News 2007 December 21

Throughput of Kotka port up 10% in Jan-Nov 07, y-o-y

RZHD acquires the stake in TransCreditBank

Tatneft's reports US GAAP net profit at $1.2 bln in Jan-Sep

Toyota plant is example of successful cooperation - Putin

Line of vehicles waiting at Finland-RF border extends 42 km

Japan to investigate Russian trawler seizures

Throughput of Iljichevsk, Odessa and Mariupol ports (Ukraine) totals 1 mln TEU in Dec 07

Sakhalin-2 project gas supply delayed till spring 2009

Italy, France, Spain announce Mediterranean union

Five-day ship fire in Russia's Far East subsides

Europe's Schengen zone reaches Russia's western borders

Port of Riga to increase profit to $55.78 million by 2008

Toyota opens new car plant in St. Petersburg

Viet Nam opens first container plant

EU opens in-depth probe into South Korea's STX buy of Aker Yards

Greek privatization to incur strikes

Long Beach truckers hit with US$35 to $70 per container tax, LA to follow

Shenzhen's SCT sets new record for box handling on CSCL ship

Chiwan Wharf Holdings builds logistics park in Tianjin

Murmansk Shipping Co. to build 12 ice class ships in China

Tanzania approves inland container depots to decongest Dar es Salaam

Mekong River dredged to provide more cargo capacity

European investment to expand Montevideo's container terminal

Moscow protests border violations by Japanese ships