In January-March, the Port of Tallinn handled 5 million tons of cargo, down by 5% YoY. According to the Port Authorities, passenger traffic via the port grew by 1%, to 1.92 million people (the growth was driven mostly by the passenger flow between Tallinn and Helsinki). Cargo transshipment decline is attributed to reduced handling of…
March was the most successful month for terminals working at Ventspils Freeport – a total of 2.6 million tons of cargoes were transshipped, which is 21% more when compared with March 2016, as reported by Ventspils Freeport authority. In total, terminals of Ventspils Freeport had transshipped 7.1 million tons of cargoes in the first three…
The term of Tajik Transport Ministry’s ultimatum to the Russian aviation authorities is expiring today. An official source at the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan says the Russian aviation authorities have invited their Tajik counterparts to Moscow for negotiations over the air travel problems. “Tajik delegation left for Moscow today,” the source noted. When asked…
The reconstruction of Bishkek-Kara-Balta road will begin on April 15, press service of the Ministry of Transport and Roads of Kyrgyzstan said. According to it, on April 4, the ministry issued an order to start the work by the contracting company China Railway No. 5 on the construction of the site from the 15th to…
TEZ JET plane failed to take off from Bishkek to Osh on schedule because of a technical problem, the State Agency of Civil Aviation reported. Autopilot breakdown was detected when the aircraft entered the runway, so it was decided to return the aircraft to its original position. In its turn, the company clarified that the…
The management of PJSC Dniproavia airline (Dnipro) in connection with mass media reports on the decision of the Economic Court of Dniepropetrovsk region on transferring 94.5% of its shares to state ownership informs its partners, passengers and the public that the airline operates as normal, according to the approved flight schedule. According to the press…
The Russian Ministry of Transport threatens to take inductive measures against Tajikistan over a ban on Yamal Airlines flights to Dushanbe from Zhukovsky Airport. The Ministry of Transport of Russian will take all necessary measures to make the Tajik authorities coordinate flights to Dushanbe from Zhukovsky Airport, Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov said. He…