Russian and Belarusian companies could use foreign-based banks, among other ways, to pay Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG) for transit shipments via Lithuania to Kaliningrad, Transport Minister Marius Skuodis has said. “I can neither confirm nor deny that Siauliu Bankas is the only bank processing payments for transit shipments, but what is very important is…
China has not yet officially notified the Lithuanian Transport Ministry that it is severing transport ties with the country, Transport Minister Marius Skuodis said on August 18. “There are no official announcements, so I am reacting to this as a kind of rhetoric, which, in our opinion, is unjustified,” he said. In response to Deputy…
Estonian and Latvian ministers met in Tartu on August 16 to discuss transport connections between the countries, including a train connection between Tartu and Riga and Rail Baltic. Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut (SDE) and Minister of Transport Talis Linkaits met in Estonia’s second city and agreed connections between Tartu and Riga…
Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital serviced 1,515,988 passengers in the first seven months of 2022, while the number stood at 313,036 for Batumi International Airport, TAV Georgia, the operator of the two facilities, announced on August 17. In the reporting period, the number of passengers increased by 121.56% YoY for Tbilisi Airport, while…
A tanker has taken 15,000 tons of Ukrainian sunflower oil out of Klaipeda, according to Bega, a stevedoring firm operating at the seaport. The cargo was loaded last week and is one of the largest Ukrainian shipments to depart from Klaipeda, Aloyzas Kuzmarskis, Bega’s board chairman, said on August 16. “This tanker is unique as…
As part of the “grain initiative”, the Brave Commander bulk carrier left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi on the morning of August 16 with 23,000 tons of wheat for Ethiopia, the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure reported on Facebook. “The ship Brave Commander with grain for Africa has left the Pivdennyi port. The…
The State Road Administration (ASD) announced on August 16 that unauthorized construction works were identified on the national public road R6 Chisinau – Orhei – Balti. “Following the situation created on the route R6 Chisinau – Orhei – Balti, km 137+927 (right side), where an economic agent intervened on the construction site, ASD examined the…