In January-December 2016 Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port (Vladmorrybport OJSC) handled 327,000 tons of fish cargo (up by 6.3% YoY) Transshipment of containers totaled 142,364 TEUs (+10.3%); metal scrap – 376,700 tons (+30.3%); dry bulk cargo – 926,200 tons (+51.6%). Over the year the port handled 781 vessels (including 210 vessels with fish and supplies) and…
A customs experiment introduced by the government of Ukraine in September 2015 allowed in 2015-2016 to collect an additional UAH 2.8 billion to local budgets for road infrastructure repairs, of which nearly UAH 1.5 billion was spent on road repairs and construction. According to the press service of the State Agency of Automobile Roads of…
Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelian says that more low cost airlines would operate in Ukraine in 2017. “As to the low cost airlines – this year they definitely will operate in Ukraine. This year Wizz Air will perform even more flights than it previously performed. It has significantly expanded routes from Ukraine,” Omelian said.…
In January-December 2016 Ukrainian seaport of Illichivsk handled 15,942,000 tons of cargo (down by 7.9% YoY), says the port authority. Private port operators handled 9.363 million tons of cargo (58.7% of total turnover) including 6.127 million tons of cargo handled at the terminals of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (38.4% of total volume). Transshipment of export…
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) stopped its flights on the Baku-Ganja route on January 9, the company’s press reported. The press service said it was economically inefficient to carry out these flights. The Baku-Ganja flights were carried out daily using Embraer aircraft. Ticket prices started from 30 manats. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
A new railway station will be commissioned in Kazakhstan’s city of in Astana in May, Kazakh prime-minister’s website reported. Construction work at the new railway station and railway junction in Astana have been completed by 80% as of today, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s (Kazakh railways) said. The capacity of the railway station is envisaged at 35,000…
In January-December 2016 seaports of Ukraine handled 131.998 million tons of cargo (-8.9%), says press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 100.395 million tons (- 3.3%), imports – 16.013 million tons (- 10.8%), transit – 10.370 million tons (-34.8%), inland traffic – 5.220 million tons (- 23.7%). State stevedores under…