News 2007 May 28

Net profit of Murmansk Ocean Company under RAS made 123 mil rub in Jan-Mar 2007

Russian natural gas exports fall 20.2% in Jan-April - ministry

Eurofin expands into Asia

Issue of first tender for Panama Canal expansion

Klaipeda overtakes Tallinn in container throughput

Bharati Shipyard receives order worth Rs.418 crores from Man Ferrostaal AG, Germany

The third dry cargo vessel of “Khazar” type launched at Volgograd Shipyard

Alliances to launch all-water services via the Panama Canal

Oil price down to $70.69 in London, and up to $65.20 in New York

Captain charged with poaching in Russia handed over to Japan

World’s largest tanker company looks towards Barents Sea

Transport Ministry sets a task to raise container throughput of Russia’s NW ports to 6 mln TEU

Mombasa port (Kenia) endures congestion crisis

Gulftainer upgrades Comoros Islands port

OVL gets 33% stake in Shell's Egypt block, to invest $380m

Hong Kong's Legislative Council approves special frontage zone in Shenzhen Bay

Grand Alliance enhances Mediterranean-Asia loop to include Busan

Beijing lays down law on port construction ways and means

New 5,888-TEU OOCL Oakland named at the Koyo Dockyard

Primafuel to build biodiesel facility at Port of Sacramento

Guangzhou's GCT sets new container throughput record in April

Vietnam container operators face terminal handling charges

Gammon and Dragados SPL to build container terminal in Mumbai

Port of Oakland to receive US$5.6m security grant

Severstaltrans to attract over $250 million for development of Petrolesport

Port Klang to stop subsidy on transfer of containers

APL starts rail freight service in India on May 30

Baltiysky Zavod (St. Petersburg) launches the “Moscow” icebreaker

Commercial Seaport of Kaliningrad handles 41.3 thou TEU in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y