News 2008 July 31

Four foreign ships detained for crab poaching off Sakhalin

Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port plans to handle 5 mln t of cargo in 2008

Taiwan's Evergreen says shelves China shipyard plan

New container crane to be built at Muuga port

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins $755 mln drillship order

Dubai based Drydocks to invest in Chinese shipyard

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA reports Q2 results

Overseas Shipholding profit up 10%

Keppel Shipyard secures $110 million contracts from repeat customers

Japanese-backed Murchison wins Oakajee port in Western Australia

Asia-Europe container shipping traffic to grow 8%

Orient Overseas (International) Ltd first half earnings fall 93 percent

Productivity soars as DCT Gdansk throughput increases

Russia seaports boost cargo handling 2.2% to 222.7 mln tonnes in H1

Net profit of Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port up 165.7% to RUR 1.799 mln in Q2 08

NCSP shares are accepted for trading in MICEX’s quotation list “B”

Libya releases LUKoil Overseas executive

Oil price up to $126.80 in London and to $126.77 in New York

Russian Railways increased cargo transportation by 2.9% to 677.6 mln t in H1 08

Benelux recognized as the best location for industrial/logistics facilities in Europe

Hutchison named preferred bidder for Thessaloniki port

Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement to increase inland fuel surcharges

MSC to add 52,000 TEU this year

US Customs delays new cargo processing system for six months

Danish truck trailer operator DSV Road buys 450 new 45-foot containers