Russia: Roscosmos to spend over $29 million upgrading rocket engine reliability

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Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is allocating over 1.9 billion rubles ($29 million) to upgrading carrier rocket engines, rocket boosters and spacecraft, according to materials published on Russia’s official public procurement website. The contracted upgrades include replacing engine parts and materials, increasing engine reliability and reducing defects and failures during test flights. Roscosmos also plans…

Russia: Roscosmos begins to design super-heavy carrier rocket

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Russia’s S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia General Director Vladimir Solntsev said that state space corporation Roscosmos started working on designing a new super-heavy class carrier rocket on the basis of the RD-171 liquid-fuel rocket engine. “We are working on a super-heavy class rocket with an engine that we already have – the…

Estonia: Tallink Grupp states Q2 2016 profit of 36 million euro

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According to AS Tallink Grupp, the company earned 36 million euro of EBIDTA by the consolidated revenue of 245.2 million euro in second quarter of 2016 financial year. Compared to the year before, the number of transported passengers increased by 2.8% to 2.4 millions, the number of transported vehicles – by 3.8% and that of…

Russia: Roselectronics creates an EVA vision system

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Under order from RSC Energia, Roselectronics has designed a single CCTV system used to monitor astronaut activity in space. The system will be tested in 2017. It was developed on the basis of the Orlan-MKS spacesuit currently used by Russian astronauts and designed for eight hours of continuous operation. A single TV camera block attached…

Latvia: LSC posts revenue of $50,08 million in Q2 2016

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The Latvian Shipping Company and its subsidiaries (LSC Group) revenue for Q2 2016 was $50,08 million ($45,81 million in Q2 2015) with a stable net voyage result for the period of $44,92 million, the company said in its press release. The net loss for Q2 2016 was $6,66 million. Fleet operating profit was $30,17 million…

Lithuania: Klaipeda Seaport cargo handling turnover up in January-July 2016

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In January-July Klaipeda Seaport cargo handling turnover increased by 4,2% YoY, to 23.15 million tons, or by 933,3 thousand tons, says the port’s press center. According to the rankings of the change of cargo throughput estimated in percent (4.2%) and the increase of cargo handling volumes estimated in tons (933.3 thousand tons) Klaipeda Seaport occupied…

Kazakhstan: nearly 2.5 million tons of grains harvested

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According to the regional agricultural departments, as of August 26, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains throughout 1.318 million ha, or 8.6% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 2.45 million tons of grains, up by 601 thousand tons YoY. The average yield…