Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-August declined by 0.4% YoY, to 3,353,000 tons, the Port Authority reported. In the reporting period grain shipments rose by 5.3% to 1,572,600 tons, construction materials dropped by 16.7% to 329,200 tons, timber was down by 37.8% to 227,900 tons, crude oil – up by 9.2%…
77% of the preparatory work for starting the delivery of Azerbaijani gas in 2018 as part of the Stage 2 of the Shah Deniz field’s development has been completed, BP Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Gordon Birrell said. Gas will be delivered to Turkey in 2018 via the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP)…
In December Azerbaijan will open the Baku railway station, Javid Gurbanov, chairman of Azerbijan Railways CJSC, said. Gurbanov added that ASAN service would be engaged in the sale of tickets at the station. “There will be a shopping center on the second floor of the station”, he added. “Upper floors will be leased for offices.…
Azerbaijan can annually earn nearly $2.5 billion on cargo transportation, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said. “If we can make 50 million tons of cargo annually pass through the territory of Azerbaijan we will annually receive $2.5 billion of revenues by earning nearly $50 per ton”, Gurbanov said. Years are needed for that,…
Chairman of PKP Energetyka (Poland) Wojciech Ozhech and Board Chairman of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia Wojciech Balczun have signed a cooperation agreement. According to a press release from the Polish company, both signatories declared cooperation in the most important segments of activities, intend to focus on joint business projects, as well as exchange of knowledge and experience…
On August 29 – September 4, Ukraine exported 661.4 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 552.7 thousand tons on the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 480.9 thousand tons, corn – 14.2 thousand tons, and barley – 166.3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) started to run train O’zbekiston on route Tashkent-Andijan-Tashkent from September 5, on daily basis. According to the company’s press service, the trip time is 6 hours. The train will leave Tashkent at 08:05 and arrive in Andijan at 14:05. Return train will leave Andijan at 15:25 and arrive in Tashkent…