News 2006 November 30

Latvian ports handled 3.5 million tons of chemical loose bulk cargo in 9M06

Net profit of Nakhodka Oil Commercial Seaport totaled RUR 1.381 million in 9M06

Foreign trade turnover of Leningrad Region up 17% in January-September

GE Shipping takes delivery for crude tanker

AP Moeller-Maersk still sees 2006 net of 16 bln dkr, sales of 270 bln

Bach Dang Shipyard launches big new ship

Container turnover between Hamburg and Saint Petersburg up 41% in 10M06

Railway in Russia: Tariffs on transit transportation of containers along the Transsib remain the same

CERT FMCG upgrades Rotherham facility to COMAH Top-tier standard

China’s supply chains ripe for optimisation

Asian owners split on distillate fuel

No relief likely on P&I costs

Cyprus, Egypt sign commercial shipping agreement

The shipping line Norden expects a higher operating profit for 2007

Transcontainer opens its representative office in Byelorussia

President of European Commission promises to engage in problem of traffic jams on Lithuanian-Latvian border

Costs may drive lines away from Panama Canal

Broker predicts testing future for box charter market

Tariffs for container transit by Trans-Siberian line are not to be changed in CIS

Transneft to finalize expertise of Kozmino Bay feasibility study in March 2007

Aker Kv?rner to supply Varandey terminal with technology

Cargo turnover of Odessa region seaports down 1.3% in 10M06

Oil price up $63.07 in London, and to $62.46 in New York

CMA CGM to deploy fourth ship on TDM Panama service

Hapag-Lloyd to raise North America rates in Feb

Southeast China capacity expected to rise by 9.5m TEU in 2010

Africa edges out N America to become Ningbo's No 3 trading partner

New Gulf terminal to debut at SMEM Dubai 2006

Ships burning polluting fuels will pay higher port fees at Vancouver

Ships registered under Liberian flag rises to 2,300