News 2006 October 12

RZhD OJSC loaded over 3.6 billion tons of cargo in 3 years

Cargo turnover of Latvia Railway down 8.5% in January-September

Exxon's full Sakhalin exports delayed 1-2 months

Cargo turnover of Kazakhstan up 4.1% in January-September

MSC Introduces new direct service between North Europe and West Africa

Safmarine Container Lines N.V. names new containerships

Construction of Maasvlakte 2 can begin in 2008

Azerbaijan' SOCAR oil output 49.51 mln bbl in 9M06, up 0.2%, y-o-y

Krasnoye Sormovo transfers the Mahmud Afandi tanker to Safinat An-Najaat Shipping Company Limited

Incident update: iron ore carrier Giant Step

Rotterdam willing to co-operate with Zeeland on container handling development

Finnlines's result for the first nine months of this year

Ukrzaliznitsa transported 38.6 thou of high-capacity containers through 8M06

Oil price was down to $58.65 in London, and to $57.58 in New York

Rosdorleasing acquires 600 general-purpose containers

S. Korean shipyards to import more Chinese steel next year

Construction of A-class logistics complex has been started in Ukraine

World Point sells European terminals to Vitol

Japan bans North Korean ships

China's steel product prices up slightly in September

Port of Brunswick sees 11pc growth in cargo volumes

West-Siberian Railway accepted 1.56 million tons of cargo in 9M06 for container transportation

Shanghai expected to handle 21m TEU in 2006

RZhD and TransGroup to cover 25% of Russia’s car transportation market by 2012

Mechel steel giant's net profit down 25% in 1H06