News 2007 February 15

Ust Luga places the first issue

Throughput of Odessa Commercial Seaport (Ukraine) up 41% in Jan. 07, y-o-y

Sakhalin-1 reached the design level

Cargo turnover of the port of Yeisk (Ukraine) up 66.6% in Jan. 07, y-o-y

Throughput of the port of Klaipeda up 28.4% in Jan. 07, y-o-y

Loading of West-Siberian railway up 15.7% in Jan. 07, y-o-y

Belarus hikes tariffs for Russian oil transportation

Port of Yeisk (Ukraine) ups cargo handling 2.4 times in Jan. 07, y-o-y

Transneft ready to construct oil pipeline bypassing Belarus by mid-2008

Cargo turnover of Sea Fishing Port (Petersburg) up 32% in Jan. 07, y-o-y

Oil price totaled $57.43 in London, and $58.57 in New York

Epic Shipping (UK) orders three vessels

Norwegian Eitzen buys Mosvold Chemical

Weaker Q4 but strong year for Knightsbridge Tankers

Ukrainian Donbas invests in the Polish shipbuilder

Hutchison Port Holdings signes Vietnam port deal

China Merchants to spend 3b yuan on Tianjin port

NYK sees net income drop 36pc over first nine months

MSC, Hanjin, CMA CGM to set up shop at Dongjiang bonded port area

Maersk denies shipping garbage to China

Asia Australia Discussion Agreement to drop PSS for Asia-Australia shipments

ABN AMRO to fund PNSC’s $150m ships deal

Rise in UAE-Greece cooperation in shipping, logistics