On November 15, Konecranes and the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) celebrated the 1000th RTG crane manufactured by Konecranes. The Port of Savannah took delivery of it in August at the Garden City container terminal. In honor of the occasion, the 1000th Konecranes RTG was specially painted with a “stars and stripes” design, mirroring the U.S.…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan for water upgrade in yet another Kyrgyz city, Kyzyl-Kiya under its framework to support water and wastewater modernization in the Kyrgyzstan, the bank reported. The investment will be co-financed by the European Union’s Investment Facility for Central Asia (IFCA), which also has a…
The construction of a waste recycling and separation plant in Grodno with a rated capacity of 120,000 tons per year has been completed, an official at Grodno region administration reported. The completion act was signed on October 26; warrantee tests of waste recycling equipment will start on November 21, and will last for two months.…
Ashgabat is hosting the 47th meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states to discuss a draft agreement on cooperation in the field of transportation, the Turkmen government said in a message. The event is attended by the heads and leading specialists of the ministries and agencies of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan.…
Belarus’ sugar manufacturers association (Belsugar) is due to hold an open tender on December 2, to choose suppliers of 106,500 units of sugar beet seeds worth Br21.5 million ($11.251 million), a Belsugar official reported. Both resident and non-resident companies are invited to take part in the tender. The closing date for applications is December 1.…
The state-owned Belarusian company OAO Belaruskali has enough potash export contracts to operate at full capacity till March 2017, a Belaruskali representative reported. Belaruskali’s production facilities have been operating at full capacity since July, when Belarus Potash Company (Belaruskali’s key export trader) signed long-term contracts to ship potash fertilizers to consumers in India and China…
Belarus increased truck exports 27.8% YoY in January-September to 3,843 units, Belstat said in a statistical report. In value terms, truck exports grew by 5.4% YoY to $458.717 million; including truck exports to Russia – 2,890 units (up by 47.9%) worth $359.537 million (up by 9.7%). Truck imports in value terms grew by 6% in…