A modern technology called horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has been used for ensuring the crossing of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) through Albania’s Seman river, which is another first for the country, said the message on TAP’s website. In November TAP began complex work for crossing an approximately 1.1 km stretch in the Albanian region of…
The UK’s air carrier British Airways has closed down its representative office in Azerbaijan. Creditors may submit their claims within two months to: Hyatt Tower-2, 8, Izmir Street, Yasamal district, Baku, Azerbaijan. British Airways suspended flights on the London-Baku route and vice versa from May 1. The last flight on the London-Baku-London route was implemented…
Annual capacity of seaports in Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad region is to be increased to 395 million tons by 2030, up 3by 8% against the year of 2015. The growth is foreseen by the strategy for the development of transport system in Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad region presented. Dry cargo capacity of the seaports is…
As of November 1, cargo traffic within the Azov-Don Basin of Russia’s inland water ways climbed by 14.4%, YoY, to 9.232 million tons, the Administration of Azov-Don Basin says. In the reporting period, transportation of heavy fuel oil fell by 0.5% to 2.804 million tons; sulfur went up by 15.2% to 1.373 million tons; diesel…
In January-October the port of Ventspils handled 15.5 million tons of cargo (-19.7%, YoY), the port authority says. In October the port handled 1.4 million tons of cargo. Transshipment via Ventspils Nafta terminals totaled 6.6 million tons (-21%), via Baltic Coal Terminal dropped by 50% to 767,000 tons, via Ventspils tirdzniecibas osta – by 32%…
In January-October the Freeport of Riga handled 30,410,900 tons of cargo (-8.8%, YoY). According to the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 12.2% to 10,611,100 tons, oil products – by 20.7% to 7,051,400 tons, wood pellets – by 11.4% to 438,800 tons, ore went up 1.7 times to 337,600 tons. The port’s container throughput climbed…
Freight volume handled at the Port of Klaipeda between January and October increased by 3% YoY and totaled 33.27 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. In October, the port handled 3.38 million tons of cargo (-0.2%, YoY) including 1.52 million tons of liquid bulk cargo (-14.6%), 1.18 million tons of general cargo (+25.4%) and…