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Cargo volume of Estonian ports grew by 5% in 2011
48.5 million tonnes of cargo was loaded and unloaded in Estonian ports in 2011, which is by 5% more than a year earlier, LETA/National Broadcasting cites Statistical Office blog.
Estonian police will start using electric cars before summer
Since 75 electric cars earmarked for Estonian social workers were left over during the recent campaign as not all municipalities applied for them, they will be distributed among state institutions and 19 will be channelled to the police for non-operative tasks, LETA/Postimees writes.
In Q1 largest number of disputes registered between consumers and insurers in Lithuania
Having started the investigation of disputes of consumers and financial market participants from the beginning of the year 2012, the Bank of Lithuania received in the first quarter of 2012 more than a hundred and a half applications from the population holding the opinion that financial institutions violated their rights as consumers.
Lithuanian Western Shiprepair and Dutch Van Oord continue cooperation
Lithuanian ship repair company Western Shiprepair and the Dutch dredging company Van Oord continue their co-operation in ships' repair and modernisation, dredgingtoday.com reports.
airBaltic links with AirFrance to offer more destinations
Latvian national airline airBaltic has concluded a cooperation agreement with AirFrance, including code-sharing of flights. AirFrance offers convenient connections via its Paris hub to and from destinations worldwide.
Estonian Air has already sold 30% of tickets to Tbilisi flights
The Estonia's national airline Estonian Air has started operating flights no Tallinn-Tbilisi route this Monday; the company managed to sell 30% of overall volume of tickets to Georgian capital for the current season, LETA/BBN reports.
Grybauskaite's advisor: Lithuania is interesting gas client for Qatar
Lithuania for Qatar is an interesting client since the country could supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to us, says Nerijus Udrenas, President Dalia Grybauskaite's adviser on economic and social policy issues.
Estonian police may start using electric cars
Estonian interior minister Ken-Marti Vaher said on Tuesday in the parliament that the Police and Border Guard Board is considering using electric cars in order to cut fuel costs, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.
U.S. Maersk Line representative receives Lithuanian Diplomacy Star
On 12 April in Washington, D.C. Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavicius conferred the award of honour of Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Lithuanian Diplomacy Star" on Torben Svenningsen, Senior Director of Government Sales of the U.S. shipping company Maersk Line, for promoting Lithuania's name and strengthening the economic and transport relationships, reported BC the MFA.
Statoil might supply gas to Klaipeda LNG terminal
The Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil is considering a possibility to supply liquefied gas to the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, said Minister of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas who visited Oslo last week.
Nord Stream takes key steps towards completing its twin-pipeline system
Nord Stream is entering an intensive period during which its engineers and partners will take key steps towards completing the integrated twin pipeline system capable of transporting up to 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Russian gas a year to Europe through the Baltic Sea, for at least 50 years: control systems will be adapted to integrate the twin pipelines into a single automated twin-pipeline gas transport system, at the same time as pipe-laying of the second pipeline is completed and pre-commissioning started.
PKN to shut Orlen Lietuva for 35-day on Apr 30
The Polish oil group PKN Orlen will shut its Orlen Lietuva refinery in Lithuania on April 30 for 35 days of maintenance, a spokesman said on Monday.
airBaltic transported 2% less passengers in January-March
Latvian airline airBaltic carried 217,670 passengers in March 2012, representing 7% decrease comparing with the same month in 2011, when airBaltic transported 233,033 passengers. During the three months of 2012, airBaltic transported a total of 589,112 passengers, or 2% less than during the same period in 2011, when the total number of passengers was 599,078.
Transport Ministry of Latvia continues work on lawsuit against Flick
National airline airBaltic shareholders' decision, taken at end-March, to file a lawsuit against the airline's former CEO Bertolt Flick has not yet been implemented, but lawyers continue active work in preparing it, the Transport Ministry told Nozare.lv.
Cargo turnover at Latvian ports increased by 22.6% in Q1
In the first three months of 2012, 20 million tons of cargo were handled at Latvian ports, a 22.6% increase on the respective period in 2011, according to the Transport Ministry's data.
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