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RB Rail: joint procurements help keep construction costs low
While the launch of the Rail Baltic railway project will cause upward pressure on construction prices, with joint procurements and planning the costs can be kept under control, executives of RB Rail said at a press conference on January 23rd, reports LETA/BNS.
Lithuanian Railways offers to rebuild dismantled track to Latvia by late 2019
Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) has submitted to the European Commission a plan for rebuilding a dismantled railway track from Mazeikiai, a town in northwestern Lithuania where Orlen Lietuva's crude refinery is located, to Renge, in Latvia, by the end of 2019, reports LETA/BNS.
New car sales surpassed number of imported used cars in 2017 in Estonia
The number of new cars sold in Estonia was bigger than the number of second-hand cars imported into the country in 2017, marking the first time since 2008 that new car sales surpass the import of used cars, informs LETA/BNS.
BLRT Grupp to modernize six 12,500-ton vessels for Dutch shipper
BLRT Grupp and the Dutch shipowner Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor B.V. have entered into an agreement on BLRT installing exhaust cleansers and ballast water systems on six ships of 12,500 deadweight tons each, reports LETA/BNS.
MTPL insurance in Latvia might bring loss also in 2018
The mandatory motor third party liability (MTPL) insurance also in 2081 might bring loss to the insurers, but there are no grounds for further growth of MTPL insurance prices, said Latvian Insurers Association's President Janis Abasins, cites LETA.
EAS fields biggest ever joint stand of Estonian companies at German boat show
The area of the joint stand of Estonian companies at the boot Duesseldorf boat and watersports show in Germany is bigger than ever in 2018, the fourth time that Enterprise Estonia (EAS) organizes the joint exhibit of Estonian businesses there, reports LETA/BNS.
Estonian PM used private jet on 10 occasions in 2017
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas in 2017 used a chartered private aircraft for visits abroad on 10 occasions, which due to the Estonian presidency of the Council of the European Union is twice as much as former government leader Taavi Roivas during his term in office, informs LETA/BNS.
Imlitex Holdings to export products via Klaipeda port and Riga
Imlitex Holdings, commodity distribution group that used to export the most of its agriculture output via the Riga port until now, will direct some of the production via the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, informed BC the company.
Estonians registering company cars in own name as tax regulations change
Tax changes with regard to company cars in 2018 that took effect at the turn of the year have prompted many people in Estonia to re-register company cars in their own name, Eesti Paevaleht said, cites LETA/BNS.
Graanul Invest buys freight ship for EUR 10 mln
A subsidiary of the Estonian pellet producer Graanul Invest has bought its first bulk carrier to serve customers in the U.K. and the Netherlands, informs LETA/BNS.
Estonian police to once again put helicopter up for sale
Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) is to once again put up for auction an Enstrom 480B helicopter acquired by the Environmental Inspectorate for environmental monitoring flights about a decade ago to raise money for the purchase of a fixed wing observation plane, informs LETA/BNS.
Passenger traffic via Lithuania's airports rose by 9.6% in 2017
Lithuanian airports served a total of 5.246 million passengers in 2017, which is a rise by 9.6% from 2016, reports LETA/BNS.
Vilnius Locomotive Repairs Depot will repair locomotives of Poland's CTL Logistics
Vilniaus Lokomotyvu Remonto Depas (Vilnius Locomotive Repairs Depot), a subsidiary of the state-run Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), will repair locomotives of the Polish logistics company CTL Logistics, reports LETA/BNS.
Estonian former ferry tycoon Leedo eyeing ship services to west, north from Saaremaa
Vjatseslav Leedo, whose company Saaremaa Laevaliinid used to operate subsidized ferries between the mainland and Estonia's large western islands for many years before the contract was awarded to a subsidiary of the state company Port of Tallinn, is planning new ferry routes out of Saaremaa, informs LETA/BNS.
LSC Shipmanagement adds bitumen tanker to its fleet
At the beginning of this year, LSC Shipmanagement, a subsidiary of Latvijas Kugnieciba (Latvian Shipping Company), added to its technically managed fleet a bitumen tanker, the company announced LETA.
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