News 2008 March 20

Achemos grupe to finance construction of LNG terminal in Lithuania

Transneft posts IFRS-based net profit

Throughput of transport companies up 10% y-o-y, in Jan-Feb 08 to 56.4 bln t-km in Kazakhstan

Russia to keep grain export at 15 mln t in 2008--Gordeyev

Singapore and Shanghai port expect weaker growth this year

Shanghai to use Yangtze for inland shipments

Advance International forms a new joint venture - Arrow Railway Forwarding

Maersk to build trimodal terminal in Rhine/Ruhr region

APM Terminals seeks non-Maersk Line business

South Korea's STX wins $246 mln ship order from Europe

Container capacity of Novorossiysk port to reach 1 million TEU by 2020 - expert

Investments into RF transport industry may total RUR 900 billion by year end – Transport Minister

Russia develops shipbuilding program

Tuapse Commercial Seaport starts handling vessels of up to 12 meters long and 90,000 tonnes in dwt

The Vasily Dinkov tanker (Sovcomflot) is one of Lloyd's List finalists in Ship of the Year nomination

Federal program on modernization of transport system in 2002-2010 is half-fulfilled – expert

Rickmers Maritime announces proposed acquisition of 13 containerships

New Maersk Line BAF formula: North America - Mediterranean/Middle East trade

Port of Oakland to raise container fees

Mombasa port lifts ban on cargo to Dar-es-Salaam

Sovcomflot to register five vessels under Russian flag in St. Petersburg

China launches world's first e-tagged international container route

Taiwan's Yang Ming profit up 429pc in 2007

World's largest shipbroker Clarkson earns US$53 million in 2007

Pakistan installs first container scanner at Karachi's PICT

Turkish Cicek Shipyard to build three 58,000dwt Supramax bulk carriers

Oil price down to $100.72 in London and to $$104.48 in New York

PRISCO builds LNG carrier