In January-August water transport of Ukraine carried 3.6 million tons of cargo, down by 11.4% YoY, says State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Cargo turnover grew by 11.6%, to 2,875.9 million t-km. All types of transport carried 414.1 million tons (+3.6%). At the same time water transport carried 0.4 million passengers (+40.2%). According to State Statistics…
Implementation of e-payment system in public transport has started in the capital of Turkmenistan. Three types of e-cards for payment (general, for schoolchildren, for pensioners) appeared at various points of sale of Ashgabat city. General e-cards operate as e-wallets, and cash is automatically withdrawn from the balance of an e-card when brought close to a…
The public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia is working on the improvement of tender documents, reduction of terms of payments for supplied products and mulling the revision of the deposit payments at tenders. The press service of the company reported that acting Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov gave the information at a meeting with manufacturers of products for…
Mutual communication and information exchange among businesses working in the industry is the pre-condition for improvement of Latvia’s transit industry, said Transport Ministry’s state secretary Kaspars Ozolins at a meeting of the Logistics Council. The Logistics Council discussed the situation in the transit and logistics industry, as well as predictions and proposals for improving competitiveness.…
The Kyiv-based 410 Civil Aviation Plant is overhauling light transport An-32 planes under a request of Bangladesh, the press service of the enterprise has reported. According to a posting on the company’s website, recently the plant has received an An-32 plane from the Bangladeshi customer. The plant did not disclose the details of the contract,…
Road Transport Administration plans to speak with Riga and Pieriga administrations about the fractured public transport system in the region, says the administration’s chairman Kristians Godins. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has concluded that transport planning in Riga and its region is fragmented and does not reflect Riga region’s scale. OECD believes coordination among…
In August Latvian airline airBaltic carried 386,597 passengers, up by 21% YoY. For the third consecutive month the airline has been steadily exceeding its passenger transport results. In the first seven months of 2017, the airline carried a total of 2,345,371 passengers to destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. In August,…