News 2008 August 7

Primorsk to double diesel exports from October

Bristol plans $1.2b deep-sea terminal

CSCL to buy terminal operator from parent for $380m

Net profit of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port up to RUR 1.79 bln in H1 2008

Cosco Singapore president 'retires'

Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group posts net loss, may sell assets

Oman seeks $4bn for shipping expansion

EBRD buys 3.8 pct of Fesco for $120 mln

Shanghai throughput hits new monthly record at 2.27m TEUs

Muuga’s Container Terminal to cost over EEK 1 bln

Stevedoring companies of Leningrad Region increased volume of cargo handled in H1 2008 by 4% amounting to 49.3 million tons

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins $710 mln order in America

Throughput of National Container Company up 16.6% to 1,017,263 TEU in Jan-July, 08

Transocean's Q2 net income tops $1 billion

Wartsila-Hyundai joint venture acquires 16 dual fuel engines for four ships

China Shipping to buy terminal unit for 2.6b yuan

No big container shipping consolidation ahead - NOL chief

National Iranian Tanker Company to become world’s third largest supertanker operator

Oil price down to $117.0 in London and to $118.58 in New York

SDIC Communications selling stake in Nantong Port Group

Sembcorp 1H2008 profit before tax up 11% to S$435 million

Fresh bidding process for mega box terminal at Chennai port

Port of Dalian container volume up 23.8pc in H1 2008

Northern Shipping, with ice-breaker escort, on Siberia-Egypt route