Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-May climbed by 10.2% YoY, to 3,184,700 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of grain grew by 31.4%, to 1,374,100 tons, construction materials – by 17.6%, to 261,700 tons, and timber – by 50.2%, to 214,100, while transshipment of oil product…
Kazakhstan will put into operation a record of 4,500 kilometers of roads in 2018, the Minister for Investments and Development of Kazakhstan Zhenis Kasymbek said at a press conference. “On average, we put 2,500 kilometers of roads into operation per year. This year we could increase this indicator to 4,500 kilometers,” said Kasymbek. The minister…
The Ministry of Transport and Roads decided on contractor for the project to improve the CAREC Transport Corridor No. 3 (Bishkek-Osh road), Phase 4, Madaniyat-Jalal-Abad section, the press service of the ministry reported. Tender proposals were submitted by four companies – Xinjiang Beixin Road & Bridge Group Co. (China), Gezhouba Group Company (China), Corporation Eurotrakt…
The Ukrainian city of Lvov will acquire 100 urban buses from the Belarusian automobile engineering company MAZ. The buses will be assembled and shipped to Ukraine by the end of the year, the company’s representatives reported. The buses are meant for the Ukrainian city’s mass transit system operator. They will be used to transport passengers…
Yanair has started operating direct scheduled flights between Lviv and Batumi from June 8. “It was very difficult for us to abandon numerous applications of the Lviv airport and the wishes of our passengers in Batumi, who were forced to fly to Kyiv and return to Lviv in transit. Therefore, we tried to satisfy their…
The Belarusian automobile engineering company has delivered 128 urban buses to the Russian city of Kazan. Another 10 will be handed over to customers in the next few days. Once it is done, the entire batch of buses will be delivered to Tatarstan, Russia ahead of the football cup, according to the MAZ website. The…
While not all counties in Estonia have agreed to begin offering free public bus transport, the Estonian Road Administration has officially set the price of bus tickets in ten requesting counties to EUR 0 beginning from July 1. As of July 1, public bus transport will be free in Valga, Voru, Polva, Jarva, Jogeva, Tartu,…