News 2007 August 28

Safmarine launches second West Africa-Asia service

Daewoo to build biggest floating dock

Dalian may up container rates on China trade

Ship builders lead Asian indices higher

Holland Group takes-over Puerto Rican port

Rostekhnadzor to keep tighter control over ESPO deadlines

Container handling in Ukraine’s ports up 39.7% in H1 07, y-o-y

LUKOIL to increase oil deliveries to Germany

Tatneft relies to gush out 25.4mln ton

Throughput of Vladmortorgport’s oil terminal (Vladivostok) to reach 1.5 million tonnes

1,200 trucks caught in queue at Russian-Latvian border

7 federal ministers to enter BOD of United Shipbuilding Corporation

Nakhodka Fishing Port to be redesigned for container transshipment

ECT and HES Beheer report profit growth in the port of Rotterdam

Cosco Pacific selling stake in bank for US$268mil

Usha Martin buys Staalkabel for euro 3 mln

Shanghai Port plans 3b yuan bond

China Shipping, K' Line, Yang Ming, Zim to start new Asia-Black Sea service

Evergreen, Wan Hai Lines to offer Japan-Thailand service

Dalian expands port area

CMA CGM boosts bamboo-floored container fleet

LA extends comment period for box terminal expansion project

Mercator's Singapore arm to raise $200m

Rent for Russian Black Sea Fleet bases not to be revised till 2017

Container ships delayed by Belgian strike

Oil price up to $70.95 in London and to $71.97 in New York