News 2008 February 7

Hungary rail strike ends pending further talks

Management system of Ventspils nafta terminals is being changed to ensure maximum efficiency

Fuel spill in Black Sea as ship brought afloat

Transcontainer OJSC to invest RUR 9.3 billion into development in 2008

Russia's Transneft delays Siberian oil pipeline project

Throughput of Klaipeda port up 11.5 % in Jan 08, y-o-y, to 2.39 million tonnes

Throughput of Odessa port up 3.5% in Jan 08, y-o-y, to 3 million tonnes

RZD loses over RUR 3.4 billion due to cargo non-admission by Russian ports and foreign railways

Ventspils nafta terminals Ltd handles 1.2 million tons of crude and products in Jan 08

Hyundai Heavy Industries sets up jv bulker firm with Grand China Logistics

Thai PTT to import 1 mln tonnes of LNG in 2011

Mercator Lines plans to invest $100 million to double its dredging fleet

Evergreen revises NSA service and begins port calls to Nansha

Burning Turkish cargo ship threats to Croatian beaches

DP World's UAE region achieves 19% growth in container throughput in 2007

Dammam Port to build new container terminal

Shenzhen's SCT January box throughput up to 367,823 TEU in January

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries profit up 41% on shipbuilding

Tug boat hijacking incident under control of RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs