News 2008 July 10

Official calls for cut in diesel fuel prices

Crew released in Nigerian hijack ship drama

China's Sinotrans, Changjiang National Shipping reach agreement on merger

Verbrugge wants larger container terminal

Port of Rotterdam gets Traffic Management Company

Sea Launch to put U.S. telecom satellite in orbit next week

Estonian roads will get additional EEK 5 billion

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping shows growth of shipowners’ satisfaction index

No decline in sight for Russia's oil output

Rosneft to produce up to 213.15 mln bbl of Vankor oil in 2015

Boat crashes into Russian Revolution ship in St. Petersburg

Singapore's SembCorp Marine unit wins S$100 mln shipbuilding contract

Chengdu to build the railway container center

EU likely to reject Polish shipyard plan

ABG Shipyard to consider construction of rigs

Port of Sohar attracts global container carrier APL

MTD Capital Bhd to build coal terminal in Indonesia

CMA CGM links with APM in Miami terminal venture

TUI shareholder makes new offer for Mordachov stake

Persian Gulf tanker rates may drop as owners await August cargo

OOCL to provide Haiphong-Kaohsiung feeder service

Panama Canal authorities extend deadline for bidders' proposals

Norway's actions against Russian fishermen in Spitsbergen unlawful -Russian fishing authority

Oil price up to $136.58 in London and to $136.05 in New York