Valcinet-Ocnita-Balti-Ungheni-Chisinau-Cainari railway corridor, with a length of 446 km, will be restored thanks to a loan worth 23 million euros from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The government approved the ratification of an Agreement in this regard on October 4. According to the government’s communication and protocol department, the financial means are to…
12,000 electric cars have been registered in Bulgaria to date, which represents over 50% growth compared to 7,800 registered in 2022, Boryana Koleva, chief expert in the “National Transport Policy” Directorate of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, has announced. During the international forum “Be Renewable: Energy Evolution 2023” she also shared that the decarbonization…
The Krakow-Balice Airport, in southern Poland, has serviced 7 million passengers since the start of the year and expects to handle another 2 million until the year’s end, the CEO of the airport has said. Radoslaw Wloszek said that this was the third time in airport’s history that it had exceeded the threshold of 7…
Baltic Hub celebrated handling of 20 million TEUs (20-foot containers), confirming its position as the largest container terminal in the Baltic Sea, according to the company’s release. Since its inauguration in 2007, Baltic Hub has handled more than 20 million TEUs. The transshipment of the 20-millionth container, owned by the Danish shipowner MAERSK, was reported…
Baltic colleagues will need to look for solutions and additional funding to continue Rail Baltica railway projects together, because the costs are up for everyone, not just Latvia, Minister of Transport Kaspars Briskens has said. He said he could not voice the exact estimates as to the cost of implementation of the project in Latvia.…
The network of public electric vehicle charging stations is growing in the Baltic States, and for now at least, this expansion is most rapid in Latvia. Latvia’s charging network has almost two and a half stations for every ten electric cars. Estonia has one station for every 20 cars, and Lithuania has one for every…
The airports in Burgas and Varna reported over 800,000 passengers in August, which was the strongest month of the summer season, the concessionaire “Fraport Twin Star Airport Management” JSC reported. Burgas Airport recorded an 8% increase in passengers in August compared to the same period last year. 527,000 tourists arrived. 3,344 aircraft were serviced, up…