News 2007 September 7

Oil cargo transportation by Ukraine’s railway up 18% in H1 07, y-o-y

West-Siberian railway dispatches over 170 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug 07, y-o-y

Throughput of the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) up 16.4% in Jan-Aug 07, y-o-y

Georgian port of Poti raises transshipment of oil products

Supramax freight rates can surge

Transocean's India rig rates lower than expected

Chinese ship aground off Mangalore

RUR 20 billion to be spent for reconstruction of Kamchatka transport network

Commercial Seaport of Iljichevsk (Ukraine) ups throughput by 5% in Jan-Aug 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Commercial Seaport of Murmansk totals 9.3 million tonnes in 8M07

Russia to liberalize rail freight tariffs, increase funding

Expert: Russian shipbuilding is noncompetitive in world market

Throughput of the coal port of Vysotsk up 5.4% in Jan-Aug 07, y-o-y

PetroChina to buy Australian Aussie LNG

Evergreen plans cheaper ships by owning shipyard in China

FESCO to launch North China-Russia service

Chiwan Container Terminal handled 550,164 TEU in August

Chengdu to build rail container hub in October

Container shipping rates rebound on higher volume

Safmarine to take delivery of seven newbuildings in 2008

Druzhba pipeline leg may be re-commissioned in spring 2009

Throughput of Vladivostok Container Terminal up 24% in Jan-Aug 07, y-o-y

BAE Systems wins 9.3 mln usd deal with Maersk Line

Oil price up to $74.77 in London and to $76.30 in New York