Kazakhstan: smart transport system to be launched

In his new State-of-the-Nation Address Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev revealed what the future held for national transport and logistics infrastructure. President Nazarbayev is convinced that Kazakhstan needs to introduce digital technologies in a big way. For instance, in the address entitled “New Opportunities for Development Amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution” President Nazarbayev suggests using…

Latvia: throughput of port Riga down in 2017

In 2017 the Freeport of Riga handled 33,674,700 tons of cargo, down by 9% YoY. According to the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 11.4%, to 11.776 million tons, transshipment of oil products totaled 5.64 million tons (-30.3%), wood pellets – 646,000 tons (+16.5%) and ore – 514,000 tons (+26.5%). The port’s container throughput grew…