Finnish shipper Viking Line has shifted the departure times of its vessel Viking XPRS on the Tallinn-Helsinki route to one hour earlier. Based on the schedule that entered into force on February 12, Viking XPRS is to depart from Tallinn at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and from Helsinki at 10:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.,…
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov confirmed the structure of the Turkmen part of Turkmen-Belarus intergovernmental committee on scientific and technological cooperation. Document was signed in order to further develop cooperation between Turkmenistan and Belarus, a message of the Turkmen government said. Turkmenistan is one of the key partners of Belarus in Central Asia, message on…
Valdo Kalm, CEO of the Estonian state-owned port company Port of Tallinn, said that possible cooperation with Chinese companies would most likely be together with the state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo. “Interest in and openness to cooperation with Chinese companies is of course there from our side,” Kalm said. “There was certain activity that…
The banking system of Ukraine, including both solvent and insolvent financial institutions, saw UAH 25.972 billion in losses in 2017, down 6-fold YoY. According to the data released on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine, solvent banks in 2017 reported a UAH 24.360 billion loss, while insolvent ones saw a loss of UAH…
Ukraine’s large and medium-sized producers made 13.9 KMT of mayonnaise in December 2017, up by 12% MoM and YoY, when its production was at 12.4 KMT. In the full 2017 year mayonnaise production gained 0.7% and amounted to 125.5 KMT against 124.6 KMT in 2016. As a reminder, mayonnaise production has been staying at a…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January climbed by 10% YoY, to 643,000 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period transshipment of grain declined by 0.3%, to 286,900 tons, while construction materials grew by 68.3%, to 54,800 tons, but timber fell by 14.8%, to 26,200 tons, and oil products surged…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the exports of goods increased by 8% and imports by 9% YoY in 2017, with exports totaling EUR 12.8 billion and imports to Estonia EUR 14.7 billion at current prices. The trade deficit in 2017 was EUR 1.9 billion, up by EUR 315 million. The increase in the…