In January-September Russian seaports handled 531.7 million tons of cargo (up by 5.7% YoY), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 248.7 million tons (+7.8%) including 101.9 million tons of coal (+12.0%), 31.4 million tons of containerized cargo (+4.8%), 24.3 million tons of grain (+2.1%), 21.5…
In January-September the seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 2.1% YoY to 24.3 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. The general cargo turnover in the Russian seaports grew by 5.7% YoY and totaled 531.7 million tons. According to the announcement, the export cargo shipment…
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has met with European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic and discussed natural gas pipeline projects OPAL, Nord Stream-2 and Turkish Stream, the Russian Energy Ministry said in a statement. Novak and Sefcovic also discussed Russia’s gas exports to Ukraine and the transit of gas through the country…
Nibulon is going to invest in Ukrainian river transport no less than $300 million, general director of Nibulon Andrey Vadatursky announced. Strategic plans of Nibulon in internal water transport include construction of 5 new river transshipping terminals and a further construction of transport ships for internal and mixed routes (in 2016 8 new ships will…
The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash has offered St Petersburg (Russia) its electric buses for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Belkommunmash Director General Vladimir Korol reported. “An agreement has been reached with St Petersburg on a trial operation of our electric buses. St Petersburg is interested in it, as the city is gearing up to…
Construction of Russia-led Turkish Stream gas pipeline will start in 2018, gas giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reported. “A start to the project implementation has been given. Under our plan, construction will begin in 2018”, he said. Russia and Turkey signed an agreement to build the pipeline, which would consist of two branches with a…
Ukrzaliznytsia in 2016 plans to repair 100 passenger cars and next year – 200 cars, making them modern with vacuum water closets, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said. “The standards will be changed. We will stop using feather pillows and blankets with dust. The European service will be introduced. It will meet hygiene standards. We…