German Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport) and its consortium partners at Russia’s Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg have finalised an agreement to sell part of their shares in Thalita Trading to Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Thalita is the parent company of Northern Capital Gateway LLC consortium, which has the 30-year concession for operating Pulkovo Airport…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill amending some Ukrainian laws in part of the creation of conditions for international cooperation of aircraft builders and developing Ukrainian aircraft building. According to the law passed by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on July 14, and taking effect next day after its publication, the founders and/or members of…
According to the recent Oil World report, the forecast of global production of sunflower oil in 2015/2016 MY increased by 150 thousand tons to 15.71 million tons. The index grew due to the similar trends in Ukraine – up by 130 thousand tons to 4.93 million tons, and Argentina – up by 50 thousand tons…
As of August 1, according to the Kazakh AgMin, 1041.5 KMT of grain have been harvested from 480.1 thousand ha (452.6 thousand ha in 2015) with average yield of 2.17 MT/ ha (in 2015 – 833.7 KMT with 1.84 MT/ha). In the Almaty region harvesting reached 228.4 KMT, in Zhambyl region – 358.6 KMT, in…
According to Rufco Company, in the Azov Sea an increased supply of Russian grain for transportation was observed, which contributed to freight rates growth in the eastern part of the basin. Last week shipment of new crop grain from Ukrainian port of Mariupol was reported. 7 KMT of new crop feed wheat were shipped through…
The volume of gravel extraction increased by 3.7% YoY in May. In accordance with the State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine, the gravel extraction in the country went up by 3.7% YoY, to 5.6 million tons in May. The index increased by 3.1% MoM. The index seasonal growth was also fixed by 2.6% to 11,03…
According to the Order of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Alexander Degtyarev is reinstated in the position of General Designer-General Director of Yuzhnoye State Design Office (General Director in accordance with Yuzhnoye Charter as of January 25). According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Lyubomyr Sabadosh is dismissed from position…