Terminals located at the Ventspils seaport handled 3.966 million tons of freight in the first three months of 2022, up by 10.6% YoY, according to information from Latvia’s Ministry of Transport. In Q1, a total of 2.957 million tons of freight was sent from Ventspils sea port, up by 2.8%. The volume of received freight…
Lithuania’s food delivery platforms Wolt and Bolt Food have suspended their cooperation with restaurants owned by the Amber Food group, which is linked to Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijosaitis. Matijosaitis has come under heavy criticism because of the failure of Viciunai Group, one of the largest Lithuanian food production groups owned by Kaunas Mayor, to close…
The budget for the government’s Railway Plus program, aimed to develop local rail connections, will be doubled to PLN 11 billion (EUR 2.37 billion), Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has said. Speaking in the south-eastern town of Janow Lubelski on April 20, Morawiecki said the Cabinet would approve the program later in the day. “It…
Russia’s invasion has damaged or destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure valued at $100 billion. The reconstruction could be achieved in two years using frozen Russian assets to help finance it. “Practically all components of our transport infrastructure have suffered in one form or another,” Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Oleksander Kubrakov told Reuters. He…
Construction work continues expanding within Latvia’s road network. Most of the work is done on regional roads. Motorists are urged to use alternative roads to bypass sections under construction. The biggest road traffic restrictions are on the section of Riga-Ergli (P4) regional road from Riga bypass (A5) all the way until the turn to Tinuzi;…
The state-owned Estonian Railways (EVR) may need an additional EUR 10 million in support from the state to cover this year’s costs in connection with the termination of freight transport from Russia. The company is seeking new markets in Central Asia, as cargo shipping on the Black Sea has been reduced due to the ongoing…
The Polish national air carrier PLL LOT will soon launch two new routes from Warsaw to Egypt and Kosovo. “From May 31, LOT passengers will be able to travel from Warsaw Chopin Airport to the capital of Egypt. The flights to Cairo will be operated by Embraer 190 planes five times a week, on Mondays,…