News 2006 December 15

Russia ups industrial output 3% in Nov - Rosstat

Russian oil output up 2.2%, export down 0.5% in 10M06

Oil export of Spetsmornefteport “Primorsk” up 14.4% in 11M06

Search for missing ship in Baltic Sea dropped

Cargo turnover of Saint Petersburg port down 7.2% in 11M06

Greatwide signs 5-year contract with Tyson Foods

BALtrans acquires BALtrans (India); opens first office in Oman

Concor now exporting to Bangladesh by sea route

HK port firm to expand on mainland

Capacity boosted after Yangshan Port upgrade

Diet approves ban on port calls by North Korean ships

Maersk launches CRX service

OTAL introduces new services to Africa

China Merchants, partner boost Shenzhen Port Holdings

Loading of Ukraine’s refineries down 2.2% in 11M06

EPIC partners to double service

Boxship conference ESPMC-WITASS is bringing forward its rate restoration for South America to Europe routes.

Qatar targeting 45 LNG carriers worth $11bn

Indian ports to ready growth plans by January

Russia approves increase of Sakhalin-1 budget to $19.3 bln

Overflowing Neva partially floods embankments in St Petersburg

Oil price up to $62.12 in London, and to $62.51 in New York

Hong Kong throughput rises 1pc in 3Q to 6m TEU

SCT sets new productivity record on December 11

Spain's Bofill & Arnan expands logistics into China

CSCL to reduce capacity in low season

US launches bomb scanning initiative at six foreign ports