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Wednesday, 16.10.2019, 08:09
Avia Solutions Group acquires Chapman Freeborn
15.10.2019Avia Solutions Group, a global multipurpose aviation holding company owned by Lithuanian businessman Gediminas Ziemelis, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shareholding in UK-headquartered Chapman Freeborn Group, informed LETA/BNS.
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Lux Express expands to Belarus
15.10.2019– Estonian intercity bus operator Lux Express has opened a branch in the Belarus capital Minsk where it is running charter operations for the time being due to the country's legislation, while hoping to open a regular Minsk-St. Petersburg service in one year's time, informed LETA/BNS.
Operail: Grain is now transported by rail
14.10.2019This year’s record grain harvest has brought grain transport from road to rail for the first time ever – in two months, Operail has transported the equivalent of more than 600 truckloads of fodder grain to the ports of Sillamäe and Muuga by rail. informed Operail.
New LNG shipment from Vysotsk arrives in Lithuania's Klaipeda
14.10.2019A LNG shipment has on Monday arrived to Klaipeda from Vysotsk where Russia's largest private gas company Novatek has a LNG production facility, reported LETA/BNS.
Latvian ports' cargo turnover down 3% in nine months
11.10.2019Latvian ports' cargo turnover in January-September this year amounted to 47.249 mln tons, which is 3% less than in the first half of 2018, according to the Transport Ministry's data.
Gas consumption in Lithuania has grown by 10%,
According to the Lithuania’s gas transmission system operator Amber Grid, within three quarters of 2019, gas consumption in Lithuania has increased by 10%, and under favorable conditions in the international gas market, gas transmission to the neighboring Baltic States has almost doubled, the Amber Grid`s head of communication Laura Sebekiene informed BC.
Tallinna Sadam's cargo volume down 22% on year in Q3
In the third quarter of the year, 4.3 mln tons of cargo and 3.6 mln passengers passed through the harbors of listed Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam with the cargo volume down by 22.1% compared to the same period of the previous year mainly due to liquid bulk and the passenger volume increasing 3.5% on year, reported LETA/BNS.
Estonia: Operators not interested in Latvia ferry service
Potential operators are not interested in the ferry service between the port of Montu on Saaremaa island and Latvia's Courland region despite very good terms offered to them, according to the regional newspaper Saarte Haal reported LETA/BNS.
airBaltic planning to establish a base in Estonia
The Latvian national air carrier airBaltic is planning to establish a base in Estonia in the future, after which flights departing from Tallinn would be serviced by Estonian teams, writes LETA/BNS.
LDz concludes EUR 319 mln agreement on railway electrification
The Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) has concluded an agreement with Latvia's state-owned rail company Latvijas Dzelzcels (LDz, Latvian Railways) on granting over EUR 318 mln from the European Union Cohesion Fund for development of electric train infrastructure, the CFCA informed LETA.
Udovickij: Belaruskali deal to boost Belarus' fertilizer exports via Klaipeda
Lithuanian businessman Igor Udovickij says a controversial deal on Biriu Kroviniu Terminalas' (Bulk Cargo Terminal, or BKT) investments in Klaipeda is necessary to be able to handle Belarus' growing fertilizer exports via the Lithuanian seaport, informed LETA/BNS.
airBaltic Announces New Flights to Manchester, Yerevan and Two Norwegian Cities
Latvian airline airBaltic announces that as of summer season 2020 it will launch new flights from Riga to Manchester (United Kingdom), Yerevan (Armenia) as well as Bergen and Trondheim (both Norway), informed airBaltic.
Lithuania's Klaipedos Nafta bids to become LNG terminal operator in Brazil
Lithuania's state-run oil and LNG terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipedos Oil, KN) said on Wednesday it’s currently negotiating an operations and maintenance services agreement for a LNG terminal in Brazil with Brazils' Gas Natural Acu (GNA), KN announced via the Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange.
BMW's 1 and 3 get five stars; Peugeot and Jeep follow with four
Today, Euro NCAP publishes the safety ratings of four vehicles. Two BMW's - the 1 Series and the 3 Series – both achieve a maximum five-star rating. The Jeep Cherokee and the Peugeot 208 settle for four stars apiece, announced Euro NCAP in a press release.
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