News 2008 January 30

RZD approves financing of three transport infrastructure projects at Far Eastern ports

PM Zubkov could replace Medvedev as Gazprom board chairman

II International conference “Freight and ports of Azov – Black sea pond”

RF Prosecution initiates a criminal case upon missing of the Captain Uskov dry cargo ship

Hellmann enhances European network

Panama Canal notes slight decline in transits

MOL developes JFE-Steel for Ship Inside Protection - for Oil Tankers

15 dead in China ship collision

Stat service sees Russia’s inflation at 2.3%-2.4% in January

AP Moller-Maersk sells 18 car carriers, gets stake in Hoegh Autoliners

Deutsche Bahn plans Beijing-Hamburg container rail service

Fuzhou starts new container service

PSA International buys stake in Argentina's second-largest container terminal

Croatia Rijeka Port terminates Japanese company contract

Finam assesses the investment appeal of Baltic Plant stocks

Throughput of Black Sea port of Poti (Georgia) up 16% in 2007 to 7.7 million tonnes

CSAV NORASIA starts NAS service from Asia to Mideast and North Africa

Ukraine decreases oil export by 97.2% in 2007 to 4,300 tonnes

RS has become a member of the Tanker Structure Cooperative Forum

US Savannah port handled 2.6 million containers in 2007

Slavneft's oil production drops 10% to 153.9 mln bbl in 2007