News 2008 March 21

Rosneft to build refinery near Nakhodka port in Far East

Archangelsk branch of Northern Railway transported 40,000 tonnes of cargo handled by the port of Archangelsk in Feb 08

State Fisheries Committee succeeds in change of rules for inspection of vessels in Russian ports

Maersk to scrap NASA service due to weak demand

French port union says will strike on March 26

Iran nets $70 bln from oil sales

Oslo Marine Group to raise annual handling at Onega terminal to 120,000 TEU by 2010

LA approves Clean Truck Programme

Eight companies vie for Odessa Port Plant

Japan, Russia's Rosneft agree on energy cooperation

Onega Shipyard LLC starts construction of dry cargo carrier capable of carrying 4,500 tonnes of cargo

Multifunctional port terminal Onega handled over 22,000 Nissan automobiles in 2007

Oil price down to $100.38 in London and to $101.84 in New York

New York and New Jersey to develop a new 119-acre container facility

DP World to boost its container-handling capacity in China 30 per cent this year

China's COSCO Shipping 2007 net profit up 84.29 pct

China Merchants to take 5.4pc stake in Ningbo port

Tianjin Lingang Industrial Area throughput to double this year

Shandong's Port of Longkou to add 10 million tonnes capacity