The Twinning project of the European Union, providing for support to the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine in the reform of the railway sector, was launched on November 3. According to the Twinning data, the EU project “Support to the Ministry of Infrastructure in creating conditions for the application of the European model of market to…
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) classification society has started the audit of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC, the Azerbaijani company’s website said. The audit is being conducted in accordance with the international management standards, in the spheres of security, ecology, energy efficiency and labor protection. “The audit will be carried out in the…
The company Nibulon plans to invest 1.5 billion UAH in construction of the terminal in Kherson region, the deputy at Kherson Regional State Administration Andrii Putilov declared. The new terminal will be completed in early 2017. The terminal is designed for grain and oil crops shipment on river and sea transport. The similar terminal in…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering the possibility of financing the projects of Ukrainian grain market operators to expand and modernize their logistics infrastructure, according to the website of this international financial institution. “The project is expected to remove existing bottlenecks related to transportation and storage of cereals, reduce the in-land transportation costs as…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Indonesia Vladimir Lopato-Zagorsky met with Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus reported. The meeting was also attended by representatives of ZAO Belzarubezhstroy. “Agreements were reached to explore the areas of interaction between ZAO Belzarubezhstroy and Indonesian counterparts…
In 2015/2016 MY, Ukraine increased the export shipment of vegetable oils by containers, the Associated Partner at Global Ocean Link Pavel Mirzak declared. In particular, container shipping of sunflower oil increased by 24% YoY, soybean oil – 4.8 times. In January-August the port of Odessa covered more than half of the container shipment of the…
In January-October seaports of Ukraine handled 108,891,000 tons of cargo (down by 8.9% YoY), press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 81.82 million tons (-2.8%), imports – 13.418 million tons (-9.8%), transit – 9.025 million tons (-34.9%), inland traffic – 4.627. Container throughput in seaports totaled 498,080 TEUs (up…