Baltic ports say ECA regulations are 'unacceptable'

Coast Guard, Chevron & State respond to oil spill in Delta Wildlife Refuge

Anti-fouling convention enters into force in Singapore

Rotterdam innovation makes oil fires controllable

Container market recovery is under threat

The processing of ships in Russian ports may be facilitated

It is not planned to raise containers with dangerous goods from the bottom of the Baltic

The Head of the Department for Law Enforcement on the transport of the Ministry of the Interior was dismissed by RF Presidential Decree

Radioactive wastes repositories on the Kola Peninsula

Due to leakage of toxic gases in the Philippines, thousands of people were evacuated

Deliberate dumping of oil into the river in Italy

Only 16% of the enterprises of the Amur region, possessing petroleum reserves, have developed and brought into action OSR plans

Industry in Russia to become “green”

Dmitriy Medvedev mandated to carry on decriminalization in petroleum logistics area

Containers with hazardous goods sank in the Baltic Sea

RF Government to discuss the power of Ministry of Transportation with regard to liability insurance regulations from bunker oil pollution

Fiji accedes to the Revised Kyoto Convention

Russia to change its customs procedure at sea ports from March 1, 2010

US importers now under 10+2 rules

Accidents on the waterways of Russia in 2009 decreased by 15.9%

Northern ecosystems are more sensitive to oil spills

About 11,000 barrels of oil spilled near Port Arthur

Oil spills incidents in the seas in the North-West Russia in 2009, a threefold drop

In Yakutia during the repair of pipeline about 450 cubic meters of oil spilled

More than 700 law violations were detected in fuel-and-power sector in Yugra in 2009

Accident at the gas pipeline in Mordovia

Coast Guard to remove pollution from abandoned vessel in Savannah River

Containers holding explosives punctured; US port shuts

Oil spill in the waters of the Big Port of St.Petersburg

The seaport Caucasus will accept toxic waste

Unified system for tracking of containers by means of a satellite is planned to be launched in Europe

WCO applauds testimony of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary on 100% scanning

Dmitry Medvedev will establish a special body for adoption of regulations

Medvedev received an offer to revert to the Soviet GOSTs

Agreement between the Government of Russia and Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on international road transport

The Verkhovna Rada repassed the law on Ukraine's accession to the Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways

Oil products spilled into the water at Gutuevskiy Kovsh of Saint-Petersburg Port

Ballast water reporting procedures at Abu Dhabi oil terminals

Ship with 100 tons of hydrochloric acid sank in the Yangtze River

Freight ship hole patched, oil spill stopped

Crews focusing on Alameda shore in oil cleanup

ROSCOSMOS (Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation) plans to use the space system for mobile monitoring at sea

Coast Guard is responding to 200 gallon crude oil spill

No reports of oil washing up on beach after spill

Agreement on cooperation in preventing the pollution of the Baltic Sea

Russia will inform Finland of Nord Stream environmental examination results

Carriers will have to provide RF customs stations with preliminary information

RF Transport Ministry published the List of amendments to International IMO Conventions, which come into force in 2009

Russia is ready to participate in Voluntary IMO Member State Audit – Transport Ministry

Oil tanker leak in Russia's Volga River brought under control

IMO team to audit Russian ports will be headed by a representative of Denmark maritime administration

RF Transport Ministry approves Concept for reforming management system of Russia’s IWW

Russian ecologists demanded to ban transportation of uranium raw materials and wastes by the Baltic Sea

Delayed action mines on the bottom of seas and oceans

The State Duma passes the Law on Russia's accession to COTIF

The Baltic Pipeline Sysytem

The series of aframax tankers is finished

HELCOM report shows a 12% increase in ship accidents in the Baltic

Oil spot was found near the place, where Nhat Thuan sank

ICS and ISF meet in London.

The Federal Customs Service will fix a limit on container transportations from EU through motor vehicle border checkpoints.

Cargo turnover in sea ports of Russia increased by 5,1% to 151,5 million tons in January-April 2009.

Record-breaking amount of container carriers were written-off for scrap.

Oil residual spilled during loading on "REDO" tanker in port of Novorossiysk.

Container turnover in ports of the USA has shrunk by 15%.

Prosecutor's Office considers rates of accidental oil-contaminated water spill clean-up operations on the north of Sakhalin to be insufficient

The European Parliament has tightened seas and oceans pollution control measures

Investments in the project on fast delivery of containers by Trans Siberian line will amount to 11 billion rubles - Russian Railways.

Hyundai Merchant Marine is planning to inform consignors on cargoes location by sending text messages (SMS)

Two lines for delivery of containers from Sweden to Saint-Petersburg and ports of Eastern Mediterranean

Two fire-fighting trains pull duty at the place of the accident in Shushary

Persons guilty of ammonia emission were put on probation for a year (Chuvashia)

New accident with contamination of water main with phenol threaten the capital of Bashkiria

The first container ship FESCO DIOMID of B-178 series was integrated into FESCO fleet

Somali pirates seized container ship of Maersk Company (Denmark)

April 8, 2009 Igor Levitin, Transport Minister in the Russian Federation, held a meeting, where the project of Conception for reforming of Russian inland waterways control system was discussed

The draft bill "On introduction of changes into article 27 of the Federal Law "On Remedy of Legal Persons and Self-Employed Entrepreneurs when executing government control (supervision) and municipal control" was brought in State Duma on the 8th of April

Wagons of freight train run off the track in Sverdlovskaya region

Ecologists complain that they were permitted to take part in hearing on Caspian pipeline consortium

In Pakistan more than 60 migrants asphyxiated in container

7 wagons run off the track near Saint-Petersburg

The Procuracy accuses "LUKOIL-Komi" of unauthorized discharge from oil pipeline "Kyrtael - crude oil delivery and acceptance point Chikshino"

Run of container terminal in Ust-Luga port may be postponed

"Phosphorite" (Leningrad region) refused to ecologists in the examination of waste

Truck carrying sulfuric acid flipped over in Buryatia

Storage facility for temporary storage of radiation materials will be opened in Ust-Luga port

Ecological requirements have been developed for Sochi transport by Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (Rosprirodnadzor)

The agreement between Russia and China on oil may be signed in the nearest time

One of the biggest containers in the world was discharged in Novorossijsk

Accident rate of water transport declined by 32, 5% in 2008

On plenary session in Strasbourg the European Parliament adopted "Erica-3", a set of laws on maritime safety

Parliament of Kazakhstan ratified an agreement with the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of sea transport

State Duma at the second reading passed the bill on carriage of dangerous cargoes

In January tariffs for cargo carriage up 11%

The agreement between Russia and Lithuania on shipping in Kurshskiy Gulf

IMO hosted meetings of Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

APL opened a container line between Pusan port and Vostochnyi port

England became the world dump for toxic vessels and crafts

Transport prosecution detected serious problems during execution of customs inspection in Saint-Petersburg

On coming part 3.2, article 19 of Federal law № 166-ФЗ "Federal Law on Fisheries and Preservation of Aquatic Biological Resources" dated the 20th of December, 2004, into force

IMO Meetings

World container shipment companies start trying new sea routes by-passing Africa, which is dangerous with its pirate attacks

Russian Federation and Denmark are planning to start pilot project on facilitation of customs procedures during customs processing of container shipping in Saint-Petersburg seaport

Primorski Krai is completing works on delimitation of sea ports

The Conference on "Transport law as an instrument of Transport policy of the Russian Federation implementation till 2030"

January, 12-16. The 35th session of International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee took place in London

January, 19-23. The 13th session of Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue Subcommittee (COMSAR 13) took place in London Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Sea Port of Saint Petersburg Group of Companies has shorten cargo transshipment on 8% in 2008

The Parliament of Kazakhstan ratified an agreement with the Russian Federation on cooperation in sea transport field

Downfall of rail loadings at railway transport of the Russian Federation in December, 2008 is 26% - Federal State Statistics Service

The government has opened ports for foreign ships