Tag: Ukraine
The Ministry of Infrastructure is planning to create an agency that will engage in construction, repair, and maintenance of runways at Ukrainian airports, which will be similar to the state-owned Administration of Seaports of Ukraine
Ukraine has placed five-year Eurobonds worth USD 1 billion guaranteed by the United States at a yield rate that is 32 basis points higher than the yield rate of similar United States government bonds.
Ukraine has become the leading exporter to the European Union among countries of the Eastern Partnership. The European Union’s Delegation to Ukraine announced this in a statement.
The closure of Wizz Air Ukraine by its parent company Wizz Air Hungary has enabled Wizz Air Group to avoid the regulatory policy of the National Bank of Ukraine regarding the currency exchange
The Ukrferry shipping company (Odessa), the national operator of ferry lines, has announced the lowering of its tariffs for transportation of passenger cars (including SUVs) with drivers on the Ilyichevsk-Poti/Batumi route from 1 June.
The Czech Airlines (Czech Republic) launched new regular flights on the Kiev-Kosice-Prague (Slovakia) route on May 19.
The loading of the Fakarava ship (flag of Malta) at the Yuzhny seaport (Odessa region) finished on 15 May. The ship was loaded with more than 200,000 tons of iron ore
The volume of cargo transshipment at Ukrainian seaports was 47.776 million tons in the period of January-April 2015.
Ukraine imported bituminous coal and anthracite worth USD 548.431 million in the period of January-April 2015
"We will denounce this agreement. It will most likely be [done through] a law," said Volodymyr Demchyshyn.
Director оf Centre for transport strategies Serhiy Vovk talk about infrastructure problems in Ukraine at symposium "Ukraine: Escape from Post-Soviet Legacy". The most problematic zone of high importance for Ukrainian economy is railway, thinks expert.
The Lugansk-Yasinovataya train, the first regular passenger train in the occupied part of the Donbass, covers 150 kilometers in six hours. Conductors in Ukrzaliznytsia uniform serve few passengers. Anti-mine platforms are in front of the locomotive.
The Ukrainian subsidiary of the Wizz Air Hungary budget airline is ending operations on the eve of the tourist season. Apparently, investors fear for their investments because they see no improvement in Ukraine, and they are hastily evacuating their assets from the country.
Ukrainian seaports handled 7.79 million tons of grain cargoes (including 7.648 million tons of grain) in January-March 2015, which is 9.5% lower than they handled in the same period in 2014.
The approximate period of construction of the first concession road in Ukraine – the Lvov-Krakovets road – will be four or five years.
Automatic monitoring of the weights of vehicles may be introduced in Ukraine in January 2016.
The largest low-cost carrier in Europe, the Irish-based Ryanair airline, is considering entering the Ukrainian market.
These include Ukrspirt, the State Food and Grain Corporation, and the Agrarian Fund.
Ukraine did not import crude oil in January-March 2015
A speech by Zespoł Doradcow Gospodarczych TOR’s general director Boguslaw Kowalski at the opening of the Ukrainian section of the European Rolling Stock Forum 2015, which took place in Warsaw on 11 March.