News 2007 March 27

The volume of oil primary distillation in Russia decreased 1% in March 12-18

Cooperation of Chinese and Russian Railways

Russia, Latvia sign border treaty

Transneft, Gazprom studying possible gas pipeline parallel to ESPO oil pipeline

Cape Town could lose two thirds of shipping

Bunker industry can meet challenges - General Manager of Total Marine Fuels

Rosneft subsidiary buys Yukos's 9% stake in Rosneft

Rhine closed to shipping after accident

Panama ports linked by rail

Rickmers Group plans to raise about $160m from an IPO in Singapore

Concor (India), Gateway Rail ink deal for container terminal

RUSAL, SUAL, Glencore close merger deal

Rosneft subsidiary buys Yukos's 9% stake in Rosneft

Saimaa Channel to be open for navigation from March 28

Transshipment of oil cargo falls over 2-fold at the seaport of Caucasus in 2006

Marseille, Rotterdam port strikes continue

National Container Company to acquire container terminal at the Far East – Sergei Generalov

Oil price up to $64.41 in London, and to $62.91 in New York

National Container Company to invest $1.2 billion into development of its terminals within 8 years

The strategy for Saint Petersburg transport-and-logistics complex development to be considered in April

Russia's oil output up 4.4%, gas down 0.2%, y-o-y, in Jan.-Feb.

Carnival plans to spend about $3 billion to $3.5 billion annually on its shipbuilding program

JNPT (India) to build fourth container terminal

The solar power generation system of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. at Ohi Container Terminal starts operation in March

Joint venture to build shipyard in Qatar

Maersk Line restructures transpacific services

Port security policy (US) needs balance to ensure efficiency

Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates new Hamburg headquarters

OTS Logistics to acquire Confreight Group in Europe

Ghanaian shippers to launch legal action to stop illegal box fees