In January-July seaports of Ukraine handled 74,060,000 tons of cargo (down by 9.8% YoY), says the press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 59,190,000 tons (-1.4%), imports – 9,282,000 tons (-10.1%), transit – 6,285,000 tons (-42.38%), inland traffic – 2,303,000 tons (-40.4%). Container throughput in seaports of Ukraine totaled 336,892…
DetailsIn January-July the port of Rostov-on-Don handled 9,794,000 tons of cargo (up by 16.2% YoY), Harbour Master Pavel Zakharchenko said. Transshipment of crude and oil products climbed by 29.4% to 3,731,000 tons, grain – by 38.7% to 2,339,000 tons, coal and coke – by 25.4% to 837,000 tons, metal scrap – by 19.7% to 672,000…
DetailsAS Tallink Grupp transported 1188226 passengers in July, achieving the record of the highest passenger volumes per calendar month. Compared to the results of the last year, the passenger volumes increase by 5% and the volumes of cargo units and passenger vehicles by 3.5% and 7.2% respectively. The passenger volumes increased the most – by…
DetailsLeading CIS thin-film producer Solar Frontier said it had completed on schedule the largest PV power plant in Nagasaki Prefecture that resides next to Nagasaki airport runway. Solar Frontier noted that the 30MW SOL de Omura Minojima project started construction in April, 2015, was completed on schedule in July, 2016, including a 10 km submarine…
DetailsTrading House Socar Ukraine will supply diesel fuel priced at 17,700 UAH including VAT to state-owned Ukrzaliznytsia railway operator, the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia has reported. “Ukrzaliznytsia and Trading House Socar Ukraine signed a contract for supplying diesel fuel on August 1. The seller is to deliver 14,087 tons of fuel under the contract at…
DetailsSino-Russian fund of agricultural development is exploring the possibility of financing 17 agricultural enterprises in Russia’s Far East, a representative of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East said, adding that the decision to provide four projects with funds might be taken soon. “A total of 17 agricultural enterprises in the Far…
DetailsActive grain trade in the Black Sea region has led to not only increase in freight rates in the basin, but also to changes of free tonnage placement, according to Platts agency. International sources began to report an increased export grain cargo flow from the Black Sea region, including Ukraine and Russia in the second…
DetailsGerman Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport) and its consortium partners at Russia’s Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg have finalised an agreement to sell part of their shares in Thalita Trading to Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Thalita is the parent company of Northern Capital Gateway LLC consortium, which has the 30-year concession for operating Pulkovo Airport…
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