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…
Stena Line opens a new Bordershop in Ventspils. It is another step in Stena Line strategy to offer its customers value for money products. Bordershops, selling cheap alcohol products, is a very attractive concept for Swedish travelers and the aim is to increase the interest for them to visit Latvia. “Ventspils-Nynashamn is an important route…