Purpose of the company is to to ensure closer cooperation between its members and institutions working in this industry on the national and the international levels.
The mission of BATL is to support its members by promoting their cooperation and development as well as to represent its members’ interests, in order to create conditions that are advantageous to the development of business activities and the industry, boosting the traffic of cargo via Latvia and the port of Ventspils.
Owing to its geographic location and ice-free seaports, Latvia is a strategically important point on the transit map of the world. The multimodal Port of Ventspils is one of the leading EU deep-water ports on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, offering year-round service to the largest ships that enter this sea. The Port of Ventspils is one of the Baltic nodes of the East-West Transit Corridor and the European TEN-T transport network.
Owing to its geographic location and ice-free seaports, Latvia is a strategically important point on the transit map of the world. The multimodal Port of Ventspils is one of the leading EU deep-water ports on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, offering year-round service to the largest ships that enter this sea. The Port of Ventspils is one of the Baltic nodes of the East-West Transit Corridor and the European TEN-T transport network.
The BATL members make a significant contribution into the Latvian economy, paying millions of euros in taxes every year.
BATL successfully represents the interests of its members on the local, national and international levels, which includes working with professional and non-government organisations: Employers’ Confederation of Latvia, the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and others.
Throughout its existence, BATL has actively protected and represented the interests of its members, promoting dialogue with the government, government institutions and the transit industry, achieving a much higher level of mutual understanding, and creating attractive conditions for foreign cargo carriers and investors.
Priorities of BATL include boosting the competitiveness of the transit corridor and participating in the development and implementation of a long-term transit growth policy to increase the competitiveness of Latvia’s seaports on the international level and to boost cooperation with Asia.
Purpose of the company is to to ensure closer cooperation between its members and institutions working in this industry on the national and the international levels.
The objective of BATL is to become an opinion leader for the transit industry in the Baltics, a prominent partner for the Latvian government and parliament, as well as a strong partner for the institutions of the EU that represents the industry interests on the international level.
The companies working in the Port of Ventspils meet the needs of their business partners by providing various logistics solutions and profitable transport connections for fast and high-quality shipping services. Advantages of these companies include the attractive conditions for business cooperation, the well-adapted industrial infrastructure, the availability of strategic resources: they make these companies conveniently accessible for the EU, the CIS and the Central Asian countries.