Baltic Line Finland has signed a long term TC-agreement with Prima Shipping for mv Baltic Madonna. The vessel will replace mv Link Star in January 2017, Port of Turku said in its press release. Port of Turku welcomes mv Baltic Madonna to join Baltic Line’s fleet sailing between Finland, Baltic States, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and…
Ukraine and Slovenia have agreed to resume direct flights between Kyiv and Ljubljana, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. “Discussing cooperation in the field of transport, we’ve agreed to resume direct flights between Kyiv and Ljubljana”, he reported after talks with Slovenian President Borut Pahor. The Ukrainian president said this would contribute to deepening cooperation…
Ukrainian 2016/2017 grain exports could be 7 million tons lower than originally expected due to logistical difficulties and some companies have already redirected shipments from Ukraine to other countries, traders said. Ukraine had planned to ship abroad around 41 million tons of grain in the 2016/2017 July-June season versus around 39 million tons a season…
The prime ministers of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) Organization for Democracy and Economic Development are due to discuss transport corridors and a free trade zone, GUAM Secretary General Altai Efendiyev reported. “Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has initiated a meeting of GUAM prime ministers in Kyiv to focus on the implementation of…
On November 4, Ukraine International Airlines and Amadeus signed a partnership agreement, enabling UIA to drive revenue generation and growth. The parties were represented by Yuri Miroshnikov, UIA President, and Julia Sattel, Global Head of Airline IT, Amadeus. UIA has chosen the Amadeus Altea Suite, which provides the carrier with a complete Passenger Service System…
The Ukrainian government has issued fines totaling 721.236 million UAH ($28.25 million) to Russian airlines carrying out commercial services to Simferopol. Ukraine has refused to recognize Russian jurisdiction over the Crimea following the latter’s unilateral annexation of the province in 2014. As such, Ukraine has issued over 5,000 fines to Russian airlines for serving Simferopol,…
On October 31 – November 6, Ukraine exported 835.9 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 851.5 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 221 thousand tons, barley – 63.5 thousand tons, and corn – 551.4 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)