Valdo Kalm, CEO of the Estonian state-owned port company Port of Tallinn, said that possible cooperation with Chinese companies would most likely be together with the state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo. “Interest in and openness to cooperation with Chinese companies is of course there from our side,” Kalm said. “There was certain activity that…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January climbed by 10% YoY, to 643,000 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period transshipment of grain declined by 0.3%, to 286,900 tons, while construction materials grew by 68.3%, to 54,800 tons, but timber fell by 14.8%, to 26,200 tons, and oil products surged…
The Kyiv international airport (Zhuliany) serviced 155,500 passengers in January, up by 43.8% YoY. The press service of the airport reported that the number of passengers serviced on international flights totaled 149,600 and on domestic flights – 5,900. The number of flights in January accounted for 1,876 (departures and arrivals), up by 19.3%, including 1,552…
One more top Arab air carrier may appear in Ukraine, which will perform flights from regional Ukrainian airports to Asia, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan said. “Negotiations are under way with one of the top Arab carriers, and I am sure they are successful. If this air carrier starts transportations from Lviv to Asia…
Passenger traffic in the two Armenian airports grew by 9.1% YoY in January, the general department of civil aviation reveals. Overall, 189,177 people used the services of Zvartnots airport in the capital city, Yerevan, and Shirak airport in the northern city of Gyumri. According to the data, 892 tons of cargo were transported at Zvartnots…
The State Enterprise Antonov, a part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom, continues to increase net income from product sales. The enterprise has increased its profitability 4-fold since 2015, the press service of Ukroboronprom reports. “In 2017 this figure, according to operational data, amounted to UAH 5.9 billion, up 1.6-fold YoY. Antonov also increased net profit,…
The state-owned enterprise Mariupol maritime Merchandise port (Donetsk region) handled 5.882 million tons of cargo in 2017, down by 15.5% YoY. The enterprise’s press service reported that over the period the port saw over UAH 186 million in net profit. “Among the difficulties that the port had to cope with in 2017 was the low…