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Blue Water Gothenburg and Houston have handled the transport of a press hardening line for our client AP & T AB with cargo from Sweden and Germany to the US Photographs – Blue Water Shipping

Date 7 December 2018

Between 25th of March 2018 and 27th of April 2018 the team at Lift & Shift was looking at the mammoth task of delivering 32 pieces of equipment from various yards in Gujarat (L&T Hazira, ISGEC Dahej and Reliance Jamnagar) to 11 projects located in Mumbai High, Saudi Arabia, USA, Sikka, Assam and Haryana.

This Thursday, June 12th, the world’s largest aircraft An-225 Mriya will land at Riga International airport at 14:00. It will arrive in order to carry equipment and machinery of Latvian troops to the European Union military operation area in the Central African Republic.

From Estonia’s largest cargo port, the Muuga Harbour, the first cargo ship carrying 30 000 tons of timber owned by Estonian wood exporter Westwood Group departed for the port of Lanshan, China.

Tallinn port [state-owned company Tallinna Sadam] has announced a sale of assets owned by Mūgas coal terminal. The company responsible for managing the territory – Coal Terminal – went bankrupt. Now the port searches for a new partner, port’s representative Sirle Arro told Dienas Bizness (DB) journalist Egons Mudulis.

HOUSTON — Tens of thousands of cargo ships, tankers, container ships and cruise liners belch noxious sulfuric gases and fine particles that drift over cities and cover them with smog.

Latvijas Dzelzceļš is currently trying its best in order to ensure the volume of different types of cargo from Russia remains unchanged, says the head of LDz Uģis Magonis.

The Belarus railway company Belarusian Railway has estimated that freight volumes between the country and Lithuania have increased 15% in 2017.

By Leman Mammadova

Afghanistan is preparing to export the first shipment of products through the Lapis Lazuli route (Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey).

Latvia Economy Ministry (EM) and the government’s standpoint regarding liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal construction in Riga has not changed – it should be built in Riga port, EM representative Evita Urpena told business portal Nozare.lv.

It is planned that Latvian port terminals engaged in oil products or dangerous chemical substances will have to introduce evaporation emission control systems starting from 1 January 2022, which is provided by Environmental Protection and Regional Development Ministry’s developed amendments to the Law on Pollution.

Last week, representatives of more than 40 Latvian exporting companies gathered at Riga International Airport to look at air freight opportunities offered by the airport and companies working there.

Compared to 2015, the volume of freights carried by land and pipeline transport has decreased by 8.1 million tonnes or 6.6 % in 2016. The most notable drop in the volume of freights carried was recorded in rail transport – of 7.8 million tonnes or 14.1 %. Data on freights carried indicate the lowest volume since 2010, when it amounted to 101.6 million tonnes.

In the first half-year of 2017, Riga International Airport retained the leader position among Baltic airports, according to statistical data on the airport’s operational results.

Starting from 2013, there will be a unified register of freight forwarders in European Union (EU) which will include information about all registered freight forwarders and offences committed by them, the Ministry of Transport informs.

In Q1 of 2013 the total volume of freights carried in main transport sectors has remained at the level of previous year (increase of 0.5%) as compared to Q1 of 2012.

Next week Latvian Transport Minister Anrijs Matiss plans to travel to Moscow in order to meet with his Russian counterpart and discuss the railway repair plans and the expected limitation of cargo flow to Latvia.

«Latvia’s largest ports have numerous advantages in terms of enhancing international competition and recovering leading positions on the global transit map,» – said President of Baltic Association – Transport and Logistics Inga Antane at TRANSBALTICA 2016 conference.

Continuing last year’s autumn trend, the volume of cargoes carried by Latvijas dzelzceļš had increased in November. The volume of cargoes transported by rail reached 4.46 million tons or 7.6% more in comparison with November 2015.

Over the course of nine months, since Latvian logistics company Pro Logistic Services opened an office in Iran, the volume of cargoes and the number of serviced clients has grown by 15%.