The U.S. General Electric Corporation on July 21, signed letters of cooperation with Ukraine’s Antonov State Enterprise and public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia. “We sign two strategic and political documents on cooperation with GE at the Infrastructure Ministry. This decision is not accident: we were mulling the positions of all players on the global market for…
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost air carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, will launch flights from Kyiv to Hannover (Germany) and Wroclaw (Poland). According to the press service of the company, flights to these areas will be carried out between October 31 and November 1 twice a week on Mondays and Fridays to Hannover, on…
In January-June, the port of Ust-Luga handled 44,864,300 tons of cargo (up by 5% YoY), Baltic Sea Ports Administration said. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 5% to 12,497,400 tons. Transshipment of general cargo fell by 12%, year-on-year, to 356,200 tons. Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 749,000 tons (-24%). The port’s container…
Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure has approved a 75%-discount for the oil transiting tankers that enter the Yuzhne port, and for the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline. The decision creates favorable terms for oil transiting using the Odessa-Brody pipeline. “The Tariffs Committee of Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry granted Ukrtransnafta’s appeal to set the economically favorable tariffs for port duties…
Ukraine and Romania have signed an agreement to link their gas transmission systems in order to ship gas from Ukraine through Romania to Bulgaria and in the reverse direction, Ukrtransgaz said in a statement. The agreement covers the gas pipeline route used to transport gas from Ukraine through Romania to Bulgaria via the Negru Voda…
In January-June the port of Primorsk handled 32,503,200 tons of cargo (up by 9% YoY). According to the port authority, crude oil transshipment climbed by 11% to 24,953,100 tons. Transshipment of oil products increased by 2% YoY, to 7,550,100 tons. Port Primorsk is Russia’s largest oil port in the Baltic Sea. It is the final…
The World Bank is ready to provide some $1 billion for Ukrainian roads repair, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could provide some $700 million, while no more than 10% of the targeted international assistance is used for these purposes in the country, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. “Unfortunately, today we…