News 2007 July 4

Throughput of the port of Caucasus down 1.3% in H1 07, y-o-y

Throughput of the port of Tallinn (Estonia) up 4.8% in H1 07, y-o-y

CMA CGM and NYK head inland with Duisburg move

Nizhniy Novgorod enterprises enter United Shipbuilding Corporation

Russian boxship line Fesco has taken over feeder player ESF Group of the Netherlands

Landlocked Bolivia to build new port

LUKoil's President boosts stake in share capital

Export via Vysotsk “LUKOIL-II" makes 5.2 million tonnes in H1 07, y-o-y

Cargo handling of Vostochny Port OJSC (Far East) up 4% in H1 07, y-o-y

Dalian inaugurates free-trade harbour

5,888-TEU OOCL Italy named at Koyo dockyard

Ningbo-Europe trade soared 41.3pc January to May

Lianyungang to co-operate with Suqian, Huaian in port service

CMA CGM and NYK to open first shipping line hinterland box terminal

Port of Vancouver to pay US$47m to ease road congestion

Adani Logistics (India) to launch container train operations in August

Forth dry cargo ship project RSD17 built by MNP Group handed over to customer

Oil price up to $72.93 in London and to $71.41 in New York

Three US shipyards to build 4 new ferries

The government plans to build new deep-sea port in Satun (Thailand)

China Merchants says its total cargo handling capacity in Hong Kong and the mainland rose 22 percent in the first half

Larsen & Toubro sets five new companies

Group Five to expand the Durban harbour