News 2008 July 29

Lukoil to raise $750 mln syndicated loan - source

Keppel Singmarine bags $181m shipbuilding order

TNT Q2 profits fall 16%

Goldman downgrades China Cosco

Holland Maas Shipping to start new service between Rotterdam and St. Petersburg

Ukraine seeks $2b for port development

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. reports Q2 net profit rose 57 percent

Kazakh Railway to borrow $105 mln to build fiber-optic link

Mundra Port gains 4% on Q1 net profit

Throughput of Primorje transport sector up 5.9% in H1 08

Indian submarine to join navy after delayed refit in Russia

Energy Minister estimates South Stream project cost

Economy Ministry cuts oil exports forecasts

RTL signs contract with Honda Motor Rus for servicing Honda cars in Big Port of St. Petersburg

Oil price up to $125.84 in London and to $124.73 in New York

Australia miners propose Newcastle coal port upgrade

Murchison, Mitsubishi to build Australia ore port

Agreement reached for US West Coast port workers

Samudera Shipping launches new service to Myanmar

HK-listed Sinotrans Shipping H1 net profit up 231 pct

Paragon Shipping Inc. schedules second quarter 2008 earnings release

Analyst raises 2008 drybulk shippers forecasts on expected demand for iron ore, coal, grain

Houston spends US$10 million on eco-upgrade of container terminal