The Russian Industry and Trade Ministry is considering performing maintenance works on Antonov jets produced in Ukraine locally, the ministry said. It said that the Ukrainian manufacturer did not fulfill its obligation to maintain the flight capacity of the aircraft. “In spite of statements by Antonov regarding support of the type certificates, practical efforts concerning…
In January-August the seaports of Krasnodar Krai (Yeysk, Kavkaz, Novorossiysk, Temryuk, Taman and Tuapse) exported 722 vessels with grain and its by-products, at the volume of 11.807 million tons, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) declared. In the reporting period the seaports of Krasnodar Krai shipped grain cargoes to 54 countries. In…
In January-August the grain terminal JSC Ak Biday Terminal, the subsidiary of the National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC, exported 392.6 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 exceeded 209…
Stena Line opens a new Bordershop in Ventspils. It is another step in Stena Line strategy to offer its customers value for money products. Bordershops, selling cheap alcohol products, is a very attractive concept for Swedish travelers and the aim is to increase the interest for them to visit Latvia. “Ventspils-Nynashamn is an important route…
State unitary enterprise “Tajik Railways” has acquired a modern long-haul locomotive from Kazakhstan. It is the fifth locomotive to be purchased in Kazakhstan by the railroad of Tajikistan in recent years. In addition, in Estonia sold a diesel train, equipped with German engine, consisting of six cars. Two cars of diesel trains have 68 seats…
In January-July Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port (Vladmorrybport OJSC) handled 2,180,100 tons of cargo (up by 38.6% YoY), the stevedoring company reported. Transshipment of fish products totaled 199,000 tons (+6.8%), dry bulk cargo – 670,400 tons (+90.1%); containers – 89,908 TEUs (+6.6%); metal scrap – 237,800 tons (+4.3 %). Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port is a multi-purpose…
Kaliningrad region is looking into a possibility of compensating shipping costs when it comes to cargoes delivered by sea to the region from the mainland Russia and back, Vladimir Zhovtun, head of the Transport Development Department at the regional Ministry of Infrastructure Development, said. According to him, this mechanism is already applied to railway transportations…