In January, the Freeport of Riga handled 2,841,700 tons of cargo, up by 2.6% YoY. Transshipment of coal grew by 15.9%, to 1,029,900, and wood pellets – by 58.7%, to 90,300 tons, while oil products fell by 36.5%, to 278,000 tons. No ore was handled in January. The Port’s container throughput grew by 6.5%, to…
Construction work on Bishkek – Kara-Balta road will be resumed in early March under favorable and suitable weather conditions, the Ministry of Transport and Roads of Kyrgyzstan reported. The head of the Ministry of Transport, Zhanat Beishenov, made a working trip to Chui region. He also looked at implementation of the project for reconstruction of…
The passenger flow at Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport in January amounted to 897,195 people, up by 14% YoY, the Center for Transport Strategies has reported. In January, Boryspil International Airport provided air services to 766,312 passengers of regular flights (+21%) and 130,883 passengers of charter flights (-17%). The number of transfer passengers increased by almost…
The number of passengers carried by Nordic Aviation Group AS, Estonia’s national airline operating under the Nordica brand, increased by 22% YoY, to 760,000 in 2018. Nordica route network manager Mart Sibrik said that 680,000 passengers, representing the lion’s share thereof, flew on the Tallinn route network, while the remaining passengers were served on domestic…
Lviv International Airport named after Danylo Halytsky is in talks with Qatar Airways on the launch of flights and expects a visit of the airline’s representatives late in February. “We are in talks with Asian countries. I really want to see the launch of flights to Asia. We are negotiating with Qatar Airways. We are…
In 2018, more than 400 trains were sent from Kazakhstan’s “Bolashak” border railway station to neighboring Turkmenistan, twice as much as in 2017, the press service of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) reported. Kazakhstan transports wheat, flour, milling products, barley, oats, and lentils. All products are exported to Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Cargo traffic passes…
Air Astana will fly to New York and Shanghai, Minister of Industry and Infrastructe Development Zhenis Kassymbek said at the February 5 session of the government. “This year the ministry together with Air Astana will take steps to launch air communication with New York, Shanghai and other world’s big cities,” Minister Kassymbek told participants of…