In January-August the port of Ventspils handled 15 million tons of cargo, up by 17% YoY. According to the port authority, in August the port handled 152 million tons of cargo (+8%). The growth was mainly driven by the increase in transshipment of coal and cargoes carried by ferries. The number of passengers carried by…
Linda Line, which operates the high-speed catamaran Karolin connecting Tallinn and Helsinki, has canceled its September 11 evening and September 12 departures. According to a notice posted on the ferry operator’s homepage, September 11’s 5 p.m. departure from Tallinn and 7 p.m. departure from Helsinki as well as all September 12 departures are canceled due…
In January-August the Freeport of Riga handled 22,716,500 tons of cargo, down by 4.8% YoY. According to the port authority, coal transshipment climbed by 5.2%, to 8,373,800 tons, oil products dropped by 34.4%, to 3,882,300 tons, wood pellets increased by 15%, to 444,900 tons, and ore by 35.7%, to 365,200 tons. The port’s container throughput…
In August terminals working at Ventpsils port transshipped at total of 1.5 million tons of cargoes. This year’s cargo turnover, on the other hand, has reached 15 million tons, which exceeds last year’s volume by 17%. Data published by Ventspils Freeport authority show that cargo turnover in a monthly perspective was 1.5 million, up by…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has met with the President of Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the prospects of cooperation as part of Turkmenistan’s national civil aviation development program for 2012-2030, being implemented in the country. Under this program, new air harbors…
The railway electrification project in development by LDz is potentially lethal for Latvia’s national economy, says former head of Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau’s Operative Investigations Office Juris Jurass, adding that it may be one of the biggest crimes currently being planned in the country. Jurass asked Aivars Lembergs if talks similar to those that…
This year more than 600,000 railway containers from China will go to Europe via Minsk, Chengdu International Railway Port, a major hub of the Belt and Road project, reported. The railway port is able to secure an uninterrupted supply of Chinese goods to Europe. Both big and small Chinese companies ship their products. The journey…