A modern technology called horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has been used for ensuring the crossing of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) through Albania’s Seman river, which is another first for the country, said the message on TAP’s website. In November TAP began complex work for crossing an approximately 1.1 km stretch in the Albanian region of…
The UK’s air carrier British Airways has closed down its representative office in Azerbaijan. Creditors may submit their claims within two months to: Hyatt Tower-2, 8, Izmir Street, Yasamal district, Baku, Azerbaijan. British Airways suspended flights on the London-Baku route and vice versa from May 1. The last flight on the London-Baku-London route was implemented…
In January-October the port of Ventspils handled 15.5 million tons of cargo (-19.7%, YoY), the port authority says. In October the port handled 1.4 million tons of cargo. Transshipment via Ventspils Nafta terminals totaled 6.6 million tons (-21%), via Baltic Coal Terminal dropped by 50% to 767,000 tons, via Ventspils tirdzniecibas osta – by 32%…
In January-October the Freeport of Riga handled 30,410,900 tons of cargo (-8.8%, YoY). According to the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 12.2% to 10,611,100 tons, oil products – by 20.7% to 7,051,400 tons, wood pellets – by 11.4% to 438,800 tons, ore went up 1.7 times to 337,600 tons. The port’s container throughput climbed…
Freight volume handled at the Port of Klaipeda between January and October increased by 3% YoY and totaled 33.27 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. In October, the port handled 3.38 million tons of cargo (-0.2%, YoY) including 1.52 million tons of liquid bulk cargo (-14.6%), 1.18 million tons of general cargo (+25.4%) and…
Baltic Line Finland has signed a long term TC-agreement with Prima Shipping for mv Baltic Madonna. The vessel will replace mv Link Star in January 2017, Port of Turku said in its press release. Port of Turku welcomes mv Baltic Madonna to join Baltic Line’s fleet sailing between Finland, Baltic States, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and…
Ukraine and Slovenia have agreed to resume direct flights between Kyiv and Ljubljana, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. “Discussing cooperation in the field of transport, we’ve agreed to resume direct flights between Kyiv and Ljubljana”, he reported after talks with Slovenian President Borut Pahor. The Ukrainian president said this would contribute to deepening cooperation…