The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda said that its first-quarter cargo traffic declined by 13.7% YoY, to 9.7 million tons. Algis Latakas, the port’s CEO, said that he expected container shipments via Klaipeda to continue growing at a fast rate this year. Container (TEU) loadings in Klaipeda almost doubled in the first three months to 218,000…
Electric Transport company launched ten new trolleybuses on the electric transport routes in the capital. The new AKSM trolleybuses were manufactured at Belkommunmash plant in Minsk and assembled in the RTEC repair workshop. They are equipped with air conditioning systems, indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras and USB sockets. All transport units have LED-based optical blocks,…
Tbilisi International Airport will be able to receive larger aircraft following an upgrade that has seen the construction of an additional lane and a taxiing pitch, the country’s Economy Ministry has announced. The upgrades will increase both capacity and safety of the runway of the airport and will reduce the take-off and manoeuvring time for…
Passenger traffic at Polish airports increased by 35% last year against 2020, but was still down by 60% compared to 2019, due to the recurring waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) said. “Due to the pandemic, new restrictions on air travel continued or were imposed, which made it difficult to rebuild…
In April, Latvian state company Latvian State Roads (LVC) received letters from all major construction companies engaged in road construction procurements. Construction companies outlined in letters they are unable to do their jobs at the prices that were proposed before February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine. The offers received in procurements in March and April…
Shipping line Tallink Group doubled its revenue in the first quarter of 2021, though the company’s losses rose by nearly 15%. Tallink Group announced its Q1 results to the stock exchange on April 28, revealing that the Omicron Covid wave and the beginning of the Ukraine war made their impact known on traveler numbers and…
Lithuanian Railways (LTG), the country’s state-owned railway company, is planning to lay off around 2,000 employees until the end of the year as a result of the EU sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus in the wake of the war in Ukraine. LTG has earmarked around 6 million euros for the staff redundancy payments, the…