News 2008 May 7

Medvedev submits Putin’s candidature for PM post

Throughput of Yuzhny port up 3.8% to 7.2 mln t in Jan-Apr, 08

Stranded liner to stay in Latvia until owner pays rescue costs

Braemar Shipping FY full-year pretax profit up 47 pct

TUI CEO says shipping unit sale plan on track

Qindao port throughput up 15% in first 4 months

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Q1 net income up to $23.4 million

Workers at the Greek ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki to resume strike on May 8-9

Hyundai Heavy to invest $1.2 bln in South Korea's shipyard

Russian crude producer Tatneft's oil reserves up 3.9% in 2007

Aker Yards reports a bigger-than-expected drop in first-quarter

Cabinet tenders resignation as new president takes office

Container throughput of Finnish ports up 3.3% to 376,963 TEU in Q1 08

Net profit of Commercial Port of Vladivostok up 3.3 times to RUR 227.9 mln in 2007

Russian minister comments on higher rail, electricity charges

Dmitry Medvedev sworn in as president of Russia

Modernization of coal complex in port Vostochniy

Oil futures storm a new record

Throughput of National Container Company up 22.3% to 581,044 TEU in Jan-Apr, 08

EPIC member lines plan restructuring of services

d’AMICO International Shipping reports Q1 2008 results

Malaysia's Bintulu launches US$63 million plan to near double box volume

Russian Transport Lines and Sea Port of St. Petersburg sign agreement on cooperation

Bush vows to help Panama clinch free trade agreement