In January-March the Freeport of Riga handled 8,223,200 tons of cargo, down by 11.6% YoY. Coal transshipment fell by 8.8%, to 3,189,600 tons. Transshipment of oil products dropped by 43.3%, to 1,052,100 tons, wood pellets – by 3.5%, to 214,100 tons, while transshipment of ore surged almost 2-fold, to 99,800 tons. The port’s container throughput…
The Belarusian air carrier Belavia will get five Embraer aircraft on leasing terms in 2019-2020, Belavia Director General Anatoly Gusarov declared. The executive said: “We’ve finished negotiations with the Irish company Nordic Aviation Capital on acquiring five Embraer aircraft on leasing terms.” In line with the contracts Belavia will get three Embraer 195 aircraft and…
On April 4 Nibulon completed another stage of dredging operations on the Southern Buh River. Despite the adverse weather conditions, low temperature, and wind, the dredging operations have been performed according to schedule. According to the company, the dredging has been finished before spawning, as promised. The operations have been performed by Mykolaivets self-propelled dredger.…
According to Lindaliini AS, operator of a high-speed ferry link between Tallinn and Helsinki under the Linda Line Express brand, there has been a delay in bringing a new vessel to the route. “The process of bringing the vessel to the route is currently still pending – unfortunately, it has taken slightly more time than…
There is not enough time left to perform dredging in Rukki Channel, located off the coast of Western Estonia’s Laane County on the sea lane between the mainland and the island of Hiiumaa before summer, the Estonian Maritime Administration announced. Estonian Maritime Administration Director General Rene Arikas said that even if the Ministry of the…
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is launching a new direct flight that will connect Georgia to Romania. Starting from July 3 Wizz Air will launch flights between Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi and Romania’s capital of Bucharest, the airline company announced. Flights will be performed three times in a week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays and…
The Kyivpastrans municipal enterprise has received a batch of new low-floor trams with a high degree of passenger comfort, the enterprise has reported on its Facebook page. “Kyivpastrans once again received a batch of new Electron T5B64 low-floor trams with a high degree of comfort, a reduced level of vibration and noise, an air conditioning…