Last week the Freeport of Riga Authority together with SIA Riga Container Terminal represented the Freeport of Riga in one of the largest Asian transport and logistics exhibitions “The 13th China (Shenzhen) International Logistics and Transportation Fair” in the Chinese port city of Shenzhen, as well as participated in several major industry events. During the…
After nearly a two-year long procedure, SIA Rigas mikroautobusu satiksme (RMS) has once again acquired rights to provide minibus transport services in the capital. As confirmed by Rigas satiksme representative Viktors Zakis, the current value of the contract is EUR 96 million and the term is eight years. RMS and RS have been cooperating since…
Saeima’s Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee supported in the third reading amendments to the Handling of Alcoholic Beverages Law, which provided that small breweries would be allowed to produce drinks using berries, fruit and plants that grew in the wild or cultivated in gardens in Latvia. Amendments are intended to define that small…
AirBaltic airline has received its twelfth Airbus A220-300 aircraft with registration number YL-CSN. The airline plans to have a total of fourteen Airbus A220-300 aircraft by the end of 2018. “So far airBaltic has carried more than 1,600,000 passengers using Airbus A220-300 aircraft. Every third of our passengers travels with Airbus A220-300 aircraft. So far,…
Compared to July, level of producer prices in the Latvian industry rose by 1% in August. Level of prices of products sold on the domestic market grew by 1.9%, but of exported products – went up by 0.1%. Prices of products exported to euro area countries increased by 0.2%, but prices of products exported to…
Latvian airline airBaltic has carried 2,770,047 more passengers to destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East in the first eight months of 2018. In August airBaltic carried 440,562 passengers, up by 14% YoY. In addition to that, airBaltic carried 18% more passengers in this year’s summer season than last year, setting a…
During an extraordinary meeting, members of Ogre County Council supported creation of an egg and egg product plant in Madliena Parish, which had been picked by a Ukrainian investor as a location for the plant. The municipality has received an application from SIA Gallusman board chairman Arnis Veinbergs with information regarding the plans of Ukrainian…