The Road Administration will install electronic traffic signs with changing information permanently in the second half of this year, as the one-month testing period of the signs has been successful. The initial tests of electronic traffic signs were successful, Siim Vaikmaa, head of the Road Administration’s traffic management center, declared. Vaikmaa added that the development…
The launching of Baku-Sofia direct flight will contribute to the development of tourism and business relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said. Borisov made the remarks at an expanded meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on January 15. “An encouraging fact is that up till now we have resolved…
At the end of 2017 a running test of the icebreaker Varma, owned by the Port of Riga was performed. Based on test results as well as information provided by the Freeport of Riga services, the Freeport of Riga Captain Arturs Brokovskis is convinced that the Port of Riga is ready for winter and ice…
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says Ukrainian state-run railways operator JSC Ukrzaliznytsia should focus only on the comprehensive development of transportation services. “Ukrzaliznytsia will never be able to make quality locomotives on its own. It will never make high-quality rail cars. When they talk about their passenger trains, I’m sorry, it’s past century technology: railway…
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov discussed the construction of the Turkmenabat-Turkmenbashi highway during a working trip in Ashgabat. The president put forward a proposal to name the highway running from Amul (Amu Darya River) to Khazar (Caspian Sea) the Great Silk Road. This initiative is a real result of practical implementation of the resolutions on transport…
AS Tallink Grupp has published its statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year. In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815255 passengers, up by 6.2% YoY. The number of cargo units increased by 10%, to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6%, to 87672…
In his new State-of-the-Nation Address Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev revealed what the future held for national transport and logistics infrastructure. President Nazarbayev is convinced that Kazakhstan needs to introduce digital technologies in a big way. For instance, in the address entitled “New Opportunities for Development Amidst the Fourth Industrial Revolution” President Nazarbayev suggests using…