Switzerland’s Stadler Rail Group will in September showcase the sleeping cars to be used on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, the Railway Gazette International reported July 5. The cars will be demonstrated at the InnoTrans 2016 exhibition in Berlin, Germany. “A Class 88 EuroDual electro-diesel locomotive ordered by leasing company Beacon Rail for use by UK…
According to territorial directorates of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), since January 1 and until July 5, the exports of grain crops and its by-products from Russia totaled 14.18 million tons, including 8.11 million tons of wheat (57% of the general volumes). At the same time, in 2015/2016 MY Russia exported…
Crude oil exported by the Russian Federation between January and June increased by 1.5% compared to the six months period of 2015 and amounted to 127.78 million tons, the Ministry of Energy said. In June, Russian crude oil exports reached 20.61 million tons. Oil and gas condensate production in June was 44.37 million tons. (Portnews/Business…
Some time or other, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation will cancel the export duties on wheat, but the officials will return to discussion of the issue in autumn only, declared the Minister of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev on July 6. According to the Minister, after analyzing the results of the current harvesting campaign,…
An article “Tajikistan: Retailers Face Giant Bank Card Fines” that was posted on EurasiaNet.org’swebsite on July 4, notes that Tajikistan’s banking regulators are forcing retailers and restaurants to accept payment by bank card against the threat of fines of up to $1 thousand in the latest wheeze to compensate for the lack of cash in…
Indian pharmaceutical company Bravo Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Started construction of the plant on production of ready medicaments at the special industrial-economic zone “Navoi”. Bravo Pharmaceuticals, registered at SIEZ Navoi, will produce medical products in line with the WHO EU GMP standard. The project cost is about $2.6 million. The project will provide jobs for 100…
Investment of Nibulon into the launch of a river-handling terminal near Voznesensk (Mykolaiv region) totaled 450 million UAH. “The cost of the high-tech terminal located on 12.5 ha was some 450 million UAH”, the company said. The terminal can store 76 thousand tons of grain, the daily capacity of dryers is 4 thousand tons, and…