In January-August the port of Vyborg handled 808,900 tons of cargo, down by 18% YoY, says the Baltic Sea Ports Administration. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo fell by 10% to 675,100 tons including 344,000 tons of mineral fertilizers (-19%) and 303,800 tons of coal and coke (+3%). Transshipment of dry loose cargo fell by 80%…
As of September 16, Turkmenistan planted winter wheat throughout 316.3 thousand ha, or 42% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkmenistan declared. As a reminder, the country started the mass planting campaign of wheat on August 17. The general planned areas total 760 thousand ha. The forecast of wheat harvest volumes in…
The Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan (OGT 2016) annual summit will be held on December 7-8, in Ashgabat with participation of the Turkmen Chamber of Commerce, according to an updated report, read a message from Turkmenistan’s Oil and Gas Complex. The event’s organizer is the UK Summit Trade Events. Turkmenistan ranks the second in CIS…
The Russian Myasishchev M-55 high-altitude geophysical research aircraft completed European stratosphere studies. As part of the StratoClim project in which scientists from 26 European research institutes are participating, the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) Stratosphere & Troposphere (S &T) Radar Center, also known as the Advanced Center for Atmospheric Radar Research (ACARR) has…
In January-August Vostochny Port JSC handled 15.8 million tons of cargo, up by 2.4% YoY. According to the stevedore’s statistics, coal exports in August totaled 2.24 million tons. From the beginning of 2016, the company handled 349 bulk carriers including 49 vessels loaded in August. Vostochny Port JSC (Primorsky Territory) is Russia’s largest publicly available…
Russia’s Energy Ministry favors stability in taxation of the oil and gas industry, Deputy Minister Kirill Molodtsov said. “In fact, the industry first of all needs stability. It is important for us to ensure the level of production in 2020, 2022, and 2027. In this sense, the energy strategy is already at the final stage…
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Oversight has introduced a temporary ban on imports of vegetables and fruits of high phytosanitary risk from Egypt starting from September 16. The ban will be in effect until Egypt takes efficient measures to ensure phytosanitary safety of products supplied to Russia, the watchdog said. The regulator said…