AS Tallink Grupp transported 1188226 passengers in July, achieving the record of the highest passenger volumes per calendar month. Compared to the results of the last year, the passenger volumes increase by 5% and the volumes of cargo units and passenger vehicles by 3.5% and 7.2% respectively. The passenger volumes increased the most – by…
Leading CIS thin-film producer Solar Frontier said it had completed on schedule the largest PV power plant in Nagasaki Prefecture that resides next to Nagasaki airport runway. Solar Frontier noted that the 30MW SOL de Omura Minojima project started construction in April, 2015, was completed on schedule in July, 2016, including a 10 km submarine…
Trading House Socar Ukraine will supply diesel fuel priced at 17,700 UAH including VAT to state-owned Ukrzaliznytsia railway operator, the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia has reported. “Ukrzaliznytsia and Trading House Socar Ukraine signed a contract for supplying diesel fuel on August 1. The seller is to deliver 14,087 tons of fuel under the contract at…
Active grain trade in the Black Sea region has led to not only increase in freight rates in the basin, but also to changes of free tonnage placement, according to Platts agency. International sources began to report an increased export grain cargo flow from the Black Sea region, including Ukraine and Russia in the second…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill amending some Ukrainian laws in part of the creation of conditions for international cooperation of aircraft builders and developing Ukrainian aircraft building. According to the law passed by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on July 14, and taking effect next day after its publication, the founders and/or members of…
According to the recent Oil World report, the forecast of global production of sunflower oil in 2015/2016 MY increased by 150 thousand tons to 15.71 million tons. The index grew due to the similar trends in Ukraine – up by 130 thousand tons to 4.93 million tons, and Argentina – up by 50 thousand tons…
As of August 1, according to the Kazakh AgMin, 1041.5 KMT of grain have been harvested from 480.1 thousand ha (452.6 thousand ha in 2015) with average yield of 2.17 MT/ ha (in 2015 – 833.7 KMT with 1.84 MT/ha). In the Almaty region harvesting reached 228.4 KMT, in Zhambyl region – 358.6 KMT, in…