In January-July the Ukrainian seaports processed 2.68 million tons of bulk vegetable oils, up by 19.2% YoY. The export volumes totaled 2.511 million tons of veg oils (up by 18.7%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority informed. In particular, state stevedoring companies processed 78.19 thousand tons of vegetable oils at the berths of Ukrainian…
In 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine will increase the total supply of buckwheat on the domestic market, which will lead to lowering of the grain prices, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared, with reference to the results of the monitoring of food markets. In 2016, the harvest volumes of buckwheat in Ukraine will…
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG has announced that the construction of the pipeline on the territory of Albania is progressing without delays. TAP AG tweeted that 87.5% of access roads and bridges in Albania had already been upgraded. TAP’s route through Albania is approximately 215 kilometers onshore and 37 km offshore in the Albanian…
Saint-Petersburg-based Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) on August 4, launched a multideck fiberglass superstructure for the 20380-series corvette, being constructed at Severnaya Verf Shipyard. The shipbuilding firm says, the superstructure will soon be towed to the customer for its further installation on the ship. SNSZ has already delivered five similar…
On August 1-7, Passenger Port Saint Petersburg handled 13 cruise ships with a total of 16,100 passengers on board, the port manager Marine Facade PLC said. The overall stopover time was 23 vessel/day with 113,864 passenger operations. The services provided included: potable water supply – 3770 cbm; collection / disposal of 200 cbm of waste…
The Kerch Strait ferry line on August 1-7, transported 74,000 cars, 9,000 trucks and 333,000 passengers, the Russian Transport Ministry said. Passenger traffic on the line increased by 28% from the seven-month period in 2015, the number of transported passenger cars – by 27%, of trucks – by 65%. In the reporting period 37,254 passengers…
In January-June Russia exported 9.3 million tons of wheat and meslin valued at $1.63 billion, the Federal Customs Service of Russia declared. According to the announcement, the major volumes of wheat were traditionally shipped to far foreign countries – 8.94 million tons ($1.57 billion). In the reporting period, wheat import volumes to Russia totaled 331.4…