka 19.05.2016 Transneft is set to establish Urals Heavy brand oil and to export it via Ust-Luga 17.05.2016 Three LNG-fuelled ferries costing RUB 12.6 bln to be built for Ust-Luga - Baltijsk line by 2018 16.05.2016 Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg welcomed 10 cruise ships last week 05.05.2016 FAS prepared provisional tariff levels for Rosmorport's services 21.04.2016 Summer navigation season to open at Marine Façade (Saint-Petersburg) with MSC Musica call scheduled for May 5 19.04.2016 Throughput of port Vysotsk down 3% to 3.86 mln t in QI’2016 08.04.2016 Icebreaker escort services period is over at Big Port St. Petersburg from April 9, 2016 04.04.2016 Throughput of port Primorsk up 5% to 10.35 mln t in Jan-Feb'16 30.03.2016 RF Transport Ministry says capacity of Russian ports is to be expanded by 32 mln t this year 29.03.2016 RF Government presents draft law on regulation of activities at seaports to State Duma 17.03.2016 Throughput of port Ust-Luga (Leningrad Region) is forecasted to near 100 mln t in 2016 04.03.2016 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) down 3% to 513,000 t in Jan-Feb'16 29.02.2016 RF President approves increased excise tax on diesel fuel from April 1, 2016 25.02.2016 State Duma passes law on enhancing efficiency of state regulation in water transport sector 09.02.2016 Victor Olersky takes up a post of Deputy Minister of Transport – Head of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency 04.02.2016 BoD of Port Vysotsky LLC appoints Andrei Ruchjev as its Chairman (photo) 29.01.2016 Throughput of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg down 2.9% to 7.9 mln t in 2015 26.01.2016 NWSC traffic volumes in 2015 plummet 14% to 4.8 million tonnes 25.01.2016 Products throughput at RPK Vysotsk LUKOIL-II fell 8.6% in 2015 to 11 million tonnes 11.01.2016 Coal throughput at Port Vysotsky in 2015 grew by 7.7% to 5.67 million tonnes 28.12.2015 Sea Port St. Petersburg handles first cargo of Wartsila DGSs for LNPP 25.12.2015 Rosmorport commissions workboat Pilot Baskakov in St. Petersburg 14.12.2015 RF inland water ways’ cargo traffic down 3.7% to 117.8 mln t in 11M’15 10.12.2015 Ferry link between Saint-Petersburg and Kotka to be launched in 2017 27.11.2015 Investor of RPK-Vysotsk-Lukoil-II refunded with 50% of resources spent for federal facilities 25.11.2015 Throughput of Ust-Luga Oil terminal to grow by 16%, year-on-year, to 28 mln t in 2015 09.11.2015 Andrey Larin appointed as Deputy General Director for Security of Rosmorport (photo) 03.11.2015 Gazprombank and leading international co-investors close deal for investment into SIBUR’s marine terminal in Ust-Luga 21.10.2015 Throughput of Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg down 7.5% to 274,700 TEUs in 9M’15 20.10.2015 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg handled 6.2 mln t of cargo in 9M’15 14.10.2015 Sergei Saritsky appointed as Acting Head of Russia’s Federal Service for Transport Supervision (photo) 02.10.2015 Frequency of container trains dispatched from ULCT to be increased from to 3 to 5 per week from 2016 25.09.2015 Launch of SUG mechanism applicable to construction of passenger ships can be advanced from 2018 to 2016 22.09.2015 Gazpromneft Shipping to start LNG bunkering operations in Russia’s Baltic Basin in 2017 08.09.2015 First commercial ferryboat handled in Bronka 01.09.2015 RF Transport Ministry starts developing mechanism for non-admission of substandard ships to seaports of Russia 21.08.2015 Draft decision on allowable bunker stores volumes submitted to EEC 20.08.2015 Throughput of Saint-Petersburg port down 15% to 30.36 mln t in 7M’15 17.08.2015 Global Ports Investments PLC appoints Vladislav Baumgertner as Chief Executive Officer 05.08.2015 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) down 4% to 1.9 mln t in 7M’15 22.07.2015 Yevgeny Ditrikh appointed head of Russia’s Federal Service for Transport Supervision (photo) 20.07.2015 Box traffic at St. Petersuburg Container Terminal in H1 2015 drops 11.4% to 173,100 TEUs 13.07.2015 Gunvor Group has sold a 74% stake in OJSC “Ust-Luga Oil” 03.07.2015 Rosmorrechflot issues roadmap for re-organization of FSUE Rosmorport into a Federal State-Funded Institution 25.06.2015 RZD Logistics set to launch weekly service of Sassnitz – Ust-Luga rail ferry 16.06.2015 Smart Bulk Terminal for transshipment of PhosAgro fertilizers launched at Ust-Luga port (Leningrad region) 15.06.2015 Three RTG cranes manufactured by Konecranes delivered from Hanko (Finland) to port Bronka 06.06.2015 Deliveries of export oil products to RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II totaled 4.65 mln t in Jan-May’15 28.05.2015 Marine Façade welcomes MSC Sinfonia on her maiden call to Saint-Petersburg (photo) 18.05.2015 Russian ports of the Baltic Sea subject to fuel sampling for sulphur content (document) 13.05.2015 Offshore storage tanker Pavinospirit placed at anchorage of Big Port St. Petersburg 02.05.2015 Icebreakers festival kicks off in St. Petersburg 22.04.2015 Passenger Port of St. Petersburg expects 232 calls in 2015 17.04.2015 World’s only Festival of Icebreakers to be held in Saint-Petersburg on May 2 – 3 15.04.2015 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg Q1 2015 cargo throughput gains 5% to 2 million tonnes 06.04.2015 Shipyard Pella signs contract with Admiralty Shipyards for delivery of Project 90600 tugboat 24.03.2015 Commission for testing of sea pilots and masters set up at Big Port St. Petersburg 23.03.2015 Ice navigation restrictions lifted at port Primorsk 20.03.2015 Throughput of port Primorsk up 8% to 9,890,100 t in Jan-Feb’15 03.03.2015 Deliveries of export oil products to RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II remain flat, y-o-y, at 1.84 mln t in Jan-Feb’15 20.02.2015 Flag of Russia hoisted on board oblique icebreaker Baltika in Saint-Petersburg (photo) 12.02.2015 Number of ferries which passed through Baltic Customs climbed by 20.6% to 906 units in 2014 09.02.2015 Exports of oil products via Ust-Luga Oil hit 23.6 mln t in 2014 06.02.2015 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) down 9% to 240,000 t in Jan’15 30.01.2015 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg increased investments into its development programme by 40% to RUB 367.4 mln in 2014 28.01.2015 Throughput of Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg down 2.2% to 387,600 TEUs in 2014 21.01.2015 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg up 6% to 61.1 mln t in 2014 14.01.2015 Icebreaking assistance season starts in the White Sea on January 14, 2014 30.12.2014 State acceptance committee accepts port service vessel ВТН-74 for Baltic Fleet 26.12.2014 Big Port St. Petersburg notifies of the winter icebreaking season start 18.12.2014 Ust-Luga Container Terminal handled 100,000 TEUs from year beginning 02.12.2014 All Russian ports except for Arctic ones to see price deregulation, official says 26.11.2014 Construction of LNG terminal at Vysotsk seaport to commence in 2016 18.11.2014 Russia’s Environment Ministry starts monitoring bunkering operations in all RF seaports 14.11.2014 Vladimir Putin gives instructions on minimization of intermediary services between suppliers and consumers of marine fuel 06.11.2014 Oil product exports via RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II rise 2.3% to more than 9 million tonnes in Jan-Oct 31.10.2014 Drawing of bridges at Neva and M. Neva rivers stops on Nov' 30, other bridges of Saint-Petersburg – on Nov'15 15.10.2014 Throughput of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg up 7% to 6.2 mln t in Jan-Sep’14 06.10.2014 Transshipment of Russian cargoes via national seaports up 6.4% to 412.4 mln t in Jan-Aug’14, CNIIMF says 02.10.2014 Consumption of LNG as bunker fuel in Europe may reach 4 mln t by 2030, Gazprom Export says 25.09.2014 Throughput of port Primorsk is forecasted to grow by 6.5% to 57.5 mln t in 2015 21.09.2014 Cruiser Aurora left Saint-Petersburg for repair in Kronshtadt 11.09.2014 Customs clearance procedure at Big Port St. Petersburg requires no customs officers on board in 73% of cases this year 02.09.2014 Throughput of Neva-Metal (Saint-Petersburg) up 19% to some 2.2 mln t in Jan-Aug’14 27.08.2014 Seaport Harbour Master Statute comes into effect in Russia 22.08.2014 United Shipbuilding Corporation to develop programme for technical upgrading of shipyards in 2014 12.08.2014 Oil product exports via RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II up 9% to 7.41 mln t in Jan-July’14 01.08.2014 "Marine Façade" (Saint-Petersburg) welcomes 6 cruise ships with full load of berths scheduled for August 7 21.07.2014 Rosmorechflot taps Alexander Volkov as Captain of Big Port St. Petersburg 18.07.2014 St. Petersuburg port Marine Façade increases seven-month passenger traffic by 9.28% to 266,182 people 07.07.2014 Throughput of Ust-Luga Oil up over 1.5 times to 11.5 mln t in HI’14 02.07.2014 Passenger port of St. Petersburg "Marine facade" hits record accepting 14 204 passengers 20.06.2014 Amendments to be introduced into Russian legislation on oil spill response plans 19.06.2014 Bunker market of diesel fuel in North-West Europe to grow by 10 mln t after 2015, expert forecasts 04.06.2014 Cruise ship Louis Aura makes her maiden call at Passenger Port of St. Petersburg "Marine Façade" (photo) 02.06.2014 LUKOIL and Transneft sign agreement on diesel fuel transportation to Vysotsk 27.05.2014 Rosmorrechflot signs decree on renaming of Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg 22.05.2014 DNV GL: LNG will become major marine fuel by 2050 14.05.2014 Marine Façade (Saint-Petersburg) welcomes cruise ship Legend of the Seas 07.05.2014 Only one FSO deployed at Port St. Peterburg's anchorage for offshore crude transshipment in 2014 summer season 22.04.2014 Diesel fuel will prevail in Baltic bunker market, expert says 18.04.2014 Throughput of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg up 5% to 1.9 mln t in QI'14 10.04.2014 Oil spill response exercises held at Big Port St. Petersburg 02.04.2014 Icebreaking assistance at Big Port St. Petersburg to be over from April 10, 2014 19.03.2014 RF Transport Ministry eager to ‘drag’ Baltic cargoes to domestic ports 13.03.2014 RF Federal Tariff Service sets weighted average increase of rates of port dues at 4.4% 11.03.2014 All ice restrictions at Big Port St. Petersburg lifted from March 10 03.03.2014 Moscow City Arbitration Court invalidates CEC teletypogram dated August 22, 2013 25.02.2014 Icebreaking assistance provided to 467 vessels in the Gulf of Finland 18.02.2014 PUL Trans and Russkaya Troyka to cooperate in container transportations to/from port Ust-Luga 17.02.2014 VTB lends $17 mln to Transbunker for construction oil terminal in Ust-Luga 05.02.2014 RF Federal Antimonopoly Service orders CEC to lift restrictions on bunkering in seaports 28.01.2014 Peter Parinov named new head of Sea Ports Authority "Big Port St. Petersburg" 20.01.2014 Rosmorport appoints Sergey Kurov as Deputy General Director for Fleet 16.01.2014 Throughput of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg down 11% to 7.8 mln t in 2013 09.01.2014 Ice navigation limitations come into effect at Big Port St. Petersburg from January 20 20.12.2013 Rosmorrechflot to decide on its future structure by mid-2014 11.12.2013 Royal Princess, the longest ship ever to dock at Passenger Port of St. Petersburg next year 10.12.2013 Period of icebreaker assistance announced at Big Port St. Petersburg 03.12.2013 Saint-Petersburg navigation of 2013 to be marked by 502 calls of passenger vessels 27.11.2013 Terminal Novaya Gavan (port Ust-Luga) to triple throughput to 65,000 automobiles in 2013 19.11.2013 RF Government’s Decree on fulfillment of obligations under Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 comes into effect 12.11.2013 Russia to deploy 15 icebreakers including one N-icebreaker for winter navigation in Gulf of Finland 11.11.2013 Ice forecast predicts moderate winter for the Gulf of Finland 01.11.2013 There is mine threat in Big Port St. Petersburg, port authority says 25.10.2013 6 Aframax tankers being simultaneously loaded at Ust-Luga port 17.10.2013 Russia approves inland water transport development strategy 2030 09.10.2013 Central Energy Customs allows offshore bunkering on certain condition 02.10.2013 KONTUR SPb holds OSR drills in port Novorossiysk 30.09.2013 ULCT dispatched its 100th container train 17.09.2013 Sergey Sedov takes post of RS Director General 12.09.2013 Andrey Tarasenko takes up position of Director General of FSUE Rosmorport 04.09.2013 Tanker Desna of LUKOIL-BUNKER’s Murmansk branch to undergo scheduled maintenance 31.08.2013 Vladimir Putin orders to see into a recent initiative of customs on bunkering ships 20.08.2013 Gazpromneft Marine Bunker acquires Estonian bunkering company 09.08.2013 Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg down 1.8% to 32.7 mln t in Jan-July’13 01.08.2013 Rosmorport to hand over six icebreakers on charter agreements 22.07.2013 Rates of port dues collected by Rosmorport take effect on July 23, 2013 16.07.2013 Throughput of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg down 12% to 3.96 mln t in HI’13 05.07.2013 Rosmorrechflot set to ensure 300-mln tonne increase of Russian ports capacity by 2018 01.07.2013 Andrey Tarasenko takes up position of Acting Director General of FSUE Rosmorport 25.06.2013 Andrey Lavrishchev appointed as Acting Director General of Rosmorport 14.06.2013 Pella shipyard launches second vessel of comprehensive port service based on Project SKPO-1000 06.06.2013 Ust-Luga Container Terminal accepts two vessels 03.06.2013 Irina Babyuk chairs BoD of Marine Façade (St. Petersburg) 30.05.2013 RTL launches automobile storing service at customs facilities of Novaya Gavan (Ust-Luga) 20.05.2013 Installation of turning machinery completed at draw span of Palace Bridge (St. Petersburg) 16.05.2013 First train with 4,300 tonnes of gas condensate unloaded at port Ust-Luga 08.05.2013 Rosneftbunker terminal in Ust-Luga port executes first loading of light oil products 24.04.2013 Fee for technological connection to networks of shore-power electrification is set up at Seaport SPb 17.04.2013 Aker Arctic to design new icebreaker for Finnish Gov't 10.04.2013 Throughput of port Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) up 1.8 times to 13.44 mln t in QI'13 05.04.2013 Cargo turnover at inland water ways not to change this year – RF Marine and River Transport Agency 27.03.2013 New Harbour Masters appointed at ports of Primorsk, Vysotsk and Vyborg 19.03.2013 Igor Levit takes position of Rosmorport’s Acting Director General 15.03.2013 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg completes testing of new equipment 01.03.2013 Russia’s annual port capacity will gain 54 mln tons in 2013 - RosMorRechFlot 28.02.2013 Ust-Luga Container Terminal shifts to round-the-clock operation 18.02.2013 Private investments in Russian port industry exceed RUR 350 bln – Transport Ministry 13.02.2013 En+ eyes new ways for construction of transshipment facilities in northwest Russia 05.02.2013 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg transferred RUR 253 mln for port infrastructure development 31.01.2013 Stevedoring companies of UCL Port increased annual throughput by 2% to 32.6 mln t 22.01.2013 Tightened ice restrictions in Big Port St. Petersburg from February 4, 2013 15.01.2013 Throughput of Ust-Luga port (Leningrad reg.) doubles to 46.61 mln t in 2012 09.01.2013 Rosmorport’s icebreakers assist shipping in the Gulf of Finland 26.12.2012 Marine Façade passenger traffic up 2% in 2012 18.12.2012 Rosmorport’s icebreakers escorted 72 vessels in Finland Gulf 10.12.2012 Big Port St. Pb issues ice restrictions for ship effective Dec.24 04.12.2012 Alexander Poshivay named deputy head of Rosmorrechflot 30.11.2012 First Ro-Ro ship call at Ust-Luga port kicks off Finnlines’ Lübeck-Ust-Luga regular service 22.11.2012 Russia may charter foreign icebreakers for operations in Finland Gulf 12.11.2012 Russian seaports’ cargo volumes grow 5.7 percent 02.11.2012 Rosmorport to finalize an icebreakers deployment plan in Nov, 2012 23.10.2012 Customs eased control procedure for 90% of tankers at Primorsk, Vysotsk and Ust-Luga 18.10.2012 Rosmorport pilot service to get 10 newbuilds by the end of 2015 11.10.2012 Russian seaports’ cargo volumes up 5.2 percent 01.10.2012 Krasnoye Sormovo launches 8th tanker of project RST27 for VF Tanker 24.09.2012 OOCL launches new Intra-Europe service 13.09.2012 ZNT Yard delivers to Rosmorport TG04M project tug ahead of schedule 12.09.2012 OSR drills at offshore terminal of Big Port St. Petersburg 04.09.2012 Sillamäe-Ust-Luga ferry service to be launched in September 21.08.2012 OSR drills at Petersburg Oil Terminal 20.08.2012 Rosgranitsa sets Big Port checkpoint’s boundaries 10.08.2012 Disputes delay defining the limits of checkpoint at Big Port St. Pb - Rosgranitsa 01.08.2012 Passenger boat sinks on the Neva River in St. Petersburg 26.07.2012 Port of Ust-Luga hosts OSR drills 20.07.2012 Big Port St. Petersburg cargo volumes down 3% in H1 12.07.2012 New Regulations on ship’s crew certification effective July 10, 2012 09.07.2012 Ust-Luga Company’s Board taps Svetlana Makarova Acting CEO 26.06.2012 Andrei Balashov to oversee navigation safety in Rosmorport’s NW branch 18.06.2012 Ust-Luga traffic soars more than twofold to 15.27 mln tons 13.06.2012 Updated port charges rates in Russia’s ports go into effect 06.06.2012 ULCT expands cargo handling services 28.05.2012 Stevedore successfully handles heavy-lift at St. Petersburg port 21.05.2012 Maxim Sokolov appointed as Transportation Minister 12.05.2012 UL Terminal’s border crossing point gets approval 03.05.2012 LUKOIL set to boost fuel oil exports through Big Port St. Petersburg 20.04.2012 Seaport St. Pb throughput soars 42 percent in Q1 17.04.2012 Transportation Ministry tightens safety measures for pleasure boats in St. Petersburg 12.04.2012 Port of Ust-Luga first-quarter cargo volume up 2.7 times 06.04.2012 Transportation Ministry announces navigation season on inland waterways 21.03.2012 First crude shipment from UL BPS-2 terminal slated for March 23 16.03.2012 Russian International Ship Register has registered 51 vessels 12.03.2012 Russian seaports traffic volume rises 5.1 percent in Jan-Feb 11.03.2012 Icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" enters waters of Finland in the Gulf 28.02.2012 FTS updates tariffs for handling oil at Ust-Luga terminal 13.02.2012 Port of Ust-Luga traffic soars nearly threefold in January 08.02.2012 Seven icebreakers could handle the job in Gulf of Finland, Harbourmaster says 07.02.2012 Baltic Shipyard to lay down fourth tanker for Kontur on Feb 7 30.01.2012 Big Port St. Pb to introduce ice class restrictions after Feb. 20 25.01.2012 Big Port St. Petersburg traffic volumes rose 3 percent in 2011 20.01.2012 UCL Holding sells shipbuilding asset to Cyprus company 16.01.2012 Big Port St. Petersburg announces navigation restrictions as of Jan. 27 23.12.2011 Port of Ust-Luga expects first call of Denmark-Finland-Ust Luga ferry service 16.12.2011 Traffic at Russian seaports to top 530m tons - RosMorRechFlot 09.12.2011 Russia and Finland to cooperate in shipbuilding 01.12.2011 Winter navigation starts at Big Port St. Petersburg harbor 28.11.2011 GPN Marine Bunker expands its bunkering fleet with new tanker 14.11.2011 Elara-DV tanker supplies bunker fuel to the Maersk Derince 02.11.2011 LUKOIL-Bunker wins to supply fuel to icebreakers in the Gulf of Finland 21.10.2011 RN-Bunker takes delivery of RN-Magellan tanker on time charter 10.10.2011 Big Port St. Petersburg cargo traffic rises 5.4 percent in Jan-Sept 05.10.2011 Bunker market of Big Port St. Petersburg hits pre-crisis volume 21.09.2011 Rosimushchestvo delays auction for MMRP’s shares sale 13.09.2011 Russian ports throughput up 0.4 percent in Jan-Aug 06.09.2011 Archangelsk port cargo volume sinks 6 percent to 2.95m tons 29.08.2011 Delivery of Russian ships to India postponed again 22.08.2011 Krasnoye Sormovo launches 7th 19614 project vessel for VF Tanker 16.08.2011 Investigators unveil causes of M/V Bulgaria sinking 08.08.2011 Arkhangelsk port throughput down 10.8 percent 02.08.2011 Siemens, Russian Power Machines ink JV agreement 26.07.2011 Yantar Shipyard to launch R/T vessel for Russian Navy 21.07.2011 Three-masted Russian sailing ship begins tour of North America with stop in Alaska 11.07.2011 Russian port’s H1 throughput down 0.5% to 256.9 million tons 04.07.2011 Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding delivers 2nd bulk carrier for VBTH 24.06.2011 The Northern shipping lane is ready for navigation 2011 21.06.2011 Nord Stream announces completion of underwater works phase 14.06.2011 Russian oil companies mull heavy investment in development, official says 07.06.2011 Paris MOU publishes latest «Black, Gray and White List» 05.05.2011 Russian-flagged ships are discriminated against at Baku port, Mr. Olersky says 22.04.2011 Russian Transport Ministry likely to invite bids for icebreakers contract, official says 11.04.2011 Icebreaker Vaigach leaves Russian part of the Gulf of Finland 15.03.2011 Igor Sechin: Ust-Luga export oil terminal is to be launched in December 2011 18.02.2011 Big Port St. Pb cargo volume up 22% to 4,27m tons 18.01.2011 Batumi International Container Terminal signs new agreement with MSC 13.01.2011 St. Petersburg port handles first cargo of Toyota vehicles 13.12.2010 Maersk to stop rig controls alerts 10.12.2010 Wärtsilä designs new multipurpose standby vessel 08.12.2010 Rosmorport adds more ferries to Baltiysk - Ust-Luga year-round service 30.11.2010 Maersk signs rig contract with Faroe Petroleum 29.11.2010 Baltic Oil Terminals to buy Russian terminal 23.11.2010 Nevsky Shipyard launches salvage ship Spasatel Karev 13.11.2010 Big Port of St.Pb’s throughput up 15.3% in Jan-Oct, to 48.3m tons 13.11.2010 Maersk call on shipping industry to prepare for IMO sulfur regulation 28.10.2010 Gazpromneft Marine Bunker purchases a bunker tanker for operations in St. Petersburg 28.10.2010 Corporatization of Rosmorport may be completed by mid-2012 18.10.2010 Sea Port St. Petersburg’s stockholders endorse merger 12.10.2010 Russia plans coal port in Barents Sea 12.10.2010 Maersk warns over cost pressure for ports 09.09.2010 Pella Shipyard delivers two tugs to Rosmorport 06.09.2010 Oil exports via Primorsk down 0.5% to 51,7m tons in Jan-Aug. 16.08.2010 Trade flows via Big Port of St.Pb up 14.2% in Jan-Jul 16.08.2010 Freight traffic via Ust-Luga Port up 21.7% in Jan-Jul, to 6,55m tons 09.08.2010 Maersk Tankers says must cover costs or won't sail - Chief Executive 05.08.2010 St.Petersburg Gov: freight transport to be removed from the city 28.07.2010 Russian Govt liquidates Vysotsk Port Authority 19.07.2010 Cargo turnover of the Big Port of St. Petersburg up 16% in H1, to 26,35 million tons 14.07.2010 H1 throughput of Ust-Luga Port up 30%, to 5,67m tons 30.06.2010 Russian FAS says river ports’ facilities could go private 26.05.2010 North-West Border Guard to waive inspection fee for incoming vessels 13.05.2010 Throughput of Russian ports up 10.4%, to 167.48m tons in Jan-Apr 27.04.2010 Russian ports in the eastern Gulf of Finland are free of ice, icebreaking services over from April 30 27.04.2010 Summer navigation starts in the harborage of Ust-Luga on May 1st 19.04.2010 Unifeeder to raise BAF to EUR85 a TEU on all traffics from May 1st 13.04.2010 SA of Big Port Of St. Petersburg to lift ice capacity restrictions on vessels since April 20, 2010 01.04.2010 Primorsk Port removes ice-class restrictions 12.03.2010 Victor Chernykh appointed Deputy Director of Rosmorport’s Ust-Luga branch 11.03.2010 RosNeftBunker Oil Terminal at Ust-Luga to be launched in May this year 04.03.2010 A.P. Moller-Maersk posts a $1.024 b net loss for 2009 fiscal year 01.03.2010 Unifeeder raises Winter Surcharge, 30 ero / TEU for container transportation to the Baltic ports 27.02.2010 This year’s navigation starts later, ice conditions, high water 10.02.2010 Russia to submit The Baltic Sea Preserve Program in May 2010 - Vladimir Putin 03.02.2010 Transport Ministry charged, removes its restrictions to ease competition in port services market 26.01.2010 Transit time via Panama Canal show a year-over-year 27.5 percent decline in Q1 of this fiscal year 26.01.2010 Accidents on the waterways of Russia decreased by 15.9% - to 97 cases in 2009 18.01.2010 Cargo turnover of the group of companies Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC up 5% to 11.5 million tons in 2009 01.12.2009 FCT cargo turnover (St.-Petersburg) down by 13.6% in Jan.-Oct. 2009 26.11.2009 French Naval forces assault ship Mistral leaves St.-Petersburg port water area 18.11.2009 Vyborg port boundaries set 02.11.2009 Kaliningrad seaport boundaries set 28.10.2009 Neva-Metal CJSC (St.-Petersburg) to open a new empty containers storage service 28.10.2009 FGUP Rosmorport structure changed	Partners Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers INFLOT World Wide Inc. 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