News 2008 September 29

Rosneft and the World Bank signed the emission reduction purchase agreement

Throughput of Leningrad region ports to grow by 250-300 mln t by 2015 – Nikolai Pasyada

LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepeprerabotka acquires 31.3% of the charter capital of YuGK TGK-8

Eurotunnel opens another section of the Channel Tunnel

Agility acquires China-based Baisui Logistics

Turkish vessel runs aground in Abkhazia

Adriatic LNG terminal arrives at offshore location

Seaport World Wide Sdn Bhd to invest RM1b in Iskandar Malaysia

Jeddah Islamic Port resumes operations

Sri Lanka Ports Authority commences Colombo bunkering operations

Mumbai Port, Port of Marseille to sign sister port agreement

Somali pirates free MISC tanker after ransom payment

Globus Maritime agrees to sell Handymax dry bulk carrier

Petersburg Committee for Transit Transport Policy develops draft law on St. Petersburg water transport

Sevmash shipbuilders hand over the second maritime platform MOSS CS-50

Bulgaria rescuers resume search for sailors from sunken ship

First Cargo Company resumes cargo shipment to Ukraine

Commercial Port of Vladivostok receives new cargo equipment

Cargo throughput at Marseilles-Fos up to 64.27m tonnes in Jan-Aug 2008

Somali pirates demand $5 mn for Ukraine ship

Oil price down to $103.54 in London and to $106.89 in New York

MMC, Vitol ink RM1b oil terminal pact

Tianjin Port may miss target as China exports slow

Singapore's NOL says made binding bid for Hapag-Lloyd

Ships of 4,800 to 6,000 TEUs dwindle in 2008

Dry shipping costs plunge from May peak

China's Dalian port sees sharp rise in auto imports, Jan-July

Egypt Suez Canal January-August revenue up 23.3 pct

Two sailors from sunken ship in Black Sea survive - TV

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