News 2007 November 30

Vakaru krova opens terminal for transshipment of bio-diesel fuel in port of Klaipeda (Lithuania)

Port of Ventspils (Latvia) to handle 30 million tonnes of cargo in 2007

Murmansk Shipping Company to build bunkering station

First LNG cargo in Q-Flex tanker for Japan

Asian aframax rates rise sharply on winter demand

Dry bulk freight rates may stay firm till 2009: STX

Norwegian container traffic up 15 per cent in one year

New special economic zone on Vostochnyi Port base is being created in Primorye

Strike in the key Peruvian port of Callao ends

Houston port grows with Asia cargo

Indonesian logistics co AKR ups stake in Chinas Guangxi Guigang

Hamburger Hafen nine-months net profit up 45.2 pct on strong container traffic growth

RZD planning $1 bln syndicated loan early 2008 - source

Dock workers of Second Stevedoring Company (St. Petersburg) officially call off the strike

Ukraine, Russia sign protocol on demarcation of Azov, Black Seas

Russia PM calls for closer commercial ties with Canada

Black Sea port of Poti (Georgia) doubles transshipment of containerized cargo in 3 years

Throughput of VSTP in 2008 to make 260,000 containers

IMO bypasses UN on Somali piracy

FTS approved tariffs for loading-and-unloading at Uglegorsk port

Zubkov tells Canada no risk to invest in Russia

Japanese agency upgrades MOL's credit rating from A+ to AA-

YICT opens intermodal ship-rail service between Yantian and Kunming

Ningbo-EU trade rises 36 pc in first 10 months

India's Mundra Port IPO up 118pc on debut, raises US$4.4 billion

Oil price up to $90.22 in London and to $91.01 in New York

Bunker sales of Rosneft to make 0.6-1 million tonnes in 2008

Russia, Canada to adhere to intl law in Arctic claims