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…
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says the first Hyperloop line may be launched in Ukraine within the next five years. “For the first time, Hyperloop will be tested at a pilot site in Toulouse. The first commercial launch is possible in Toulouse. We want to see at least one Hyperloop line in Ukraine in the…
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has signed a memorandum with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, the largest company developing the Hyperloop high-speed transport systems, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelian said following the public discussion “Hyperloop in Ukraine” within the HypeUa project, with the participation of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies CEO Dirk Ahlborn. “We have signed a memorandum with the…