Press Review

Press Review Index
February 2004

	27/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	27/02/2004	China's steel production faces constraints (People's Daily)
	27/02/2004	Putin opens major road in Far East (Vladivostok News)
	27/02/2004	Russia Warns Turkey Over Bosporus (TheMoscowTimes.com)
	26/02/2004	JV Bulyard - Shipbuilding Industry Set up in Bulgaria (novinite.com)
	26/02/2004	Pressure grows to split Aker Kvaerner (Aftenposten Interaktiv)
	26/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	26/02/2004	Puerto español invertirá 120 mde para triplicar volumen a 25 millones de Ton (Transporte Siglo XXI)
	25/02/2004	Callao port privatization plan due Sept. or later (Business News Americas)
	25/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	25/02/2004	Japan Favored Over China in Pipeline Duel (TheMoscowTimes.com)
	25/02/2004	Russia oil move irks Chinese (The Age)
	25/02/2004	OPEC remains concerned at falling oil price (The Jakarta Post)
	25/02/2004	Privatisation: 110 Firms Bid for Ports (This Day)
	24/02/2004	Alstom, front runner in China's high-speed railway bidding (People's Daily)
	24/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	24/02/2004	Kochi Port Shortlists Nine Companies For Vallarpadam Terminal (The Financial Express)
	24/02/2004	Private Sector to Operate Proposed Dammam Port Passenger Terminal (ArabNews)
	23/02/2004	West Coast port businesses face $50-million maritime security bill (Business in Vancouver)
	23/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	23/02/2004	Las empresas rechazan la solución de Puertos porque triplica las tarifas (Europa Sur DIGITAL)
	23/02/2004	Cochin Shipyard capacity utilisation sees a surge (Business Standard)
	20/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	20/02/2004	Chinese ports handle more cargo, passengers in January (People's Daily)
	20/02/2004	Stelios sells EasyJet shares to buy cruise ship and hotel (telegraph.co.uk)
	20/02/2004	Clear skies ahead through 2006 (Shipping Times)
	19/02/2004	Company for managing container terminal to be announced next week (The Jordan Times)
	19/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	19/02/2004	Trabajadores de Izar en Sestao cortan con barricadas la carretera que une Bilbao y Santurce (El Diario Montañés)
	19/02/2004	OOCL chief in box ports warning (The Standard)
	19/02/2004	Gulf maritime sector in fine weather (Gulf News)
	18/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	18/02/2004	State shipyards suffer declining business (The Jakarta Post)
	18/02/2004	Shahi Shipping To Commission 1st Phase Of Dry-dock Facility At Alibaug (The Financial Express)
	18/02/2004	2003 a tough year for local marine industry (Shipping Times)
	17/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	17/02/2004	Harbour industry reps say new EU-sponsored terror precautions are cost-prohibitive--and could cost Danish exports dearly (The Copenhagen Post)
	17/02/2004	Shareholder sues for Zim reappraisal (Ha'aretz)
	16/02/2004	Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding slashes losses in 2003 (Gulf News)
	16/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	16/02/2004	All at sea, industry wants to remain in harbour (The Sydney Morning Herald)
	16/02/2004	Port cranes tenders to be opened today (Daily Nation on the Web)
	16/02/2004	Tanker market remains strong (Gulf News)
	16/02/2004	Shipping ministry plans marketing blitz (Business Standard)
	13/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	13/02/2004	NOL shares sink on talk of acquisitions (The Straits Times)
	13/02/2004	French firm seeks to invest in two ports (The Standard)
	13/02/2004	Gwadar port to start by March 2005 (The News International, Pakistan)
	13/02/2004	Mumbai Port handles highest monthly throughput of 2.82 m tonnes in Jan. (Exim India)
	12/02/2004	Historic maritime law Bills launched (East African Standard)
	12/02/2004	China sees first trade deficit in 10 months (Daily Times)
	12/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	12/02/2004	Surprise Surge in Global Oil Demand (TheMoscowTimes.com)
	12/02/2004	Chile con los menores costos de transferencia de contenedores del mundo (MundoMaritimo)
	12/02/2004	MTL to take 65pc stake in Dachan port (The Standard)
	11/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	11/02/2004	Comenzó venta de bases para licitación del puerto de Arica (Chile Portuario)
	11/02/2004	Shenzhen on track to achieve record container throughput in 2004 (Sched Net)
	10/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	10/02/2004	3 southern ports may cut vessel rates (Business Standard)
	10/02/2004	Coal exports get caught in shipping traffic jam (The Age)
	10/02/2004	Shipyard widens product mix (eastday.com)
	10/02/2004	Les Suisses refusent d'ouvrir la voie à un deuxième tunnel au Gothard (Edicom)
	09/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	09/02/2004	Deadline for ports extended (Australian Financial Review)
	09/02/2004	Finance Ministry plans to privatize Eilat port (Ha'aretz)
	09/02/2004	Mitsubishi Heavy to raise shipbuilding capacities (Asia Times)
	06/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	06/02/2004	Ashdod Port workers end one-day strike (Ha'aretz)
	06/02/2004	Maersk-Sealand construirá nave en Asenav (Chile Portuario)
	05/02/2004	Port of the Americas proposals due June 1 - Puerto Rico (Business News Americas)
	05/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	05/02/2004	Shipping Firms Seen Paying More Tax Post-New Tax Regime (The Financial Express)
	05/02/2004	Shipyard workers observe token hunger-strike (The News International, Pakistan)
	04/02/2004	Courts rules Port of Houston not responsible for costs (TheState.com)
	04/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	04/02/2004	UK ports 'getting near capacity' (BBC News)
	04/02/2004	La estiba de toda España irá a la huelga una semana de febrero (La Nueva España)
	04/02/2004	Tonnage tax regime - a shot in the arm for shipping sector (The Hindu Business Line)
	03/02/2004	Two bodies extracted from 'Rocknes' (Aftenposten Interaktiv)
	03/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	03/02/2004	10 Shipping Lines Move to Acquire Ports (This Day)
	03/02/2004	Singapore in long-haul record (The Guardian)
	02/02/2004	*BRIEFS*
	02/02/2004	Port workers to be offered sweeteners in privatization (Ha'aretz)
	02/02/2004	Transneft to Boost Exports Via Gulf of Finland, Poland (TheMoscowTimes.com)
	02/02/2004	Vietnam coup as Graig places $322m order for 15 bulkers (Snet)