News 2007 December 3

Lukoil seeks to refine 66 million tonnes of oil a year by 2017

Throughput of Russian seaports up 7.7% in Jan-Oct 07, y-o-y

RF Transport Minister approves master plan for development of Murmansk port transport hub

Two Rosneft vice presidents to leave company

Caspian Pipeline Consortium increases oil shipment by 5.1%, in Jan-Nov 07, y-o-y

Gazprom Neft sets up company to develop Gazprom’s oil fields

Port of Hamburg shares rise sharply on listing

100-meter stretch of Yangtze River embankment collapses in China

DP World to run Yemen container port

Kaohsiung port container handling volume hits high

Congestion could choke Copenhagen hub plans

Govt forms federal reserve of 31 gas fields

Steelmaker Severstal posts 60.7% rise in IFRS net profit in 9M07

Rosleshoz offers five-fold increase of round timber export duty

New terminal for transshipment of fertilizers to be built in port of Nikolayev (Ukraine)

Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC up 2% in Jan-Nov 07, y-o-y

STX wins $264m tanker order

Taiwan's Evergreen Marine to inaugurate new dock in China

Hyundai Heavy wins $738 mn Singapore ship order

Wan Hai joins Maersk on transpacific, also boosts its CTP service

Major China cold chain logistics provider starts up

Gazprom and Total chiefs discuss Shtokman progress

Maersk switches Caribbean hub, drops Jamaica for Panama

United sea port administrations are being created in Primorye

Damage from oil spilled in Kerch Strait worth $898 million