Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that first locomotives manufactured and equipped for Ukraine under the agreement with U.S. multinational conglomerate General Electric will be put into operation this autumn. “This autumn we will start receiving new rolling stock under the agreement on joint production with General Electric. We have lost a lot of rolling…
According to Transaviabaltika, the airline serving flights between the Western Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa and the mainland, the average load factor of flights on the Kuressaare route was over 90%, while the load factor exceeded 60% on the Kardla route. According to airline spokesperson Rene Must, last month’s hot summer weather and a…
Two new bridges – across the Big Chui Canal on Orozbekov Street and across Alamedin River on Toktogul Street – were opened for traffic in Bishkek, the Capital Construction Department of the Bishkek City Administration reported. “Previously, there were 42 bridges in Bishkek, five more have been built over the past two years, including those…
The queue for the ferry connecting Saaremaa to the Estonian mainland via the smaller island of Muhu stretched to nearly a kilometer in length approaching Kuivastu, with wait times reaching up to three hours. Since the beginning of June ferry operator TS Laevad served the highest number of passengers and vehicles on July 20-22, transporting…
Russia uses the illegally constructed Crimean Bridge and its naval forces in the Sea of Azov to discourage shipowners from entering Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk. “This is being done to destabilize the situation in the Azov region of Ukraine, but I am sure that our joint efforts with the partners in the region,…
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov is convinced that the manufacture of light helicopters can solve the problem of transport communication in Ukraine. The official visited two helicopter plants in Kyiv region, namely PJSC Chezara and Vibston Aero, where he got acquainted with brand-new light helicopters and inspected…
A total of 1,223,901 passengers traveled aboard Tallink Grupp-owned vessels in July, indicating a 1.3% increase YoY, as well as setting a new all-time record for number of passengers transported in one month. In addition to the increase in the number of passengers in July, the number of cargo units transported by the group and…