News 2007 May 16

Russia ups aluminum production 4% in April

Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard starts building environmentally safe tanker project RST 22

Rosneft's revenue up to $5.5 billion in 1Q07

International commercial seaport of Baku forecasts decrease of cargo handling in 2007

International conference "Black Sea Freight Market & Ports" to be held in Odessa, 4-5 June 2007

Dry-cargo ship “Shirvan” steers a course to Black Sea

Hong Kong April box volume falls amid China competition

Orders for Japan's shipbuilders decline by half in Jan-April

Russia to complete all WTO talks by late July - ministry

Throughput of Ukraine’s commercial seaports up 20.3% in Q1 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Latvia’s ports up 2.5% in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y

Sovcomflot IFRS net profit up 18% in Q1 07, y-o-y

Gazprom Neft's quarterly revenue up slightly

Daewoo plans to start shipbuilding in North Korea

Primorye border-guards got a new patrol boat

Poaching vessel with 35 tonnes of crab detained in Sea of Okhotsk

Latvian Railway decreases transportation by 4.3% in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y

FESCO carries out complicated transportations

Japanese trawler captain fined over $19,000 for poaching

Oil price up to $68.11 in London, and to $63.17 in New York

Russia's pipeline monopoly takes over oil product transit firm

Hanjin Heavy Industries can be split from the Hanjin Heavy Industries Group

Greek tanker grounded on Hatterbarn

Eitzen Maritime Services acquires Provimar SA

Samsung Heavy Industries wins US$771 mln shipbuilding order

Dubai-bound ship survives pirate attack off Somalia

Iran, Oman sign gas agreement

TSA sets up east and west coast shipper meetings in June

NOL group sees Q1 net profit plummet 64pc

Vietnam to build its first box manufacturing plant

World container demand leaves Sri Lanka in the lurch

Port of Tacoma to house radiation detection center

Suria Capital’s RM400m port to open in June

VT Chairman outlines shipbuilding venture with BAE Systems

ABG (India) commits Rs 100 cr investment in CFS

Boskalis extends container port Panama Canal entrance