News 2008 February 11

Throughput of Port Vanino OJSC up 4% in Jan 08, y-o-y, to 531,800 tonnes

Throughput of Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport up by 82,300 tonnes in Jan 08, y-o-y, to 475,500 tonnes

MOL establishes new agency for Japan-Russian route

Hanjin invests 55.3 mln euros for Spain terminal in the port of Algeciras

PSA International Pte. Ltd. buys a 49% share of ABG Kolkata Container Terminal

Azerbaijan's January oil export rises by 24%

Tatneft lifts crude output 0.5% in January

Igor Romashov, head Federal Rail Transport Agency, resigns

Throughput of Commercial Port of Vladivostok up 17% in Jan 08, y-o-y, to 440,600 tonnes

Throughput of Liepaja (Latvia) port up 26% in Jan 08, y-o-y, to 417,900 tonnes

UCLH (Netherlands) consolidates assets of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg

OAO RZD ready to invest into researches

Oil price up to $91.94 in London and to $91.77 in New York

Port of Liverpool to build a new produce terminal

Eimskip ends Boston feeder service

Konecranes receives RTG order from OJSC Petrolesport

Bulgarian delegation to visit Primorsk port and the Baltic oil pipeline

Federal rules threaten US cruise ports

Yangtze cargo tops Mississippi and Rhine in 2007 throughput

CMA CGM line relocates NZ services to Tauranga port

Indian shipyards poised for $4.5bn inflow

Shipping Corporation of India plans foray into logistics

Hyundai to open new sea route with NYK

Subic seaport (Philippines) revenue up 20% in 2007