In January-October, freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja rose by 9.2% YoY, to 5.79 million tons. In the reporting period, handling of grain and cereal products rose by 2.6%, to 2.24 million tons, handling of anthracite – sank by 88.5%, to 28,800 tons, handling of building materials declined by 1%, to 637,900 tons,…
Latvian Stevedoring Company Association has signed a cooperation memorandum with a non-commercial organization Directorate for International Transport Corridors (DITC) created by the Ministry of Transports of the Russian Federation. By signing the memorandum the two parties have agreed to develop and strengthen mutual professional cooperation, study and analyze modern trends in transit and logistics business,…
On November 15, Latvia’s parliament commenced the viewing of the 2022 state budget package. In ten hours MPs reviewed one-third of all submitted legislative drafts. So far the parliament has tackled five out of 14 legislative drafts and 46 out of 567 proposals. Most proposals were received specifically for the legislative draft On the Medium-Term…
In October, the port of Riga handled almost 2 million tons of cargo, down by 1.4% MoM. In ten months, the Port of Riga handled 17.26 million tons of cargo, almost a third part of the volume was various forestry cargo shipped from Riga to 22 countries around the world, most often to Great Britain,…
In January-October, the Freeport of Riga handled 17.26 million tons of cargo, down by 13.3% YoY. According to the port’s statistics, handing of grain increased by 0.8%, to 2,150,500 tons, ore – by 13.6%, to 576,600 tons, wood pellets – by 3%, to 1,797,900 tons, sawn timber – by 84%, to 500,900 tons, and timber…
In September, the foreign trade turnover of Latvia amounted to EUR 3.42 billion, up by 24.3% YoY, of which the exports value of goods was 24.1% higher and imports value of goods – 24.4% higher. Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 1.61 billion, but imported – in the amount of EUR 1.8 billion.…
In January-October, the port of Ventspils handled 9 million tons of cargo, down by 15.7% YoY, the Port Authority statistics said. According to the statement, the port handled 5.15 million tons of liquid bulk cargo, 1.67 million tons of dry bulk cargo and 2.22 million tons of general cargo. In the reporting period, the port…