News 2007 September 3

Throughput of Nikolayev port (Ukraine) up 13.8% in H1 07, y-o-y

TNK-BP reports lower net profit

Profit of JSC Ventspils nafta up 130% in H1 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Kherson port (Ukraine) up 51.2% in H1 07, y-o-y

Oceanteam acquires stake in new Subsea Services Company

Rotterdam acquires a new rail terminal

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp eyes $928 mn IPO

Ship owners threaten to abandon the Israeli port Ashdod

MMK announces higher H1 2007 net profit

Russia and China sign agreement on port control of export fish catch legality

Russia to boost oil export duty

Rosneft is not interested in Volgotanker – Sergei Bogdanchikov

Russian officials sceptical about Baltic Pipeline System

Deep-sea machinery production center to be built in Vladivostok

General contract agreement signed for construction of cargo terminal in Lomonosov

Eitzen Maritime Services sees double-digit growth

Hutchison Port Holdings wins bid for deep-water port in Pakistan

Hurricane Felix in Central America gets Category Five

Oil price up to $72.69 in London and to $74.04 in New York

Singapore's Portek sees profits sink 89pc in FY07

Lithuania and Russia will be connected by new bridge via Neman River

MAN AG wins large contract from APL

Evergreen Marine posts second quarter profit on container rates

Vietnam’s Ca Mau Shipbuilding Industry to build million-ton cement plant

Putin calls for stimulating fishing, cracking down on fish poaching