After restoring the high-speed ship Raketa three years ago, its owners started offering regular trips on the Nemunas River between Kaunas and the Curonian Lagoon. They are now planning to launch a second ship to course between Klaipeda and Nida. Nerijus Silgalis, head of Vandens Kelias, says that the second Raketa-type ship, Vasara, which would…
KN (AB “Klaipedos nafta”), the operator of LNG and oil terminals, says it has completed the annual LNG terminal capacity allocation for the last quarter of this year. During the period from October 1 to December 31, five customers will use the booked 9.66 TWh of LNG terminal degassing capacity. In order to ensure that…
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…