The government of Georgia signed an agreement that grants the Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) the exclusive right to construct, develop and operate the $2.5 billion Anaklia deep seaport, which would help establish a new maritime corridor from China to Europe. As part of the agreement, the government will invest $100 million in the construction and…
Ukraine and Netherlands agreed to strengthen cooperation in the sphere of internal waterways development and port infrastructure. According to the results of meetings with Ministry representatives and Ambassador of Netherlands in Ukraine, agreements were reached concerning the visits of responsible Ukrainian ministry representatives to the Netherlands so as to gain experience in internal waterways management.…
On September 26 – October 2, Ukraine exported 1.02 million tons of grains from the seaports, against 648.4 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 804 thousand tons, barley – 153.8 thousand tons, and corn – 65.7 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
The number of container trains going from China to Europe transiting through Kazakhstan has increased more than twice. Since the beginning of the year, 1,210 container trains passed through the territory of Kazakhstan on the China-Europe railroad. During the same period of last year, 503 trains went this way, according to Kazakhstan national railway company.…
Belarus’ cargo traffic by all means of transport reduced by 4.5% YoY in January-August to 285.566 million tons, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report. Cargo transportation by railways in January-August stood at 81.602 million tons (down by 5% YoY), including transit cargo traffic – 20 million tons (down by 22.3%).…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted Ukrainian operator Antonov Company (Antonov Airlines) broad air charter exemptions for flights to and from the US. These exemptions follow the U.S.-Ukraine Open Skies agreement, concluded on July 14, 2015, and became effective earlier this year. The U.S. DOT has also tentatively granted Antonov Company a foreign air…
Bulgaria confirms great interest in the implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor project, designed to transport Azerbaijani gas to Europe, Zhecho Stankov, Bulgarian deputy energy minister, said. Stankov made the remarks at the meeting of the Azerbaijani-Bulgarian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation in Baku on September 29. (Trend/Business World Magazine)