News 2007 November 13

Black, Azov Sea oil spill contamination to last six months

Rosneft plans to refine 1 mln barrels of oil a day in 2008

RAS net profit of North Western Shipping Company totals RUR 281 million in Jan-Sep 07

Rosneft to triple crude supplies to Asia by 2020

Schenker China resolves NVOCC licence issue with China authorities

New World Alliance to cut Transpacific capacity by up to 20%

Murmansk Sea Fishing Port to handle 19,000 tonnes of cargo in Nov 2007

St Petersburg port strike to hit metals shipments

EU has the right to demand member state environmental legislation

Norwegian ports rebell aginst new ISPS fee

Colombian port of Cartagena to expand its handling capacity

CS Terminal buys into Liaoning's Yingkou Port

Russia could become WTO member from July 2008 – ministry

China shipyard to raise $250 mln in Singapore IPO-sources

St. Petersburg Administration issues a list of works to be executed by Sea Port of St. Petersburg during strike

Throughput of Nakhodka Commercial Seaport down 28.4 % in Jan-Oct 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Nakhodka port down 23.1% in Jan-Oct 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Vostochny port up 7.7% in Jan-Sep 07, y-o-y

Throughput of Vostochnaya Stevedore Company up 31% in Jan-Oct 07, y-o-y

Net profit of North Western Fleet up 48% in July-Sep 07, y-o-y

Three stevedoring companies of Sea Port of St. Petersburg start striking

HCI Hammonia AG plans boxship IPO

New World Alliance puts in eight mega ships on Asia-Europe run

Tianjin's Dongjiang Bonded Port Area first phase opens December 8

SIPG plans raising mid-Yangtze Jiujiang port capacity to 3 million TEU

Hutchison Port Holdings to build and operate new container terminal in Karachi

Oil price down to $91.98 in London and to $94.62 in New York

Zubkov, Yanukovich discuss situation in Kerch Strait