Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has increased the cost of coal used for calculating subsidies by 30.5% or 467.1 UAH, to 2,000 UAH per ton. “If a household receives 2 tons of coal, it will receive 4,000 UAH (earlier around 3,000 UAH)”, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said. Along with the cost of coal, the government…
DetailsUkrainian, German and Swedish experts will carry out a joint observation flight over Russian territory under the Open Skies Treaty this week, the acting head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Sergei Zabello said. Zabello added that the flight would take place along an agreed route and Russian specialists on board of…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine exported 2.7 million tons of grains, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared on August 5. In particular, wheat exports totaled 945 thousand tons, corn – 438 thousand tons, and barley – 1.3 million tons. Ukraine supplied 10 thousand tons of wheat flour on foreign…
DetailsDuring the last week of July and the first week of August weather conditions were mainly warm and dry. Rains of various intensity were observed only in the Southern and Eastern regions. 25 mm precipitation amount was seen in the West, but in the Central, Northern and North-Eastern regions there were only 0.3-2 mm. Such…
DetailsIn January-July the Ukrainian seaports processed 19.451 million tons of grain cargoes (including 19.045 million tons of grains), up by 5.4% YoY, the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority declared. In particular, state stevedoring companies processed 1.283 million tons of grains at the berths of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (down by 34.2% YoY), private stevedoring…
DetailsIn January-July the Ukrainian seaports processed 2.68 million tons of bulk vegetable oils, up by 19.2% YoY. The export volumes totaled 2.511 million tons of veg oils (up by 18.7%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority informed. In particular, state stevedoring companies processed 78.19 thousand tons of vegetable oils at the berths of Ukrainian…
DetailsIn 2016/2017 MY, Ukraine will increase the total supply of buckwheat on the domestic market, which will lead to lowering of the grain prices, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine declared, with reference to the results of the monitoring of food markets. In 2016, the harvest volumes of buckwheat in Ukraine will…
DetailsThe Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG has announced that the construction of the pipeline on the territory of Albania is progressing without delays. TAP AG tweeted that 87.5% of access roads and bridges in Albania had already been upgraded. TAP’s route through Albania is approximately 215 kilometers onshore and 37 km offshore in the Albanian…
DetailsSaint-Petersburg-based Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) on August 4, launched a multideck fiberglass superstructure for the 20380-series corvette, being constructed at Severnaya Verf Shipyard. The shipbuilding firm says, the superstructure will soon be towed to the customer for its further installation on the ship. SNSZ has already delivered five similar…
DetailsOn August 1-7, Passenger Port Saint Petersburg handled 13 cruise ships with a total of 16,100 passengers on board, the port manager Marine Facade PLC said. The overall stopover time was 23 vessel/day with 113,864 passenger operations. The services provided included: potable water supply – 3770 cbm; collection / disposal of 200 cbm of waste…
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