Reconstruction and expansion work at harbor Terminal D at Lootsi 13/14 in Tallinn has begun, and will continue for the best part of two years. Parts of the terminal will be closed to passengers as a result. The passenger harbor comes under the auspices of the Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam), a hitherto state-owned company,…
About UAH 2 trillion is needed to carry out major repairs of all roads connecting populated areas across Ukraine, according to Oleksandr Kava, an adviser of the head of the State Automobile Roads Agency Ukravtodor. “As for the roads where patch works are carried out, this is a compulsory measure to ensure possible driveway on…
Georgian Airways is to resume direct flights from Astana to Batumi, the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Investments and Development of Kazakhstan said in a message. The flights will be carried out once a week on Fridays from June 22 to September 1, according to the message. Batumi is located on the Black…
Latvian ports handled 27.072 million tons of freight in the first five months of this year, down by 7.5% YoY, according to data compiled by Transport Ministry. The majority of freight handled by Latvia’s ports consisted of bulk cargoes – 14,701,000 tons, down by 6.7%. The volume of coal handled by ports was 7,852,000 tons,…
The Chornomorsk maritime merchandise port increased cargo handling in January-May by 32.51% YoY, to 8.735 million tons. According to data from the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority, over the period the port boosted transshipment of export cargo by 15.65%, to 6.42 million tons, while handling of imported cargo grew 2.45-fold, to 1.867 million tons. Transit cargo…
Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) has joined Interrail, a European train system that allows passengers to buy cheaper tickets for train travel across Europe. Linas Bauzys, director of the Passenger Transportation Directorate at Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai, says that the state railway company aims to improve rail connections with Western Europe. According to him, joining the Interrail system…
Overhaul of main roads continues on the main directions of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, the company said in a message. The repair of 40 kilometers of the main track of the Alat-Osmanli-Astara rail line has been underway since March 18 as part of the International North-South Transport Corridor project. An overhaul of seven kilometers of the…