News 2008 April 1

Primorye authorities prepare request for Special Economic Area in Vostochniy

RZHD/VTB to sign an agreement on cooperation

Liner group ESMPC-WITASS has adjusted its BAF to US$548

VT Group's order backlog worth ?4.7b

Neuss and Duisburg to build 130,000 m2 of new distribution facilities in 2008

Oktyabrskaya Railway ups transportation of foreign trade cargo by 13% to 70.7 m t in 2007

EC sets record straight at IMO

Gazprom plans to export 90 mln tons of LNG annually by 2030

Kaohsiung accused of falsifying throughput

Three stages of Shtokman field development to cost $40 billion

Transit navigation starts at lower Don and Azov-and-Don canal

Nord Stream estimate almost doubles to 7.4 billion EURO

New Novoship Board of Directors elected

Far Eastern Railroad to accelerate processing of containerized cargoes

Moscow Refinery starts repair works

Rail freight tariffs up 1% in Russia from April 1

Oil price down to $100.30 in London and to $101.58 in New York

Port of Albany plans $350M ethanol plant

CSCL to buy terminal operation company from parent

MSC corrects BAF increase on Med-US trade lanes

"K" LINE and MOL to launch second FE-WCSA loop

Asia West Africa Trade Agreement implements BAF of US$663 per TEU

Hapag-Lloyd upgrades ANP Australia/New Zealand - US east coast service

ASOC call for IMO to ban using residual bunker fuel in Antarctic waters

Volgograd Shipyard to deliver cargo ship to Iran

Evergreen to join New World Alliance on North America West Coast services

ABG Shipyard plans $200 million share sale in fiscal mid-year

Hanjin Shipping to build container terminal in Jacksonville

Israel's Haifa Port gets its first fixed container scanner

India’s PSA gets govt nod for 49% stake in Kandla container terminal