News 2008 January 14

Throughput of Archangelsk port down 0.6% in 2007 to 5.2 million tonnes

Throughput of Klaipeda port up 16% in 2007 to 27.35 million tonnes

Baltic dry sea freight index makes biggest one-day fall

Greek dockers strike over ports privatisation

Throughput of NCC terminals up 18.6% in 2007 to 1,556,444 TEU

China cargo ship sinks off Taiwan

US box imports to slow in 2008

Los Angeles considers new box charges

CMA CGM to invest €130 million on an extension of Malta Freeport

Hamburg Sud and Maersk Line to continue the ASAS/NGX service after the withdrawal of NYK Line

Leisure group TUI mulls Hapag-Lloyd integration

Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC up 2% in 2007 to 16.3 million tonnes

Evergreen renews berth contract at the Port of Kaohsiung

CTSA sees rate increases in May, expects higher CAFs and BAFs

Qingdao builds customs house to facilitate Olympic cargo delivery

Shandong seaports box volume exceeds 10 million TEU

Maersk revamps FEW 1 and 2 to offer Abidjan service

China passes South Korea in 2007 in new ship orders