In January-June the Ukrainian seaports processed 66.3 million tons of cargoes, up by 5% YoY, the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) declared. In particular, the export cargoes transshipment in the Ukrainian seaports reached 50.9 million tons (up by 5.4%), and import cargoes – 9.4 million tons (up by 17.6%). Traditionally, the transshipment of…
Belarus’ rail freight volume for the first half of 2017 increased to 68.442 million tons, by 14.9% YoY, Belarusian Railways reported. Rail freight for export reached 25.97 million tons, up by 7.5% YoY. Transit traffic volume amounted to 19.272 million tons, which makes up for a 24.5% increase. In January-June Belarusian Railways secured the loading…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to provide funding for the construction of a road in Barda. Under the presidential order, AZN 6.8 million is allocated from the Presidential Contingency Fund for the construction of Yeni Dashkend-Umudalilar road connecting 17 residential areas with the population of 15,000 people. (AzerNews/Business World Magazine)
Ukrainian air carriers increased passenger transportation by 40% YoY in January-June, to 4.6 million people, according to the State Statistics Service. Passenger turnover for the period under review soared by 45.8%, to 8.9 million passengers/km, the report said. Air freight for the first 6 months of 2017 fell by 8.9%, to 4,000 tons, while cargo…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to provide funding for the construction of Zire-Turkan highway. Under the presidential order, 3 million manats is allocated from the Presidential Contingency Fund for the construction of the highway, which connects two residential areas with the total population of 24,000 people. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
The State Automobile Roads Agency, also known as Ukravtodor, even if the funds from reprofiling of government domestic loan bonds are sent to the company, would not be able to use them in 2017, Ukravtodor head Slawomir Nowak has reported. “If this was the money sent to the public road fund, it would have been…
Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev signed a decree approving a memorandum of understanding between Azerbaijan Railways CJSC and Iranian Railways on the development of railways, signed on March 5 in Tehran. Azerbaijan Railways CJSC is instructed to ensure the implementation of provisions of the decree after the MoU’s entry into force. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry is…