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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
«To ensure potassium salt from Belarus returns to Latvia, we have to do our homework – make railway infrastructure more efficient, reduce tariffs and give…
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…
Biedrībā Baltijas asociācija – Tranzīts un Loģistika ietilpstošais uzņēmums akciju sabiedrība Baltijas Ekspresis turpina strauju izaugsmi un šī gada deviņos mēnešos pa dzelzceļu pārvadāto kravu…
Biedrības “Baltijas asociācija – Transports un loģistika” valdes loceklis Ivars Landmanis, SIA “Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals” direktors Jānis Pauls, kā arī Ventspils, Rīgas un Liepājas…
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…