Naftogaz Ukrainy has calculated that Russian gas giant Gazprom’s annual payment for gas transit through Ukraine can grow by $4 billion if the Stockholm Arbitration Court favors Kiev, Yury Vitrenko, Naftogaz Ukrainy’s commercial director, said. “The problem is that Gazprom will have to pay us tens of billions of dollars in compensation, sell gas at…
There is a plan to build a new berth on the Adzhalyk estuary near the port of Yuzhny. The berth would service a Delta Wilmar plant owned by Singapore’s Wilmar International and Delta Exports. The Singaporean investor intends to expand the production facilities. To operate effectively, an own berth is needed. Under the best scenario,…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting on preparations for the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference to be held on November 26-27 in Ashgabat, the Turkmen government said in a message. He said that in modern conditions the cooperation in the transportation and communications sector gained special importance as an essential factor of global…
The Swiss company Risoil S.A. declared its readiness to continue investing in construction of a grain terminal in SE Commercial Sea Port of Chernomorsk, the press-service of the company reported. In 2014 the company started construction of a grain terminal Risoil Terminal. In March the terminal was put into operation, and Risoil launched the first…
Representatives of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan met in Ashgabat to discuss a draft protocol on cooperation in safety of shipping in the Caspian Sea. The agreement creates a legal basis for cooperation between the parties in the fight against terrorism, organized crime, arms and drugs trafficking, smuggling, human trafficking, illegal immigration, as well…
Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to consider the allocation of a loan worth $600 million for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project in March 2017, the AIIB reported. The AIIB said that the loan would be allocated for the Southern Gas Corridor CJSC. Azerbaijan is one of…
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine is planning to halve port charges. According to the ministry, Ukraine loses because of its overcharged port dues lead to shrinking freight traffic. The ministry is currently working on tariff reduction. The final approval of a new port tariffs and charges technique that would at least halve them is scheduled…