In 2018, the transshipment of containers at the Baku International Sea Trade Port amounted to 22,886 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) – about 3.8 million tons, up by 49% YoY. As for passenger traffic, its volume reached a 20-year record figure – 47,736 people (+44%). The cargo transshipment potential of the Baku port within the first…
Turkmenistan’s logistics potential in the field of transit cargo transportation has increased taking into account the commissioned Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran transnational railway. The foreign partners, including China, pay more attention to the transit potential of this route, which has become an important link in the North-South and East-West transport corridors. The total length of the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran route…
Trade between Ukraine and the EU has increased by 60% in the past three years, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said during his speech at the panel discussion “Security in Eastern Europe” within the framework of the Munich Security Conference. The president noted that Ukraine’s external trade with EU countries accounted for 43%. “Europe for…
Real GDP of Ukraine increased by 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has reported. Real GDP in the fourth quarter of 2018 increased by 1.1% QoQ (taking into account a seasonal factor), and by 3.4% compared to the fourth quarter of…
The ice road between Haapsalu and Noarootsi opened on February 15 at 11.00 EET, only to close a few hours later. The 4km stretch of ice road, a short cut between the mainland town of Haapsalu and the Noarootsi peninsular, also on the mainland, was opened to vehicles weighing up to 2.5 tons. However, thawing…
Azerbaijan has simplified the procedure for connecting enterprises to the power grid, Elsever Rustamli, head of the Azerishig OJSC department for prospective development and work with the ASAN service, reported. Now, the procedure of connecting to the power grid for entrepreneurs takes 20 days and is carried out in two stages. “The first stage involves…
The free trade deal signed between Georgia and Hong Kong has come into effect. The deal was signed back on June 28, 2018, within the framework of the Belt and Road summit in Hong Kong, the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reports. It will enable Georgian entrepreneurs to provide their produce to Hong…