A trial shipment of Ukrainian grain to the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda shows that transport via Poland is inefficient and only shipments via Belarus would allow making full use of the port’s potential. The test run of the grain was delivered this week to the stevedoring company Bega. According to Klaipeda port companies, Ukrainian grain…
Poland is ready to develop its infrastructure to transport Ukrainian grain blocked by Russia to the Middle East and Africa, Mateusz Morawiecki prime minister of Poland said on May 31. “I have told our friends in the EU that Poland is ready to change and expand its border, transport, railway and port infrastructures in a…
Five bus companies have sent a joint appeal to the Estonian president, prime minister and government seeking to make changes to contracts concluded with the state, as rising fuel prices are making it impossible for them to fulfill their contractual obligations under current contract conditions. According to the appeal, which was signed by Hansabuss, Sebe,…
Poland’s air traffic management authority and the air traffic controllers’ trade union have concluded a preliminary agreement on changes to the work and remuneration regulations proposed by the latter, both parties have announced. The majority of air traffic controllers in Warsaw were protesting in the first months of the year and threatening to quit their…
The financial results of the Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL), the operator of several Polish airports, including the Warsaw Chopin Airport, considerably improved in 2021, the second year of the pandemic, against 2020, the company reported. Although PPL recorded a loss of about PLN 185 million (EUR 40 million) in 2021, the result was better…
Train travelers will pay more for tickets this summer. Prices of train tickets are set to increase by 11% as of June. Bus operators say they are also considering raising fares. In May, passengers still pay their usual fares for train tickets. But for example, a train ride from Vilnius to Siauliai will cost 1.40…
The management of Estonia’s Transport Administration has decided to establish a fund worth nearly EUR 1 million to help bus carriers cope with the sharp rise in fuel prices. The fund was launched as a one-time measure to cover the first half of 2022; in the second half of the year, contractual indexations are slated…