Azerbaijan plans to start laying rail lines to border with Iran

Azerbaijan Railways CJSC plans to start laying rail lines in mid-August within construction of a railway section from Azerbaijan’s Astara station to the border with Iran as part of the North-South transportation corridor, Nadir Azmammadov, spokesperson for Azerbaijan Railways, said. The North-South transportation corridor is meant to connect northern Europe with South-Eastern Asia. It will…

Ukraine: strong interest in port grain handling persists

Grain market participants are strongly interested in developing grain handling facilities in large ports and building their own logistic chains. From this viewpoint, Ukrainian grain handling segment is considered to be the most investment attractive and promising for investing. Three new grain-handling terminals were put into operation in Ukrainian seaports last season, which resulted in…

Ukraine: Naftogaz asking EC to set up mission to monitor gas transit due to pressure drops by Russia

The National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrainy has turned to the European Commission asking it to consider setting up a transit monitoring mission to examine significant pressure drops in the Russian gas transmission system at the entry to Ukraine’s gas transportation system. “Naftogaz believes that the current situation requires comprehensive discussion involving representatives of the European…