News 2008 July 25

Russia wants Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine after 2017 - Navy chief

Application form is approved for fishing vessels calling on/departing from RF seaports

Japan's NYK Lines Q1 net profit up 55 pct on higher rates, hikes H1 forecast

Evraz Group plans to acquire Ukrainian Donbas, majority shareholder in the Gdansk Shipyard

Guangzhou Shipyard seals $446 mln shipyard deal

Throughput of Commercial Seaport of Izmail up 3.5% to 3.9 mln t in H1 08

Indian government allows Shipping Corp to buy bulk carriers

China's Changjiang National Shipping H1 pretax profit up 83 pct

Panama, Mexican terminals sign sister port agreement

Sydney's Port Botany to get a $960m facelift

New Indian port at Vallarpadam set to open in November 2009

Top China ports see 17% rise in throughout

IUD and ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih eyeing construction of new deep sea port at Black Sea

Bush signs Maritime Prevention Pollution Act into law

Shipping Corporation of India to build country’s largest container terminals

First 18,500-ton tanker built in Far East at the Amur plant

5 killed, 4 injured in Greek shipyard blast

Cargo transported by Lithuanian railways up 10% in H1 2008

Commercial Port of Vladivostok to raise throughput to 12.8 mln t by 2015

AADA to raise bunker surcharge from August 8

HK's Great Ocean Container Line to launch Asia-Europe service in Q4

OOCL to start Indian subcontinent-US east coast IEX service

Oil price up to $126.44 in London and to $125.49 in New York