Port of Riga said October was the most successful month of the year in regards of cargo turnover, as well as the most successful October in the port’s history. The monthly cargo turnover at the port reached 3.54 million tons, up by 18% MoM and by 7% YoY. The largest contribution to the growth of…
The next meeting of the Turkmenistan-Latvia intergovernmental commission on economic, industrial, scientific and technical cooperation will be held in Riga, the Turkmen government said in a message. During the meeting it is planned to discuss the opportunities of expanding the cooperation in transportation and communication sector, in the spheres of agriculture, construction, healthcare, as well…
In January-October the port of Ventspils handled 15.5 million tons of cargo (-19.7%, YoY), the port authority says. In October the port handled 1.4 million tons of cargo. Transshipment via Ventspils Nafta terminals totaled 6.6 million tons (-21%), via Baltic Coal Terminal dropped by 50% to 767,000 tons, via Ventspils tirdzniecibas osta – by 32%…
In January-October the Freeport of Riga handled 30,410,900 tons of cargo (-8.8%, YoY). According to the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 12.2% to 10,611,100 tons, oil products – by 20.7% to 7,051,400 tons, wood pellets – by 11.4% to 438,800 tons, ore went up 1.7 times to 337,600 tons. The port’s container throughput climbed…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-September fell by 2.3%, YoY, to 3,870,700 tons, the Port Authority reported. Grain shipments declined by 0.5% to 1,861,500 tons, construction materials – by 14.8% to 381,200 tons, timber – by 35.1% to 259,700 tons, crude oil went up by 7.8% to 42,400 tons, oil products…
Latvia’s meat processor Forevers is aiming to increase its revenues by up to 5% in 2016, the company announced following the release of its improved sales results for last year. To enable this, Forevers is currently implementing a number of investments to raise its output capacity. For 2015, Forevers reported sales of some 30.1 million…
In January-August the Freeport of Riga handled 23,872,900 tons of cargo (down by 10.8% YoY). Coal transshipment fell by 19.2% to 7,963,300 tons, oil products – by 18.5% to 5,916,500 tons, wood pellets – by 10% to 387,000 t, ore grew by 79.4% to 269,100 tons. The port’s container throughput climbed by 4.7% to 248,359…