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…
Construction of the Atamyrat-Imamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) section of the Asian International Railway Transport Corridor (Phase 1) has been completed, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan said in a message on October 31. Construction of the Turkmen-Afghan railway started on June 5, 2013. The total length of the transnational highway is 88 kilometers, 85 kilometers…
The work on construction of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Albania continues successfully. Twenty-two kilometers of pipes have already been strung along TAP’s route in Albania and welding of around 14 pipes has been completed there, Albania’s Minister of Energy and Industry Damian Gjiknuri tweeted. The TAP project envisages transportation of gas from the Stage…
On October 24-30, Ukraine exported 851.5 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 1 million tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 426 thousand tons, barley – 124.7 thousand tons, and corn – 300.8 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Ukraine has issued 721.236 million UAH (about $28.25 million) of fines for Russian airlines flights to the annexed Crimea in violation of Ukrainian and international laws, Ukraine’s State Aviation Service reported. Since the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Ukraine has issued over 5,000 acts to fine the Russian airlines. However, “not a single kopeck” of…
Continuation of the gas transit via Ukraine remains a strategic priority for the European Union (EU) in the context of its relations with Russia’s Gazprom, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic has said. He said that earlier the EU executive body discussed a request of Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post…
Belarus’ cargo traffic by all means of transport reduced by 4.3% YoY in January-September to 323.312 million tons, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report. Cargo transportation by railways in January-September stood at 93.221 million tons (down by 4.1% YoY), including transit cargo traffic at 22.6 million tons (down by 20.7%).…