On September 10, after being fueled up and supplied with all the necessary stuff the Kapitan Dranitsyn icebreaker left for the Kara Sea area to make unique researches, the press center of FSUE Rosmorport announced. During a month Kapitan Dranitsyn will make a propulsion of icebergs for the first time with the scientific assistance of…
On September 12-18, the export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 229.4 thousand tons, against 429.8 thousand tons shipped in the previous week. In particular, the wheat shipments totaled 112.9 thousand tons, barley – 77.5 thousand tons, corn – 32.5 thousand tons, and peas – 6.5 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
On September 16, on completion of the Eid al-Fitr celebration, as soon as the banking day was opened in Turkmenistan, Turkmenhowayollary (Turkmenistan Airlines) transferred cash to the accounts of the Russian air navigation service provider, FSUE “State ATM Corporation” for services previously rendered in full. All restrictions on Turkmenistan Airlines’ flights in Russian airspace have…
In H1 2016 financing of labor protection measures of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (SP SPb, part of UCL Holding) amounted to 14.3 million rubles. Major part of the funds SP SPb transferred for reimbursement payments for work, which was considered in accordance with requirements of Labor legislation of RF and provisions of Collective Bargaining…
Estonia’s capital Tallinn was named a Top-Rated Baltic & Scandinavia Cruise Destination in Cruise Critic’s first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. According to the Cruise Critic’s consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year the top 5 destinations of the Baltic Sea region are: 1. St. Petersburg; 2. Tallinn; 3. Stockholm; 4.…
UTair Aviation served the millionth Surgut International Airport passenger on September 16 Visiting Surgut on her way home to Ufa, Elvira Zaripova became the millionth passenger at the airport. Representatives of UTair and Surgut International Airport held a ceremony to award the jubilee passenger in the check-in area. The Ufa native was presented with a…
Aeroflot will remain under majority Russian government control until at least 2020, Oksana Tarasenko, the Director of the Corporate Governance Department in Russian Ministry of Economic Development, reported. In February the carrier was touted as a possible candidate for privatization after Moscow announced plans to sell off various state-owned corporations and shareholdings in a bid…