News 2008 July 3

Russia and Azerbaijan call for Caspian status determination

CPC oil shipments down 6.5% in H1

Throughput of National Container Terminal up 20.1% to 872,000 TEU

Cargo handling of Murmansk Commercial Seaport up 2.32% to 7.11 mln t in H1 08

Throughput of Iljichevsk port up 21.7% to 9.457 mln t in H1 08

Transneft expects Kozmino oil-loading port to be more expensive

Throughput of Odessa port up 7% to 17.8 mln t in H1 08

Cargo handling of Ukrainian ports up 8.4% to 66 mln t in H1 08

Throughput of Petrolesport container terminal up 27% to 250,000 TEU in H1 08

Export of oil products via RPK-Vysotsk LUKOIL-II up 24% to 6.5 mln t in H1 08

Throughput of Yuzhny port makes 11.149 million tonnes in H1 08

Sovcomflot to pay RUR 959.8 mln as dividends for 2007

India's NMPT achieves 100 per cent growth in container traffic

EU orders Hellenic Shipyards to pay back €230 million subsidy

PD Ports plans to attract Asian players to UK Teesport

Rotterdam rises hydrogen production capacity

Far East Freight Conference increases BAF and cuts CAF for August

OOCL announces south China-US inland fuel surcharge from August 1

Bangladesh's Chittagong Port rises box volumes by 15pc from Jan-May

Auckland (New Zealand) seeks government finance to shift boxes from road to rail

Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC down 1% to 7.9 mln t in Jan-June 08

UK company Vroon Offshore Services to enhance Asian Fleet

Pirates attack tug in Malaysia

Safmarine launches Asia-Africa service