News 2008 March 7

Average contract price on oil up 68% to $636.7 a tonne in Jan 2008

Port of Gdynia to build a ferry terminal through joint efforts with WUPROHYD, JM Architekci and TRУJKA

Commercial seaport of Taganrog invested RUR 55 million into reconstruction

Imtech expands global maritime network in South Africa, Panama and Norway

Hamburg city pushes TUI, Oetker to launch merger talks for shipping ops

Foreign trade turnover of Primorye up 28% in 2007

Vopak global capacity may exceed 28 million m?

Taiwan 2007 box volume up 5pc year on year at 13.7 million TEU

US Court overturns the “strict liability” standard of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act

Japanese investors are interested in Primorye projects

Throughput of Kalipeda port up 21.5% y-o-y, in Jan-Feb 08 to 4.97 million tonnes

Congratulations on International Women’s Day!

Russia’s Pacific fleet trains in Sea of Japan

Deutsche Bank Shipfinancing net up in 2007

US to tighten regulations on bunker tanks

Dutch dredger Van Oord net profit up 85 pct in '07

French shipyard DCNS posts 2007 net profit

Oil price up to $102.61 in London and to $105.58 in New York