On September 5-11, Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg received 8 cruise ships with 8961 passengers. The total berth time of the ships is 16 ship-days, total amount of passenger operations – 66011. Services provided to ships: fresh water bunkering – 2093 cubic meters, garbage collection – 90 cubic meters, waste-waters reception – 700 cubic meters.…
Kaliningrad Railway is looking into launching a train for 40-foot containers from the Port of Gdansk (Poland) to Moscow and other regions of Russia via the Kaliningrad region, Victor Golomolzin, head of Kaliningrad Railway, said. According to him, this project can become an alternative to transportation of containerized cargo delivered to Gdansk from China and…
Ferryboat Baltijsk is planned to be returned to Ust-Luga-Baltijsk line in September, Andrei Moshkov, Deputy Director General of Rosmorport’s North-West Basin Branch referring to ferryboat operator Trans-Exim Ltd., said. Andrei Moshkov says the ferryboat’s engine is under repair. Ust-Luga – Baltijsk line was earlier serviced by three ferryboats: Baltijsk and Peterburg operated by Trans-Exim Ltd.…
Ukrainian airlines saw a 25.5% rise in passenger transportation in January-August YoY, to 5.284 million people, according to the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. International routes usage grew by 25.4%, to 4.771 million people. Passenger flow via Ukrainian airports rose by 16.2%, reaching 8.288 million. Passenger flow on international flights grew by 14.8%, to 7.244…
In January-August the seaports of Russia increased shipment volumes of grains by 10.6% YoY, to 20.6 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. In the reporting period some increase in mineral fertilizers shipment was observed – up by 0.5%, to 10.6 million tons. The general cargo turnover in Russian…
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…