The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway not only strengthens economies of the countries in the region by boosting their transit potential, but also plays a role of a guarantor of stability and security in the region. The time launch of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway passenger trains has become known. Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint Stock Company reported that the organization…
In January-October the total cargo turnover decline reached 2.1% at Ventspils port in comparison to the same period a year ago. This is the second lowest decline after the anti-record of 2016. In total, nearly 17 million tons of cargoes went through Ventspils port in this period of time, or 31% of the total volume…
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says two seaports in the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Berdyansk (the Sea of Azov) are forced to cut their working hours after Russia blocked the passage of vessels through the Kerch Strait connecting the Black and Azov seas. “As we expected, Moscow is now manually handling the access of…
The Ministry of Transport of Kyrgyzstan has determined toll roads fee. Calculations were announced at a round table discussion. Toll for a passenger car, having no more than 8 seats, will be 0.57 soms per kilometer on a paid section. Buses and minibuses with a mass of not more than 5 tons will pay 1.14…
The Dushanbe mayor’s office has decided to reduce the number of fixed-route taxis (minivans) in the Tajik capital in order to remove traffic jams in the city. The number of fixed-route taxis has been reduced on route No. 11 (School No. 61 – Balkh Bazaar); they have been replaced with buses, a source official at…
Latvian airline airBaltic on December 1 in Riga welcomed the last Airbus A220-300 jet for the year, registered as YL-CSM. Currently airBaltic has a total of 14 Airbus A220-300 aircraft on its fleet. Thus far, airBaltic has carried over 1 850 000 passengers on the Airbus A220-300 aircraft with every third airBaltic passenger flying on…
The city of Zhytomyr has signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on purchase of 50 new trolleybuses. “We have signed an agreement with the EBRD to finance a project on acquisition of 50 new trolleybuses for Zhytomyr,” Deputy Mayor of Zhytomyr Dmytro Tkachuk wrote on Facebook. The official noted…