Aeroflot has taken delivery of its new A321 aircraft equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. The aircraft is named in honour of Alfred Schnittke, a world-famous composer. The A321 airliner is designed in a two-class composition with 16 seats in business and 170 in economy. Aeroflot operates A321 aircraft across its European and domestic…
The need for the main haulage cargo, passenger and shunting locomotives for 2017 is 2,492, while by 2025 the need would expand by some 16%, to 2,881 locomotives. According to the press service of the public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia, the company calculated that by 2025 the need in acquiring new main haulage locomotives was around…
The number of LNG powered vessels in the Baltic region will more than triple totaling 250 units by 2019, Kirill Lyats, CEO of LNG Gorskaya, reported. According to him, 80 vessels driven by LNG (mostly Norwegian) are operating in the region today. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)
Biometric airport equipment recommended by Russian inspectors should arrive in Egypt sometime in November, Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said. “It should arrive in Egypt in mid-November. We will need some time to install it, then we will contact our Russian colleagues and discuss our further steps”, Fathy reported. Acting on Russia’s recommendation following…
Baltic Fuel Company (BFC) says it has obtained a final permit from the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) for construction of Marine Oil Terminal “Turukhtanniye Islands” within the Big Port St. Petersburg. This document approves of the construction of the entire complex of assets. The permit for construction of this terminal issued by…
“Uzbekistan Railways” JSC held a press conference dedicated to the results of socio-economic activity of the company for 9 months of 2016 and future plans. The representatives of the managing staff of the company, organizations and enterprises of the industry, heads of relevant departments, as well as media representatives attended the event. As was emphasized…
In January-September the sea terminal Nika-Tera (Sea Special Port Nika-Tera LLC, Mykolaiv, part of Group DF) shipped 1.287 million tons of grain cargoes, which is 51.32% of the general cargo turnover (2.508 million tons), the press-service of the company declared. The terminal also shipped 263.7 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers (10.51%) and 956.5 thousand tons…