Freight volume handled at the Port of Klaipeda in January-March grew by 4.7% YoY, to 10.79 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 2.2%, to 852,000 tons, dry bulk cargo fell by 4.1%, to 1.48 million tons, while general cargo grew by 12.1%, to 1.2 million tons. In…
Rail freight traffic between Belarus and Lithuania went up by 15% in 2017, the press service of Belarusian Railways reported. Head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov and director general of Lithuanian Railways Mantas Bartuska held talks in Minsk. “The sides discussed Belarus-Lithuania rail freight traffic in 2017 and ways to boost it in 2018. Last…
Freight volume handled at the Port of Klaipeda in January-February grew by 6% YoY, to 7.25 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 7.6%, to 1.98 million tons, and general cargo – by 19.7%, to 2.28 million tons, while dry bulk cargo fell by 3.4%, to 2.99 million…
Vilnius Airport launched the renovation of the central area of its departure terminal, thus marking the start of a major modernization project at one of its terminals aimed at increasing its capacity and improving passenger service, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports) said. The renovation of the departure hall includes replacing the flooring, engineering systems, partitions…
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects laws on the continuing tax reform to be passed by the parliament by July and to take effect in early 2019. According to Skvernelis, the reform will include an overhaul of second-pillar pension systems and amendments aimed at reducing the tax burden “both on labor and the overall (tax burden),…
Vilnius Airport is launching a four-year, 60-million-euro major renovation of its passenger terminal to improve passenger service and increase the terminal’s capacity. “The terminal was designed to serve around 3.5 million passengers annually. This figure has already increased to 3.8 million over the past few years. This is why the decision was made to launch…
During the meeting with Belarusian Minister of Transport and Communications Anatoly Sivak and Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis discussed the successfully operating chain of Belarusian cargo transportation using the services provided by the Lithuanian Railways and Klaipeda State Seaport, as well as the outlook of bilateral cooperation in developing the necessary transport…