A total of 50 companies intend to participate in a tender for the repairs of sections of the Kyiv – Chernihiv – Novi Yarylovychi road. Most of these companies are international ones, Director of State Enterprise Ukrdorivest (Road Projects in Ukraine), Olena Kryvoruchko, declared. “A new tender for the repairs of sections of the Kyiv…
Tajikistan is gradually reducing the import of flour, and increasing the import of wheat, which is subsequently processed by the republic itself, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. In the first quarter of this year flour imports decreased by 8,000 tons in comparison with the indicators of 2017, while the import of…
In January-March the Freeport of Riga handled 8,223,200 tons of cargo, down by 11.6% YoY. Coal transshipment fell by 8.8%, to 3,189,600 tons. Transshipment of oil products dropped by 43.3%, to 1,052,100 tons, wood pellets – by 3.5%, to 214,100 tons, while transshipment of ore surged almost 2-fold, to 99,800 tons. The port’s container throughput…
The Belarusian air carrier Belavia will get five Embraer aircraft on leasing terms in 2019-2020, Belavia Director General Anatoly Gusarov declared. The executive said: “We’ve finished negotiations with the Irish company Nordic Aviation Capital on acquiring five Embraer aircraft on leasing terms.” In line with the contracts Belavia will get three Embraer 195 aircraft and…
Ukraine is resolutely carrying out reforms so that to significantly improve the investment climate, President Petro Poroshenko stated in an interview with the German business newspaper Handelsblatt, the president’s press service reports. “We are resolutely implementing reforms to improve the investment climate significantly. The evaluation of the World Bank can be more trustworthy than the…
On April 4 Nibulon completed another stage of dredging operations on the Southern Buh River. Despite the adverse weather conditions, low temperature, and wind, the dredging operations have been performed according to schedule. According to the company, the dredging has been finished before spawning, as promised. The operations have been performed by Mykolaivets self-propelled dredger.…
Azerbaijan intends to significantly increase hazelnut production in 2018, according to the Azerbaijan Hazelnut Exporters Consortium. Its representative noted that the Consortium planned to increase production by almost 48%. “We plan to produce 60,000-65,000 tons of hazelnut in 2018, which is much more than last year. As for exports, this depends not only on increasing…