News 2007 May 3

Container turnover of the port of Odessa (Ukraine) up 31.5%% in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y

Throughput of the port of Tallinn up 11.6% in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y

RZD reschedules cargo delivery to the ports of Baltic states

Six transport-logistical centers to be created in Kazakhstan by 2012

Decline in piracy incidents in Asia in Q1

Royal Caribbean Q1 gain dives

COSCO and Evergreen beef up Red Sea – Asia service

Israeli industrialists call on the transport minister to resign "anarchy" in Haifa and Ashdod ports

Hanjin Shipping swings to net loss in Q1

Iranian supply operation 'going well'

Long Beach-Los Angeles seaport expects a 9% increase in activity

APL with Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Mitsui OSK to launch service from the U.S. East Coast to South America

Brazil's mining giant CVRD signs freight contract to develop Brazil-China shuttle service

BAE beats off competition to secure Spanish submarine deal

China Shipping Group enters shipbuilding market

SOCAR and PALMALI sign contract on oil transportation

Management company should be set up for Murmansk port development – Igor Levitin

Greenway representative office opens in China

Shenzhen port workers strike

Ports of Seattle and Dalian sign friendship accord

Philippines customs to introduce container scanners

Vietnam shipyard builds US$5m Danish containership for river service

Growth in global freight forwarding industry declines in 2006

KCS net profits jump 72% yoy in Q1

Container handling in Chittagong port marks record after latest reforms

Throughput of DTC "LUKOIL-II" (Vysotsk) totals 3.18 million tons in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y

Large logistics centers should be developed on the basis of public-private partnership - Putin

Putin comes out for creation of FEZ with preferential tax treatment in the largest seaports

Oil price down to $66.25 in London, and to $63.68 in New York