In 2019 the Freeport of Riga handled 32,762,200 tons of cargo, down by 10.1% YoY. Transshipment of coal fell by 27.2%, to 10,357,700 tons, and oil products – by 7.2%, to 3,791,300 tons, while wood pellets grew by 20.4%, to 1,133,400 tons, and ore – by 29.9%, to 646,200 tons. The port’s container throughput declined…
A bill put forward to the Georgian parliament proposes to identify dangerous parts on Georgian highways with black dots. Up to 300 meters of roads will be identified as dangerous if at least four accidents have been registered in the area in the last three years resulting in fatalities and/or up to ten people being…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in 2019 fell by 2.7% YoY, to 7,334,200 million tons, the Port Authority reported. Transshipment of grain decreased by 4.6%, to 2,893,900 tons, and anthracite – by 28.2%, to 1,053,700 tons, while construction materials grew by 32.7%, to 1,011,600 tons, and oil products – by 43.6%, to…
Riga City Council’s Transport Department has signed a contract worth EUR 42.5 million with an association of suppliers OTC for the construction of a new bypass in Sarkandaugava, the department reports. The contract provides for the first stage of construction of the transport bypass over railway like Riga-Skulte. According to information available on the website…
The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan has recommended citizens to temporarily refrain from buying tickets of the Bek Air company. “In connection with the suspension of the Bek Air company’s air operator certificate, we recommend citizens to temporarily refrain from buying tickets of the company,” the ministry’s statement on…
In 2020 Kharkiv International Airport will open new flights to Budapest, Burgas and Heraklion, the airport’s marketing manager Alina Pecherytsia reported. “From January 16 the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will launch flights to Budapest twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday. The cost of a one-way ticket without luggage begins from UAH 452. From June…
Listed Estonian shipper Tallink Grupp carried a record 9,763,210 passengers on all of its vessels and routes combined in 2019, up by 0.1% YoY. The biggest increase in the number of passengers was on Tallink’s Finland-Sweden routes, where the company transported 1.7% more passengers in 2019 than in 2018. In total, the company transported 2,894,494…