News 2008 April 8

Rosneft net income up almost 3-fold to $12.862 million in 2007

Kazakhstan approves $109.9/tonne oil export duty

Export of Russian crude by Arctic transport to raise to 18 million tonnes by 2013

Ethiopian Shipping Lines ups half-year profit nearly 20 percent

Japan's JFE Holdings, IHI discuss plan to merge shipbuilding operations

Indonesian port workers may begin open-ended strike today

Container Terminal Dortmund to be expanded

The Dutch government approves a policy letter to strenghten the country’s maritime sector

Loading of LDZ Cargo up 18.6% to 14.374 million tonnes in Q1 08

Malaysia’s Westports handled a record 1.16 million TEUs in H1

Russia ready to join WTO in 2008 - Medvedev

Russian Railways up loading by 5.3% to 4.2 million tonnes in Q1 08

3rd Russian tanker given name at Chiba ceremony

MLC Shipbuilding Sdn Bhd expands shipbuilding capacity

The Bominflot Group starts bunkering from Kali Limenes (Crete)

Throughput of Temryuk port up 53.7% to 379,000 tonnes in Q1 08

Houston ship channel reopens for tanker traffic

Throughput of port Kavkaz down 5.5% to 1.1 mln t in Q1 08

Oktyabrskaya Railway ups loading by 3.7% to 9.7 mln t in March 08

Russia ups gas exports 36.3% in January-February

Throughput of Vanino Commercial Seaport OJSC up 13.8% to 1.6 mln t in Q1 08

Oil price up to $107.14 in London and to $109.09 in New York

Export of oil products via RPK-Vysotsk LUKOIL-II up 44% to 3.3 mln t in Q1 08

Panama flag launches 24/7 service for users

Dubai-based Gulfnav to boost fleet

Dutch shipbuilding industry books record turnover

STX starts operations at a $1 billion shipbuilding complex in China

China's COSCO Shipping Q1 unaudited net profit 357.13 mln yuan

Cosco Pacific H2 profit grows 81%

Varna municipality allocates 17.5ha for container terminal

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean inks $900M Reliance deal

India's Gujarat to be shipbuilding hub by 2015

Philippines Subic Bay port to start Container Terminal 2 on Wednesday