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Ferry traffic at Freeport of Ventspils reaches new peaks in 2022

The sea port has registered new records in ferry traffic. Certain pre-pandemic levels have been reached and even exceeded, as reported by the freeport’s public…

Posted on 02.02.202304.07.2023

Ambassador discusses opportunities for Uzbek business representatives at Ventspils port

RIGA – On Tuesday, Uzbek Ambassador to Latvia Kadambay Sultanov discussed the opportunities for Uzbek producers to move part of their manufacturing to Ventspils Freeport’s…

Posted on 31.01.202304.07.2023

Swiss TELF AG forms consortium for investments into Baltic Coal Terminal

Switzerland-based international goods and service company Telf AG has reached an agreement for investments for Freeport of Ventspils company Baltic Coal Terminal. Investments will be performed in cooperation…

Posted on 27.01.202304.07.2023

Latvian Stevedoring Company Association considers challenges and sector’s development scenarios

Stevedores from Ventspils, Liepaja and Riga sea ports, as well as representatives of state institutions tied to the sector gathered for an expanded meeting of…

Posted on 24.08.202204.07.2023

Latvian Stevedoring Company Association considers challenges and sector’s development scenarios

Stevedores from Ventspils, Liepaja and Riga sea ports, as well as representatives of state institutions tied to the sector gathered for an expanded meeting of…

Posted on 24.08.202204.07.2023

The first half of the year successful in Latvian freight transport. What’s next?

The first half of the year was relatively good in cargo transportation by rail and through Latvian ports. The increase in cargo was largely ensured…

Posted on 11.08.202204.07.2023

Latvia prepared to expand cooperation with Kazakhstan in transit sector

On Friday, 13 May, Latvian Ministry of Transport’s deputy state secretary Uldis Reimanis met with deputy Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Ruslan…

Posted on 16.05.202204.07.2023

Latvian institutions, private carriers see no way to transport Belarusian fertilizers

VILNIUS – As the Lithuanian government last week ordered Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the country’s state-owned railway company, to terminate its contract with Belarusian…

Posted on 17.01.202204.07.2023

BATL chairman: businessmen are responsible for their business and the people working for them

Soon the Saeima will pass in the final reading the legislative draft on the Law on Ports, which has been under discussions for a long…

Posted on 14.12.202104.07.2023

Baltic Coal Terminal predicts freight turnover climb

Sea port Ventspils-based specialised terminal AS Baltic Coal Terminal (BCT) continues shipping coal freights to Europe and other regions of the world. It is expected the volume…

Posted on 03.12.202104.07.2023

Noord Natie Ventspils Terminal successfully operates in a crisis and continues attracting new clients

Universal freight terminal SIA Noord Natie Ventspils Terminal (NNVT) continues successfully operating under conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company actively works with domestic producers…

Posted on 04.11.202104.11.2021

Baltic Coal Terminal commences environmentally friendly handling of coal freights

After nearly a year-long pause AS Baltic Coal Terminal (BCT) operating from the Sea Port of Ventspils received a shipment of 81 000 tonnes of…

Posted on 04.11.202104.11.2021

Latvian Railway loses monopoly status on Latvian-Lithuanian border

Baltic Express has signed a contract with Latvian state company Lithuanian Railway (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) freight company LTG Cargo. From now on Baltic Express will be…

Posted on 04.11.202104.11.2021

Baltic Coal Terminal commences environmentally friendly handling of coal freights

After nearly a year-long pause AS Baltic Coal Terminal(BCT) operating from the Sea Port of Ventspilsreceived a shipment of 81 000 tonnes of coal from Kazakhstan intended…

Posted on 22.10.202104.07.2023

Businessmen: Latvia’s government pushes for «capital repairs» at ports without a finished plan

On 5 March politicians of coalition parties announced their support of the new port management model and that they plan to submit it to the…

Posted on 19.03.202119.03.2021

Baltic Express: Latvian transit industry’s international competitiveness has gone down because of LDz Cargo

It is great the Competition Council has fined Latvian Railway (LDz) a considerable amount for distorting competition. However, it is also necessary to consider the amount of…

Posted on 04.02.202104.02.2021

There was advice to improve competition, but TM and LDz ignored them. Reasons why LDz Cargo is fined EUR 5.7 million

Latvia’s Competition Council (KP) has fined SIA LDz Cargo EUR 5 694 174 for violations of competition. Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) as the holder of 100% of shared in SIA LDz…

Posted on 04.02.202104.02.2021

Port businessmen categorically oppose proposed port reform in Latvia

The insufficient amount of discussions between representatives of ports, municipalities and businesses about Latvian Transport Ministry’s proposed port management reform in the past two years…

Posted on 03.02.202103.02.2021

Ventspils port terminal retains stable freight turnover

Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals at Ventspils Freeport is one of the port terminals that managed to retain stable freight turnover in 2020 when compared to previous…

Posted on 14.01.202104.07.2023

Port businessmen still concerned about the state entering the commercial sector

So far the problem with port management has been based in personalities and corruption, not regulations, said participants of panel discussions about the role of…

Posted on 02.11.202002.11.2020

BATL: Transport Ministry proposes ill-considered changes for ports without consulting with businesses

In spite of the fact that Transport Ministry’s proposed law amendments will affect all businesses involved in the transit industry, there have been no discussions…

Posted on 02.11.202002.11.2020

BATL atbalsta baltkrievu kultūras svētkus

Ventspilī 4. jūlijā norisinājās tradicionālie baltkrievu kultūras svētki “No Līgo līdz Kupalai”. Festivālu ar pašvaldības atbalstu organizē Ventspils Baltkrievu biedrība “Spadčina”, un šogad to finansiāli…

Posted on 07.07.202007.07.2020

Freight transports in Latvia suffer 8.3% decline in 2019

118 million tons of the freight was carried in transport by land and pipeline in 2019, which is a drop of 10.7 million tons (8.3…

Posted on 05.03.202005.03.2020

Baltic Express: transit situation would benefit from a change of Latvian Railway’s policy

It is possible to reduce the freight volume decline in Latvia by rapidly and significantly reducing Latvian Railway’s (LDz) service prices, which is possible by…

Posted on 27.01.202012.02.2020

BATL : Companies in which Lembergs no longer has control will not be impacted by sanctions

The sanctions US Department of Treasury Office for Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) applied to Aivars Lembergs and the organizations under his control will not affect…

Posted on 18.12.201912.02.2020

BATL board member: Latvia should offer Belarusian partners an attractive offer

«To ensure potassium salt from Belarus returns to Latvia, we have to do our homework – make railway infrastructure more efficient, reduce tariffs and give…

Posted on 22.11.201914.02.2020

BATL: Latvijas un Baltkrievijas sadarbībai transporta un loģistikas jomā ir liels potenciāls

Baltkrievijas galvaspilsētā Minskā nesen aizvadīti ikgadējās starptautiskās Transporta nedēļas pasākumi. Izstāde Minskā notiek 13. reizi, un jau kopš pirmās izstādes tajā ir arī Latvijas uzņēmumu…

Posted on 14.10.201922.11.2019

“Baltijas Ekspresis” šogad pārvadājis jau 6 mlj. tonnu kravu un tuvojas jaunam rekordam

Biedrībā Baltijas asociācija – Tranzīts un Loģistika ietilpstošais uzņēmums akciju sabiedrība Baltijas Ekspresis turpina strauju izaugsmi un šī gada deviņos mēnešos pa dzelzceļu pārvadāto kravu…

Posted on 11.10.201911.10.2019

BATL piedalās starptautiskā izstādē TransLogistica Kazakhstan

Biedrības “Baltijas asociācija – Transports un loģistika” valdes loceklis Ivars Landmanis, SIA “Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals” direktors Jānis Pauls, kā arī Ventspils, Rīgas un Liepājas…

Posted on 20.09.201920.09.2019

Ventspils ostā pārkrauto kravu apmēra pozitīvā bilance pamazām sarūk

Ventspils ostā šī gada astoņu mēnešu laikā pārkrauto kravu apjoms ir sasniedzis 14,99 miljonus tonnu un tas ir par 12,9% vairāk nekā līdzīgā laika periodā…

Posted on 13.09.201913.09.2019

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