In January-February, the port of Ventspils handled 2.34 million tons of cargo, up by 3.9% YoY. The port handled 925 thousand tons of liquid bulk cargo (-37%), 997 thousand tons of dry bulk cargo (up 2.6-fold) and 420 thousand tons of general cargo (+2%). In the reporting period, the port welcomed 225 ships including 177…
112 buses from Chisinau Urban Bus Park have been involved in transporting refugees on the territory of the Republic of Moldova for the past 10 days. The head of the General Directorate of Public Transport and Communications of the Chisinau Municipal Council, Vitalie Mihalache, sai at the online meeting of the municipal services that the…
Spain is interested in signing the Memorandum of Understanding on Mobility, Transport and Urban Agenda with Georgia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain reports. “Economic relations between Spain and Georgia are limited, although there is a growing interest of Spanish companies stemming from a considerable improvement of the climate for foreign investments in Georgia,”…
Romania allows the transportation of Moldovan containers of goods through the Constanta Port, without special authorizations. Deputy Prime Minister, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Andrei Spinu has said. “In the wake of the situation in Ukraine, more containers with destination of Moldova, which were to reach Ukrainian ports, were redirected to the Constanta port. To…
The Railway of Moldova state enterprise (CFM) has made available a train with 11 carriages for the transportation of more than 1,200 refugees from Ukraine, who have entered through the border crossing point Otaci-Mohyliv-Podilskyi. The train will arrive in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi station at around 21:30 and will go to Ungheni and other destinations, such as…
A ban for Russian and Russia-linked ships to enter seaports is being coordinated with other Baltic Sea countries and the European Union, Lithuanian Transport Minister Marius Skuodis has said. “I’ve talked about that with my Polish colleague. The issue is being coordinated with Latvia, and decisions are being worked out at the level of the…
A record number of cruise ships is expected at the port of Riga in 2022 – the reported 102 ship calls are signaling arrival of almost 109,000 sea cruise tourists at Riga during current cruise season, according to the port’s press center. “This year’s cruise ship schedule clearly indicates a positive recovery of the cruise…