News 2007 March 26

Russia may end WTO negotiations in summer - Medvedkov

Port of Odessa rises transit tariffs

Italy assesses Fincantieri listing

MOL to upgrade Vietnam box service

BASS (Norway) sees strong 2006

Four special economic zones to be created in 2007- Gref

Russia starts Pacific naval exercise

Hanjin in first tanker orders for Philippines yard

NYK to order two 250,000-ton ore carriers

BAE, VT to create shipbuilding join venture

Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard started building tanker DWT 13,000 for Palmali Group

MOL names its largest ever iron ore bulker

Zim confirmes the order of two more 10,000-teu vessels at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in Korea

Evergreen, COSCO split South African, South American services

ADB to fund expansion of Sri Lanka port

DryShips seeks to buy larger vessels

Hutchison Port Holdings US$2.59 billion profit up 12pc

Chengdu to become logistics hub by 2010

Antwerp promoted as north Europe's congestion-free port

Kazakhstan ready to boost export oil transit via Russia

China Railway eyes IPO

MOL sets profit and capacity goals to 2012

Special operation nets Panamanian trawler in Sea of Okhotsk

Russian motor vessel detained in China over debts to shiprepairer

New PRISCO vessels are under construction

FTS to finalize new regulations for port charges in the first half of 2007 - Victor Kvitko

Volga Fleet Tanker to carry 1.2 million tons of LUKOIL export fuel oil in 2007

Novoship ups purchase of bunker by 2.5 times in 2006

Oil price up to $63.18 in London, and to $62.51 in New York