In 2017PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia intends to purchase 9,000 new freight wagons, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said. “We are approving a serious program of Ukrzaliznytsia modernization. Next year we will purchase 9,000 new cars, I mean cargo wagons, plus there will be passenger carriages”, he said during his visit to Kriukiv Car Building Works…
The Republic of Belarus has become the latest member of IMO, following the deposit of an instrument of acceptance of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on November 29, says IMO. With the acceptance of the Convention by Belarus, the number of IMO Member States stands at…
The seaport of Chornomorsk (former Illichivsk) was visited by representatives of the China National Complete Engineering Corporation (CCEC) and the State Food Grain Corporation of Ukraine. The Chinese are investigating possibilities for implementing joint investment projects to develop the No. 2 terminal’s infrastructure. The port’s management presented development projects designed for the period until 2018.…
Turkey expects the first branch of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway to be commissioned in early 2017, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey Ahmet Arslan said. He said that the second branch of the BTK railway would be commissioned during 2017. “The BTK project is on the last stage of its implementation”, the…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia will submit to the relevant ministries and agencies the issue of raising tariffs for passenger transportation by 35% in two stages: by 16% in the first quarter of 2017 and by 16% in the fourth quarter of 2017. According to the company press service, fares in first and second class wagons of Intercity+…
Kyiv’s Pechersky district court has arrested seven compressor stations managed by Karpatygaz LLC under the joint operation agreement signed with state-run company Ukrgazvydobuvannia: Khrystyschenska, Yuliyevska (both based in Kharkiv region), Skhidno-Poltavska, Rozpashnivska and Abazivska (all three in Poltava region), Letnianska and Svydnytska (both in Lviv region). According to a court ruling dated November 18, it…
Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL) plans to establish air service with the Russian Volgograd and Astrakhan cities, as well as with the cities of Russia’s Far East, AZAL Vice President Eldar Hajiyev said. Hajiyev said these plans were reflected in the company’s program that covered the period of up to 2021. As of now, AZAL is…