Skadovsk maritime merchandise port on October 6, serviced the first ferry from Turkey running the Skadovsk-Zonguldak route the operation of which had been resumed. Skadovsk Town Council said that the ferry voyages were resumed thanks to efforts of the port’s team. The ferry arrived without cargo to test the possibilities of moving in the sea…
In January-September the grain terminal JSC Ak Biday Terminal, the subsidiary company of National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC, exported nearly 402.1 thousand tons of grains through its grain terminal in the Aktau port, the press-service of Food Contract Corporation declared. According to the announcement, in the same period of 2015 the shipped volumes totaled…
On October 3-9, export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 325.8 thousand tons against 425.8 thousand tons shipped on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments totaled 238.3 thousand tons, barley – 14.2 thousand tons, corn – 70.4 thousand tons, and peas – 3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry is to hold talks with top managers of Hutchison Ports, a leading global port operator owning ports in 25 countries, on October 13, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. He said that on October 13, DP World Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem will arrive to Ukraine. The group manages…
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting dedicated to the upcoming commissioning of the first phase of the transnational railway trunk: Asia international railway transportation corridor, the Turkmen government said in a message. This is the construction of the Atamyrat-Imamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) section. The completion of the construction and installation work is scheduled…
Turkey will continue its support for the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route in order to keep it preferable for carriers, Ahmet Arslan, Turkey’s minister of transport, maritime affairs and communications, said. Arslan noted that transportation to the Central Asian countries through Azerbaijan grew substantially in 2015 as compared to previous years. About 8,000 trucks were sent…
S7 Group, the new owner of the Sea Launch floating spaceport, intends to carry out 10-12 launches in the first five years after the resumption of the spaceport’s work, CEO of S7 Space Transport Systems Sergei Sopov reported. S7 Space Transport Systems is the operator of the Sea Launch spaceport. “About 10-12 launches, if we…