News 2007 November 8

Ukraine’s railway transportation to seaports up 21%, in October 07, y-o-y

Oil refining up 1.7% in the RF

Throughput of Ventspils port up 7%, in Jan-Oct 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Ventspils nafta terminals totals 11.2 million tonnes in Jan-Oct 07

Russian seaport operator gets head start on LSE

Ship emissions “kill 60,000 a year”

Bourbon says its Q3 revenues rises 35%

DP World expects revenue to grow 38.5%

VLCC freight rates from Mid-East to Asia stable

Seaspan sees 100-ship fleet by 2010

Russia to complete WTO talks in 2007

Portuguese fishermen rescued after week adrift in Atlantic

The Philippine Ports Authority to construct P100 M seaport facility in Bais City

Registration of Shipbuilding Centers to be completed in Nov 07 - Khristenko

EC approves acquisition of English Welsh & Scottish Railway by Deutsche Bahn

Russian Government discusses development of maritime civil equipment

LUKOIL commissioned installation of visbreaking on Ukhtinsky ORF

Throughput of Latvian Railway up 3.8% in Jan-Oct 07, y-o-y

Throughput of port Aktau (Kazakhstan) totals 925,000 tonnes in Oct 07

TransContainer net profit up

Ocean container shipping rates to increase in 2008

Eagle Bulk Shipping 3Q EPS beats Wall Street view, revenue rises 20%

Crude price rise tugs bunkers up

Yang Ming Marine subsidiary buys two 6,600-TEU ships

Hong Kong ranks eighth, China 30th, in World Bank Logistics Index