Poland: Port of Gdansk and Halcrow Group ink agreement to develop Wisla River Waterway feasibility study

An agreement for the preparation of a feasibility study for the Wisla River Waterway has been concluded in Gdansk. It was signed by the representatives of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA: President Lukasz Greinke and Vice-President Macin Osowski, as well as Artur Mazurek, representing the contractor selected by tender, the British company Halcrow Group…

Belarus: Belarusbank opens branch in Great Stone

A state-of-the-art Belarusbank branch has been opened in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone. Belarusbank Deputy Chairwoman of the Board Svetlana Kozhekina stressed: “It is a particularly important branch because it will become the face of the entire bank not only in the industrial park but for all our present and future partners from China.…

Ukraine: pork imports up in H1 2018

Ukraine in the first six months of 2018 imported 8,400 tons of pork, up 8-fold YoY. “In January-June Ukraine received 8,400 tons of fresh, chilled and frozen pork against 924 tons in the past year with an aggregate value of $15.4 million,” the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders reported. The major pork suppliers remain the…