TAKE-A-LOOK-Global shipping market news

Ocean freight markets have ridden a four-year boom on
rapidly-expanding seaborne trade, robust global economic growth and China and
India's emergence as big economic powers.

The trillion-dollar shipping industry is vital to the world economy, carrying
more than 90 percent of the world's traded goods by volume.

Reuters is expanding its coverage of the maritime sector. See below for a
selection of the latest stories, interviews, analyses and factboxes:

Shipping speed guide SHIPPING
TOP NEWS LATEST
> Singapore Hot Stocks-Shipping firms sink on Baltic [ID:nSIN3187]
> Total appeals oil spill ruling but pays victims [ID:nL25742675]
> S.Korea SK Energy to ban single-hulled tankers 2010 [ID:nT74939]
> Acts of crew "exemplary" before S.Korea spill-manager [ID:nHKG17089]
> Baltic chief dry freight index sinks to 7-mth low [ID:nL2459749]
> OPEC exports rise to Feb. 9, but signs trend lower [ID:nWLB6269]
> OPEC oil output rises slightly in Jan-Petrologistics [ID:nL24325781]
> Iraq pumps 480,000 bpd Kirkuk oil to Turkey [ID:nL24505490]
> China's economy roars in 2007, but slowdown seen [ID:nL24570318]
> Korea's GS Caltex to ban single-hull tankers in '09 [ID:nT233187]
> Container-ship firms seen under new price pressure [ID:nWEB2852]
> OPEC: US recession fears cloud oil demand outlook [ID:nL22440792]
> Forecasts for 2008 world oil demand growth [ID:nL22293557]
> US '08 LNG flow awaits supply, non-US demand: exec [ID:nN18522497]
> Commodity currencies at risk as slowdown looms [ID:nN17502174]
> Shipwreck, treasure, insider trading--an SEC tale [ID:nN17236101]
> Iron ore talks drag on as Vale suspends cargoes [ID:nHKG15400]
> IEA cuts 2008 oil demand growth forecast [ID:nL16688679]
> OPEC gives guarded response to US call for more oil [ID:nL1696941]
> Oil, commods rally can weather short US recession [ID:nN15507977]
> China coal shortage seen growing through 2010 [ID:nL15207836]
> Asia-US '08 container trade growth to slow-Evergreen [ID:nSP285348]
> China '07 crude imports up 12pct, uptrend seen firm [ID:nL11537706]
> U.S. container imports to slow in '08 -ship chiefs [ID:nL10185285]
> Europe ships 1.5 mln T mostly mogas to US-brokers [ID:nL0893830]
> Goldman buys 20 pct of China shipbuilder before IPO [ID:nSHA228113]
> China iron ore ocean shipping seen surging by 2010 [ID:nSHA277958]
> FACTBOX-Oil tanker regulations, facts and figures [ID:nSP90261]

CORPORATE NEWS
> TUI owners may block management plans-Fredriksen [ID:nL28634865]
> Dollar slide hits Belgium's CMB 2007 results [ID:nL24554104]
> China Shipping plans JV with Shanghai Intl Port [ID:nSHA84842]
> Quintana Maritime cancels sale process, shares sink [ID:nBNG271481]
> DryShips to defer stock split on share price fall [ID:nBNG147548]
> Hapag-Lloyd to be fully merged into TUI-sources [ID:nL13555300]
> Hanjin to build $2 bln shipyard in S. Philippines [ID:nSP308602]
> Japan's JFE, IHI in talks to merge shipbuilding [ID:nT313735]
> Bharati Shipyard to invest 6 bln rupees in new yard [ID:nBOM196137]
> Dubai Drydocks World plans Asia shipyard expansion [ID:nSIN6042]

ANALYSIS
> Slower boats to China as ship owners save fuel [ID:nL18312983]
> Iran keeps world guessing on Hormuz oil route risk [ID:nL19351019]
> As U.S. slows, world shipping demand shifts east [ID:nN20506221]
> China wave to keep dry bulk shippers on record run [ID:nBNG678]
INTERVIEWS
> Double hulls eyed after Korean oil spill [ID:nBG253294]
> China top iron ore port plans further expansion [ID:nHKG82537]
FUNDAMENTALS -- WET FREIGHT
> Additional 140,000T Europe/Med naphtha set for Asia [ID:nSP234882]
> Iraqi Kirkuk oil flow halt casts doubt on term sales [ID:nL17576312]
> Shell, Itochu book 155KT Korean gas oil for Europe [ID:nSP112774]
> China Jan fuel oil imports to stay low for 6th mth [ID:nSP342237]
> Russian oil output up, exports down in Dec [ID:nL10711201]
> Iraq stops pumping Kirkuk oil to Turkey - shipper [ID:nL11523323]
> FACTBOX-Nigeria's oil production outages [ID:nL04662337]
FUNDAMENTALS -- DRY FREIGHT
> BHP declares force majeure on Queensland coal [ID:nSYD538]
> China calls coal export halt to end power crisis [ID:nSYD24508]
> Australia coal production hit by Queensland floods [ID:nL21270900]
> Newcastle coal exports dip, 34 ships in queue [ID:nSYD78989]
> Iraq plans to import 4.5 mln T wheat in 2008 [ID:nLA60779]
> China tax, quotas to hurt wheat flour exports [ID:nPEK210454]
> China/India to drive coal demand surge by 2030-IEA [ID:nENG000366]

GLOBAL ECONOMY HEALTH WATCH [WORLD/ECON]
MARKETS ROUNDUP -- DRY BULK
Global freight reports (Asia/N.America/London) [FRE/]
MARKETS ROUNDUP - OIL TANKERS
Global crude oil; Product freight reports [TAN/CRU] [TAN/PROD]
Crude tanker bookings; Product tanker bookings [TAN/D] [TAN/C]
FREIGHT INDICES
Tanker spot rates; Tanker derivatives rates <SHIP/TAN1> <SHIP/FFA1>
Dry spot rates; Dry derivatives rates <SHIP/DRY1> <SHIP/FFA2>
(Page Editor: Stefano Ambrogi)