Ukraine: logistics problems affecting grain exports

In the current season of 2016/2017 Ukraine’s grain market has faced a shortage of rolling stock for transporting grain freights. However, while the transport shortage was previously associated with a lack of railcars, the availability of trucks has also become an acute problem now. The logistical difficulties in Ukraine have already caused changes in the…

Turkey: TANAP construction 55% complete

The construction work as part of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP) is 55% complete, Saltuk Duzyol, head of TANAP consortium, reported. He pointed out that to date, 19 underground passages have been built as part of the project. Furthermore, the consortium head noted that the cost of TANAP project had decreased. “When…

Moldova: Chisinau airport concession to be revised

Government is to examine an opportunity of revising the contract on concession of the Chisinau airport and lifting the airport modernization charge of EUR 9 per passenger. These are the recommendations included in the resolution Parliament has adopted following the hearing of the report by the investigatory commission on the concessionaire’s compliance with the contract…