As of November 1, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 54.863 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 12.685 million ha, or 89% of the plan. The average yield totaled 4.33 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 54.94…
In the current season the Black Sea region has become the key player on the world wheat market by achieving record high productivity during the 2016 harvesting campaign. No doubt, in the 2016/2017 marketing year the region will confirm the leadership as world largest wheat supplier. But will the key countries of the region sell…
Aeroflot has taken delivery of its new A321 aircraft equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. The aircraft is named in honour of Alfred Schnittke, a world-famous composer. The A321 airliner is designed in a two-class composition with 16 seats in business and 170 in economy. Aeroflot operates A321 aircraft across its European and domestic…
The need for the main haulage cargo, passenger and shunting locomotives for 2017 is 2,492, while by 2025 the need would expand by some 16%, to 2,881 locomotives. According to the press service of the public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia, the company calculated that by 2025 the need in acquiring new main haulage locomotives was around…
In Ukraine linseed belongs to a niche of agricultural crops, which require further advanced processing and are used in related industries such as pharmaceutical, confectionery, textile and others. Export duty at 23% set in 1999, which triggered acute reduction of linseed acreage, was an obstacle for linseed production recovery in Ukraine. Currently, the linseed export…
The number of LNG powered vessels in the Baltic region will more than triple totaling 250 units by 2019, Kirill Lyats, CEO of LNG Gorskaya, reported. According to him, 80 vessels driven by LNG (mostly Norwegian) are operating in the region today. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)
Biometric airport equipment recommended by Russian inspectors should arrive in Egypt sometime in November, Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said. “It should arrive in Egypt in mid-November. We will need some time to install it, then we will contact our Russian colleagues and discuss our further steps”, Fathy reported. Acting on Russia’s recommendation following…