The Chornomorsk maritime merchandise port increased cargo handling in January-May by 32.51% YoY, to 8.735 million tons. According to data from the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority, over the period the port boosted transshipment of export cargo by 15.65%, to 6.42 million tons, while handling of imported cargo grew 2.45-fold, to 1.867 million tons. Transit cargo…
HKScan Estonia, a subsidiary of the Nordic food group HKScan, hired 44 seasonal employees at Rakvere Meat-Processing Plant to help service increased demand during the summer season. “Considering that last year we reached the absolute sales record of Rakvere-brand products in June and that sales volumes this year are already exceeding last year’s, there are…
Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) has joined Interrail, a European train system that allows passengers to buy cheaper tickets for train travel across Europe. Linas Bauzys, director of the Passenger Transportation Directorate at Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai, says that the state railway company aims to improve rail connections with Western Europe. According to him, joining the Interrail system…
In January-May the Belarusian automaker BelAZ increased its exports by almost 58.9% in comparison with the same period a year before, the company reported. In January-May the company exported 96% of the output. The growth of supplies to Russia went up by 46.4%, and to the CIS countries (excluding Russia) – 3.3-fold. The leading consumers…
Norwegian company Scatec Solar plans to enter the Ukrainian market and build two solar power plants in Cherkasy region. “Norwegian company Scatec Solar, which has installed 322 MW of solar power plants in the Czech Republic, South Africa and other countries and has more than 1,092 MW in the pipeline, intends to enter the Ukrainian…
The Armed Forces of Ukraine may receive a new Novator armored car – it is considered as one of the possible options for this type of equipment to be put into service. “I’ve heard the report of those responsible regarding the testing process on the possibility of this vehicle’s further supply to the Ukrainian troops.…
Mogilev Meat-Packing Plant has launched commercial supplies of beef cuts to China, director of the plant Vladimir Latygovsky reported. “We have already supplied more than $130,000 worth of frozen meat to China. At the end of June we will send a new batch of products cut and packaged according to the requirements of the Chinese…