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Transport Logistic 2023 is the European leading transport and logistics exhibition, which this year had moe than 2300 exhibitors from 67 nations. Exhibition which was held in Munich, Germany, attracted over 75 000 visitors from 120 countries.
Exhibition gives a perfect opportunity for Estonian companies to introduce the advantages of our geographical location, favourable economical environment, ...
CF&S Group recently completed a unique logistics project that saw the transportation of 115 new wind turbines to the Baltic countries over the course of two years.
These parts are extremely valuable, with the value of one truck carrying the structures reaching up to EUR 1 million. Transporting such large and valuable parts requires extraordinary technical preparation, ...
A new double ramp for ro-ro ships was put into operation in the Muuga harbour at the HHLA TK terminal. Eckerö Line will use it on its vessel MS Finbo Cargo. Thanks to the double ramp, more trade between Estonia and Finland can be routed through the Muuga harbour rather than through the Old City Harbour in the centre of Tallinn.
“The freight line between Muuga and Vuosaari has ...
Alexela, Eesti Energia, the Port of Tallinn, the University of Tartu and the Estonian Hydrogen Association have today signed an agreement to establish Hydrogen Valley Estonia to accelerate the vigorous and versatile development of the hydrogen industry and to officially establish the world’s first nationwide Hydrogen Valley.
Boosting development in the field of green hydrogen based on ...
The CF&S team visited Central Asia’s largest agricultural expo, “AgriTek FarmTek” in Astana, Kazakhstan. People from our Tallinn, Riga, and Almaty offices have made a lot of new subcontractor and client contacts and discovered new opportunities for organizing our work processes.
We’re grateful to the organizers of this successful event and all the interesting ...
AS Operail Leasing sold its last 1,036 rental wagons at a price of 22.7 million euros during February and March. With this, all wagons belonging to Operail Leasing have been sold and the rental business has ended. In 2017–2022, Operail’s wagon rental business earned a return on equity of 21% per year on average, which is 38% more than foreseen in the initial business plan.
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We would like to inform you that in the future, AS Operail will conclude contracts for the provision of freight transport services to each customer on a separate price offer on a project basis.
The reason for the change is a significant decrease in the volume of goods. The war in Ukraine, which started in February 2022, changed the market situation in the 1,520 mm railway sector. Due to the ...
In 2022, revenue increased to 121.7 million euros (+11%), adjusted EBITDA to 55.8 million euros (+3.3%) and profit was 25.6 million euros (–0.1%). The adjusted EBITDA margin decreased by 3.2 percentage points; the volume of investments was 13.9 million euros (–5.9%).
Last year’s results were most affected by lifting of restrictions related to the pandemic, which boosted the ...
Liwathon Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Equinor South Riding Point LLC (renamed Liwathon B.O.S. LLC), a leading energy terminal in The Bahamas, Grand Bahama.
Liwathon B.O.S. has a facility comprising of ten large storage tanks with a capacity of 6.8 million barrels (1,100,000 cbm). It includes a Sea Island that facilitates the safe berthing of different sized oil tankers up to ...
Port of Tallinn and Utilitas Wind have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of accelerating the development of offshore wind energy in Estonia and the Baltic States. Cooperation in the development, construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms will enable new business opportunities while developing local expertise.
According to Valdo Kalm, the CEO of the Port of ...
The Estonian state-owned railway company Operail has signed the contract of sale of its subsidiary Operail Finland, which provides freight transport services in Finland. The new owner will be the Finnish publicly traded logistics company Nurminen Logistics. The sales price is 27.7 million euros as the result of the sales process competition.
A contract of purchase and sale which was ...
In 2022, 7 million passengers and 18 million tonnes of cargo passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. The annual number of passengers increased by 98%, or 3.5 million passengers, recovering from the movement restrictions related to the pandemic. Compared to last year, the cargo volume decreased by 21%, or 4.6 million tons, due to the implementation of sanctions on Russian and Belarussian ...
Port of Tallinn is one of the largest cargo- and passenger port complexes in the Baltic Sea region, playing a vital role in the Estonian transport system and economy. On average, Port of Tallinn serves around 10 million passengers and 20 million tons of goods every year. The company has set ambitious targets to reduce the environmental impact of their operations, which is accompanied by real, ...
The sole shareholder of AS Operail has decided that as of 1 January 2023, Operail is required to stop transporting goods originating from the Russian Federation and Belarus.
Consequently, starting from midnight on 1 January 2023, Operail will not accept for carriage any goods, the origin or destination of which is in the Russian Federation or Belarus or which are of Russian or Belarusian ...
The Estonian state-owned railway company Operail sold its rental wagons located in Ukraine. 20 companies participated in the competition and the best was the combination of two participants – companies Fortior Capital from Ukraine and Teslar Trans from Estonia. In total, agreements were signed for selling 552 wagons. Total amount of the transactions is 6.51 million euros.
The opportunity ...
This summer, the Estonian Environmental Research Centre conducted ambient air quality measurements in Tallinn Old City Harbour, confirming that the Port of Tallinn has effectively mitigated the risks of air pollution from ships and cars. None of the measured pollutants exceeded the limit values. Analyses also showed that visits by cruise ships do not individually increase pollution ...
In the third quarter, Port of Tallinn Group’s revenue, adjusted EBITDA and profit increased year-on-year. Group revenue amounted to EUR 36 million in the third quarter, increasing by 13% compared to the same period last year. The group’s adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter was EUR 18 million (+5%) and the profit was EUR 12 million (+11%). In the 9-month summary, the revenue was EUR ...
The freight volume of the international transport and logistics company Operail in the first nine months of this year was 5.2 million tonnes, half less than in the same period last year.
According to the unaudited consolidated interim report for the first nine months of 2022, the freight volume of the Operail Group in Estonia and Finland was a total of 5.2 million tonnes. This is 48% less than ...
Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to nearly 1.9 billion and imports to almost 2.2 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit was 288 million euros – it grew by 170 million euros and was over two times higher than in August last year.
Evelin Puura, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, in August, exports and imports increased the most in trade with European Union ...
Ports of Helsinki and Tallinn have signed in October a 6,8 MEUR funding contract under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) with European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA for their common TWIN-PORT V project (2021–2025). CEF is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European ...
Estonian transport and logistics companies were present at the leading Central-Asian transportation exhibition TransKazakhstan held from 20th to 22nd of September in Almatõ, Kazakhstan.
The following companies were represented with the national stand: Port of Tallinn, Port of Sillamäe, HHLA TK Estonia, Silsteve, Estonian Railways, Operail, CF&S, Intopex Forwarding, GRS Marine and ...
This morning, the first Amber Train left from the station at Muuga harbour, creating a rail corridor for freights between Northern and Western Europe through the Baltic States.
According to Riina Sikkut, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure, the Amber Train project is particularly relevant for Estonia at a time where trade flows and transport corridors in the world are being ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in July 2022, Estonia’s exports of goods increased by 13% and imports by 22% compared with July 2021. Re-exports from Estonia grew by 43%; exports of domestic goods remained at the same level year on year.
Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to nearly 1.7 billion and imports to 2 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit was 349 ...
After nearly a year of test drives and administrative processes, the Finnish Transport and Communication Agency Traficom granted the permission for the first C30-MF locomotive constructed in Operail’s depot in Tapa, Estonia, to operate on the Finnish public railway.
Until now, Operail Finland, the Finnish subsidiary of the Estonian railway company AS Operail, performed shunting operations ...
Due to the limited business opportunities in Paljassaare, AS Tallinna Sadam (hereinafter: Port of Tallinn) decided in 2017 to terminate operation and management of Paljassaare harbour. At the same time, Port of Tallinn started the process of exiting the operation of the port and the gradual transfer of assets. During 2020, Port of Tallinn sold the quays and other properties of the ...
In the second quarter, Port of Tallinn Group’s revenue, adjusted EBITDA and profit increased year-on-year. Group revenue amounted to EUR 30 million in the second quarter, increasing by 25% compared to the same period last year. The group’s adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter was EUR 15 million (+38%) and the profit was EUR 5.1 million (+205%). In the half-year summary, the revenue ...
The international transport and logistics company Operail, which has lost over half of its freight volumes due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reported a loss of 1.6 million euros in the first half of the year. In the previous year, the company earned a profit of 2.6 million euros during the same period.
According to the unaudited consolidated interim report for the first half of 2022, ...
Port of Tallinn and Sunly have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the goal of realizing offshore wind energy in the Baltic States and creating maximum local knowledge and business opportunities during the development, installation as well as operation and maintenance of Sunly’s offshore wind farms.
Sunly is developing offshore projects at West of Saaremaa and North of Hiiumaa island ...
In times of widespread energy crisis, the urgency for energy independence and need to green the energy system is felt across Estonia. Anticipating the implementation of European Green Deal legislation, many organisations and cities have committed to become climate neutral to future proof their business. Therefore, the first nationwide Hydrogen Valley ever is now being developed in close ...
The international rail company AS Operail closed the year 2021 successfully: the group’s revenue increased to 73 million euros, which is a 12 per cent increase compared to the previous year. Thanks to added freight volumes and improved work efficiency, the group’s EBITDA increased to 17.2 million euros, which is an impressive 16 per cent increase compared to the previous year.
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The supervisory board of Port of Tallinn decided to invest up to EUR 53 million to build a new 310-meter quay with a 10-hectare area beyond the quay in Paldiski South Harbour. The investment is co-financed by European Commission in the amount of EUR 20 million through the military mobility project EstMilMob, which aims to improve transport connections to Tapa over the next five years. The quay ...
Three years ago, the Estonian government decided that by the end of 2028, most of the Estonian Railway’s infrastructure should be electrified ‒ equipped with an overhead contact lines. The first important intermediate stage in the project is to electrify the railway until Tartu by the end of 2024.
The technical solution for electrification project has already been completed, and the ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in April 2022, Estonia’s exports of goods increased by 4% and imports by 31% compared to April 2021. Faster growth in imports contributed significantly to the increase of trade deficit, which reached 542 million euros in April.
Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to nearly 1.6 billion euros and imports to 2.1 billion euros at current prices. ...
The commissioning of the most powerful container cranes in Estonia was celebrated at the HHLA TK Estonia container terminal in Muuga. The cranes will serve the largest container ships sailing in the Baltic Sea and lay ground to multiply the trading volumes.
HHLA TK Estonia has made the biggest investment of the decade by supplying Muuga with two large container cranes capable of handling the ...
The aim of cooperation is the will of joint implementation of projects related to the production, storage and distribution of “green” hydrogen and the use of zero-emission fuels in creating added value in logistics supply chains of goods and services, as well as the exchange of information on innovative development projects related to the use of zero-emission fuels for seaports and ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in March 2022, Estonia’s exports of goods increased by 35% and imports by 31% compared to March 2021. Compared to the first quarter of last year, exports grew by 30% and imports by 34%. In March and in the first quarter as a whole, trade was primarily boosted by the increased exports and imports of mineral fuels and electricity.
In March, ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in February 2022, Estonia’s exports of goods increased by 18% and imports by 35% compared to February 2021. The rise in imports was significantly influenced by the greater imports of electricity and mineral fuels.
In February, Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to 1.5 billion euros and imports to nearly 1.8 billion euros at current prices. ...
The supervisory board of Port of Tallinn approved the audited annual report for 2021 presented by the management board. There are no differences in the audited financial results, compared to the 12-month unaudited financial results disclosed on 28 February 2022.
In 2021, the annual revenue of Port of Tallinn group was EUR 110.1 million (+3%), adjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR 54 million ...
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The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping establishes the European Green Corridors Network, kickstarting the initiative in close collaboration with the Port Authorities of Hamburg, Gdynia, Roenne, Rotterdam, and Tallinn.
The project will demonstrate the early commercialization of alternative fuel supply chains, showcase and support first-mover ...
According to Statistics Estonia and Eesti Pank, in the fourth quarter of 2021, Estonia’s exports of services grew by 79% while imports of services fell by 23% year on year. In 2021 as a whole, exports of services grew by 47% and imports by 28% compared to 2020.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, Estonia’s exports of services amounted to 2.7 billion euros and imports of services ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in January 2022, Estonia’s exports of goods increased by 35% and imports by 36% compared to January 2021. Trade growth was significantly boosted by the increased exports and imports and higher prices of mineral fuels and electricity.
In January, Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to 1.6 billion euros and imports to nearly 1.8 billion euros at ...
Recently, the international transport and logistics company Operail built a new inquiry system on its customer service platform Zendesk with purpose to better serve the company’s almost 600 employees. The novel solution sped up the process of responding to inquiries and made the course of responding to an inquiry visible to the employees.
In the last few years, Operail has ...
In the fourth quarter, both sales revenue (+13%), adjusted EBITDA (+6%) and profit (+14%) increased. Growth in passenger volume and ferry calls increased revenue in the Passenger harbours segment, which made the biggest contribution to the improvement in the Group’s financial performance. However, profitability indicators improved less than revenue because surging energy prices and some ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2021, Estonia’s exports of goods increased by 28% and imports by 32% compared to 2020. In December, exports grew by 24% and imports by 27% year on year.
In 2021, Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to 18 billion euros and imports to nearly 20 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit was 1.8 billion euros, which is 880 million ...
The international transport and logistics company Operail increased its net profit for the first three quarters of last year by two million euros compared to the previous period. Other economic indicators also showed positive results.
Operail’s last year’s nine-month EBITDA increased by a quarter compared to 2020 and amounted to 13.4 million euros. The group’s turnover, which ...
Last year, Operail brought a record number of containers from the road to the railway and increased the volume of multimodal freight services by almost 50%.
“It can be seen that more and more manufacturers are thinking about the environment and choosing environmentally friendly rail transport as a mode of transport. I am happy to see this trend and we encourage other manufacturers to make ...
In 2021, 22.4 million tonnes of cargo and 3.5 million passengers passed through the harbours of Tallinna Sadam. The annual increase in cargo volume was 5%, which was driven by ro-ro and dry bulk. The number of passengers decreased by 18% as a result of the pandemic, while the number of vessel calls increased by 4% due to the continuation of cargo transportation on the international passenger ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in October, exports of goods increased by 18% and imports by 32% year on year. Trade growth was driven primarily by the increased exports and imports of mineral products, wood and articles of wood, and base metals and articles of base metal.
In October, Estonia’s exports of goods amounted to 1.6 billion euros and imports to 1.8 billion euros at ...
Ships sailing on the Tallinn-Helsinki route are now using automooring equipment when arriving and leaving the Tallinn Old City Harbour. This helps to save time and protect the environment.
„In the traditional way, ie using mooring lines and bollards, it takes linemen ten or more minutes to help the ship moor at the quay, but with the vacuum automooring equipment, the same process takes ...
On November 18th the icebreaker Botnica, owned by Port of Tallinn’s subsidiary TS Shipping, returned to Estonia from the Canadian Arctic.
For the fourth summer in a row, Botnica worked for Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, an iron ore mining company near the port of Milne Inlet.
According to the CEO of TS Shipping Ülo Eero the focus, in addition to icebreaking and ice monitoring ...
In the third quarter, year on year, the revenue of AS Tallinna Sadam increased, but adjusted EBITDA and profit decreased. Revenue amounted to EUR 32 million in the third quarter, increasing by 2% year on year. The Group’s adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter was EUR 17 million (–14%) and the profit amounted to EUR 11 million (–23%). In the first nine months, revenue was EUR 82 ...
Large numbers of goods and passengers are transported daily between the ports in Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn. The three Baltic Sea ports in collaboration have each invested in onshore power electricity connections that will significantly reduce the emission of air pollutants from vessels at the quayside.
In a collaboration to agree standards and solutions, the three Baltic Sea ports in ...
Energy group Elenger’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel has arrived to Estonia from a Dutch shipyard to become the first of its kind in the region. The service area of the LNG bunkering ship will comprise the part of the Baltic Sea centered around the Gulf of Finland. The ship, named Optimus, was christened in Tallinn Old City Harbour with the Estonian Prime Minister ...
Estonian Logistics and Transit Association in cooperation with EAS organised the national stand for transport and logistics exhibition TransLogistica Kazakshtan 2021. The international exhibition is held at Almaty from 13th to 15th of October.
The following companies are jointly representing Estonia: Port of Tallinn, Port of Sillamäe, Silsteve, HHLA TK Estonia, Estonian Railways, ...
Hydrogen solutions company OÜ Stargate Rail has signed a letter of intent with AS Operail, the international rail company, to convert diesel-electric locomotives to zero-emission fuel cell electric locomotives.
As part of the retrofit, the diesel gensets that power the locomotives will be replaced by a zero-emission powertrain consisting of polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cells and ...
The international transport and logistics company Operail showed strong growth in the first half of 2021 and increased its net profit by one million euros. Compared to the same period last year, other important economic indicators also improved.
The turnover of the group increased by almost a fifth compared to a year ago, amounting to more than 37 million euros. Freight revenues increased by as ...
Katoen Natie, a global provider of engineering and logistics services, expanded its logistics centre in the industrial park of Muuga Harbor, investing 10 million euros towards the construction of a new warehouse building to service the increased business volumes.
According to Katoen Natie chairman, Mr. Fernand Huts, the 10,000-square-meter extension of the terminal in the free trade ...
Port of Tallinn has unveiled an ambitious plan to design the hub of the Baltic Sea green infrastructure in Estonia together with the partners, which would contribute to Estonia’s climate neutrality goals and increase the country’s competitiveness. It is also looking for the best ways to convert ferries to hydrogen fuel and to provide hydrogen refuelling capacity in the Old Harbour for ...
During the 2021 cruise season, the Port of Tallinn will greet guests and operators with a new state-of-the-art cruise terminal. It is the most modern and multifunctional terminal in the region, built to reduce its negative impact on the environment.
According to Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Management Board of the Port of Tallinn, cruise tourism is rapidly recovering after the easing of ...
The first LNG freight locomotive in the Baltics and the neighbouring region, which was constructed at Operail’s Tapa depot, was successfully launched last week. The first launch and meters driven on the railroad will be followed by a period of tuning, testing and certification.
“The LNG freight locomotive is one of our focus projects in making rail transport, which is already ...
Two large container cranes arrived at HHLA TK Estonia’s terminal in Muuga Harbour on Wednesday morning. After commissioning, the cranes will allow services to be provided in Muuga to much larger container ships than those at the time being, which will make Estonia a more attractive trade hub.
“With the addition of the two cranes, in late autumn we will already be able to provide ...
The structure of Operail Group has changed as of 1 July 2021, with two new subsidiaries added to our Group.
The Group’s parent company AS Operail will in the future only be engaged in freight transport on the Estonian railway infrastructure. All the other business areas of the Group will be transferred to the newly created enterprise – Operail Holding OÜ.
Operail Holding will ...
The operating profit of the Operail Group in the first quarter of 2021 increased by more than 30%, reaching 1.4 million euros compared to the same period last year; EBITDA increased by as much as 34% to 4.4 million euros. The turnover of the group reached 18.3 million euros, showing a 14% increase.
The increase in the volume of freight transport plays a major role in the significant growth of ...
Sweden’s leading consultant within biodiversity and ecosystem services Ecogain acknowledged Port of Tallinn as the company that values natural biodiversity the most in the Baltics. Of the 50 largest companies in the Baltics, Port of Tallinn was the only one to receive the highest rating for planning its sustainable development goals and activities.
Only those large companies in ...
According to Port of Tallinn, the cleaning and other procedures carried out on ships` hulls underwater surfaces can in their premises be conducted only when the residue is collected starting from May. This decision is yet a new step towards becoming the greenest port in the Baltic Sea area.
Ellen Kaasik, the Environmental manager of Port of Tallinn said, that the sustainability strategy of ...
In recent years, Operail has been able to replace almost 30,000 truck journeys on the main roads of Estonia with multimodal freight transport by rail, and the demand for a safer and more environmentally friendly mode of transport is growing.
“If we look at which social and global trends affect us the most, the keyword is environmental protection. If we add the climate goals of Europe and ...
We want to be open with stakeholders in various aspects concerning our activities, which is why the 2020 annual report of AS Eesti Raudtee brings together sustainability, social responsibility, good corporate governance (CGC), accounting and management reports.
We have prepared the report in accordance with the Estonian Accounting Act and International Financial Reporting Standards, as well as ...
In 2021 Q1, 5.3 million tonnes of cargo and 373 thousand passengers passed through the harbours of the Port of Tallinn. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased by 10% and the number of passengers decreased by 76%. The number of vessel calls grew by 6% to 1678 calls. The number of passengers travelling between the Estonian mainland and the main ...
In total, already five brand new C30-M locomotives assembled and built at our Tapa depot have started working on the tracks, the last two of which are in beautiful blue tones.
We respect the tradition of naming new locomotives and have chosen the honourable employees of Tapa station as the godfathers of locomotives. The locomotive Otto is named after the Tapa station manager Villu-Otto Vane, who ...
The results of the Operail Group, which entered a new market in 2020 and began providing freight transport services in Finland under difficult circumstances, were better than expected – despite the uncertain situation, the company was able to show a net profit of almost three million euros and expand its wagon rental business.
Compared to the record-breaking 2019, the commercial revenue of ...
The supervisory board of Port of Tallinn approved the audited annual report for 2020 presented by the management board. There are no differences in the audited financial results, compared to the 12-month unaudited financial results disclosed on 26 February 2021.
In 2020, the annual revenue of Port of Tallinn group was EUR 107.4 million (–17.8%) and adjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR ...
Port of Tallinn entered into a renewable energy purchase agreement with Eesti Energia and now consumes only green electricity produced in Estonia.
According to the agreement, Eesti Energia will supply Port of Tallinn with 10 GWh of renewable electricity during 2021 for the port’s own use. This leaves a total of almost 7,000 tons of CO2 unreleased in the air per ...
Last year, the international transport and logistics company Operail transported oversized goods for a record-breaking 335 times. In the last five years, the volume of oversized goods moving on platform wagons has increased by more than a quarter.
Kirill Spektor, chief specialist of freight conditions at Operail, thinks that the reason for the years-long growth trend is the fact that, in ...
As a result of the ongoing global virus crisis, the revenue, adjusted EBITDA and profit of AS Tallinna Sadam (hereafter: “the Group”) decreased in Q4. Revenue amounted to EUR 25.3 million decreasing by 15.7% in Q4 year-on-year. The adjusted EBITDA of Q4 was EUR 12.1 million (–18.3%) and the profit amounted to EUR 5.7 million (–32.3%).
In 2020, the annual revenue was EUR ...
Operail Finland Oy, subsidiary of an international transport and logistics company Operail started cooperation with Oiltanking – one of the largest independent operators of tank terminals for oils, gases, and chemicals worldwide – to transport liquid fuels on the Vainikkala-Kotka route.
Paul Lukka, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Operail Finland and a member of the ...
Operail, an international railway logistics company, which revived the locomotive manufacturing industry in Estonia a few years ago after almost eight decades of hiatus, has introduced the next chapter in the Estonian and Baltic railway sector by constructing the first LNG freight locomotive.
“As a company, we look forward and know that we will be able to significantly reduce the ...
TS Shipping, a subsidiary of Port of Tallinn, won a public tender organized by the Estonian Transport Administration for the provision of icebreaking services and navigation in the Gulf of Finland in the period 20.12.2022-20.04.2032. The icebreaking service in Estonian coastal waters is provided with the multifunctional icebreaker Botnica, similarly to the previous 10-year charter ...
It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Mr Kaido Zimmermann as the new Chairman of the Board of Estonian Railways from March 1st, 2021.
Mr Zimmermann has held strategic positions in railway infrastructure as well as logistics sector for almost 27 years.
Soon after obtaining his engineering degree from the Tallinn University of Technology in Road and Bridge Construction and ...
In 2020 Q4, 5.8 million tonnes of cargo and 0.6 million passengers passed through the harbours of Tallinna Sadam. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased by 2.5% and the number of passengers decreased by 73%. The number of vessel calls declined by 7% to 1768 calls. The number of passengers travelling between the Estonian mainland and the main islands decreased by ...
Operail, having recently started a new freight transport business in Finland, has managed to grow its wagon rental revenue by more than a fifth, compensating the decrease caused by a decline in Estonian freight volumes.
“Operail and our subsidiaries Operail Leasing and Operail Leasing Finland have given more than 2,400 wagons on lease for servicing international freight transport. In the ...
The freight volume of Estonian ports increased to 27.9 million tons in the first nine months of 2020, which is 2 percent more than last year, while the volume of freight carried by rail decreased to 11.5 mln tons at the same time, which is approximately 30% less than in the same period a year ago, reported LETA/BNS.
Piret Pukk, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that over the ...
In the following five years, the CCS will be upgraded along five sections at nearly 50 stations within the AS Eesti Raudtee infrastructure.
In order to take the new systems into use it is planned to carry out separate construction procurement, in the scope are following main works:
CCS and traffic operators modular buildings manufacturing and installation
cable routes design and ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continued in the third quarter, which resulted in a decrease in revenue, adjusted EBITDA and profit of Port of Tallinn group (AS Tallinna Sadam). In Q3 2020, the revenue amounted to EUR 31.8 million decreasing by 18.9% compared to the same period previous year. The adjusted EBITDA was EUR 19.9 million decreasing by 16.2% and profit of Q3 amounted to EUR 13.6 ...
Estonian state-owned railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee has signed a 3.7-million-euro contract with the Spanish companies Ardanuy Ingeneria S.A. and Ayesa Ingenieria y Arquitectura on the provision of the technical solution and preliminary designs of extensions to the electric traction contact network in Estonia, informs LETA/BNS.
The international tender aimed at finding a partner ...
The tanker Ristna at the end of last week became the first major cargo ship to return to the Estonian register after a special tax regime stepped into force from the middle of the year, reports LETA/BNS.
The Ristna has flown the Estonian national flag before but opted for the Latvian flag in May 2019 due to the tough competition in the shipping market. The decision to reflag back was made in ...
On 3 November, international transport and logistics company Operail operated its first ever commercial freight train in Finland. Operail will be the main railway operator for Rauanheimo transporting dry bulk on the Vainikkala-Koverhar route.
“International expansion is an integral part of our growth strategy and we are delighted to take the next step towards greater goals by starting ...
Raul Toomsalu, Chairman of Management Board of Operail, participated in the hydrogen day “Is Estonia Missing the Hydrogen Train?”, organised by the Foresight Centre and the Riigikogu, with a presentation titled “Hydrogen Locomotive. From the Perspective of the Carrier”.
Toomsalu spoke about what the rail freight operator sees in the fuels of the future, what role hydrogen ...
Estonia wishes for the single space of movement made up of the Baltic countries and Finland to be restored, as the COVID-19 related epidemiological situation in the region is similar and a single movement space will enable to keep life in the region as normal as possible, informs LETA/BNS.
The recommendation to travel only in the case or urgent necessity remains valid, and is especially ...
The Riigikogu on October 15th adopted the Railways Act, whereby European Union directives are transposed into Estonian law, the structure of the law that has been repeatedly amended is better organized and a number of provisions are specified, informs LETA/BNS.
According to the explanatory memorandum to the bill, initiated by the government, the current Railways Act has been amended for more ...
Latvia and Estonia this week officially joined the North Sea - Baltic Rail Freight Corridor (RFC NS-B), as Latvijas Dzelzcels railroad company Ella Petermane told LETA.
The connection to Riga and Tallinn has become part of the European rail freight corridor network, strengthening the existing freight transportation routes, said Petermane.
The North Sea - Baltic corridor was established with ...
A contract with SWECO Projekt AS for the design of Rail Baltica’s largest and only port-connected freight station was concluded today, its construction due to begin in early 2022.
“By signing the contract for design, we took a major step forward both in the development of Rail Baltica and the cargo harbour of Muuga. Reaching this agreement was a lengthy process preceded ...
Altogether 7.4 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of Estonia's state-owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways during the first eight months of 2020, which is 16.7% less than during the same period in 2019, writes LETA/BNS.
Spokesperson for Estonian Railways Monika Lilles told BNS that the biggest reason for the decline lies in domestic ...
In the first half of the year, the international transport and logistics company Operail managed to increase their wagon rental income and achieved a net profit of almost two million euros.
Operail’s operating income in the first six months of 2020 was 31.8 million euros, which is 16% less than in the same period of the previous year; EBITDA was 6.4 million euros. The company’s net ...
This year, Operail plans to increase the amount of grain transported by rail by as much as three times. Increasingly large amounts of other goods are also transported by container lines.
This season, Operail bought 75 new top-loading bulk containers, significantly increasing the amount of grain transported by rail. ‘We have estimated that this season, our freight lines will be able to ...
The international transport and logistics company Operail met the owner’s dividend expectations and paid 9.5 million euros in dividends and 2.3 million euros in income tax to the state.
According to Raul Toomsalu, Chairman of the Management Board of Operail, the decisions made a few years ago to invest in the company’s expansion are the basis of the company’s good financial ...
Altogether 6.4 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of Estonia's state-owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways during the first seven months of this year, which is 19% less than during the same period in 2019, reported LETA/BNS.
The company told that the biggest reason for the decline lies in domestic carriage, as oil shale, the transport volume of ...
The revenue of listed Estonian port company AS Tallinna Sadam in the second quarter of 2020 totaled 22.4 million euros, which is 31.8 percent less than in the same period in 2019, while it finished the period with a net loss of 831,000 euros, compared with a net profit of 7.2 million euros earned in the second quarter of last year, informs LETA/BNS.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was ...
The ports of Tallinn and Helsinki will receive up to EUR 10 million of European Union support from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for infrastructure investments. The total volume of planned investments is EUR 33 million.
Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Management Board of Port of Tallinn, pointed out that TWIN PORT 4 investments are aimed at the development of both Tallinn-Helsinki as well as ...
The largest commodity group was fertilizer, which was transported in the total amount of 3.2 million tons and the amount of which increased by 7.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
"The reason for the decrease in shipments in the first half of this year is clearly related to the COVID-19 crisis, which left its mark on both transit and container shipments," Estonian Railways ...
The first Operail’s locomotives have arrived in Finland and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has approved the safety management system of Operail Finland Oy, which forms part of the Operail group. A licence was obtained for the company in May to operate a rail transport service on Finnish railway infrastructure. Freight transport will commence in autumn.
Paul Lukka, ...
Thanks to Europe reopening partially after the restrictions on travel brought about by the coronavirus crisis, Finland and Estonia are now closer than ever: a record number of vessels is shuttling between the two countries, and people can now travel to such destinations as Tallinn, Muuga and everyone’s favourite Saaremaa as new departures Turku and Maarianhamina have been ...
Estonian ports handled 3.36 million tons of cargoes in May, 3.9% more than in the same month last year, data available from Statistics Estonia show.
Loading of freight declined 7.1% y-o-y to 1.99 mln tons and unloading grew 25.6% to 1.37 mln tons.
From January through May, Estonian ports handled a total of approximately 15.4 mln tons of goods. The loading of goods amounted to some 9.8 ...
The top categories of cargoes transported on the infrastructure of Estonian Railways are fertilizers, mineral fuels and chemical goods, the company told BNS.
"During the first five months of the year, the volume of freight transport on our infrastructure decreased mainly due to the decrease in the transport volume of oil shale and mineral fuels, and the effects of the COVID-19 virus also played ...
The net profit of Operail in the first quarter of 2020 was 1.1 million euros and EBITDA amounted to 3.3 million euros. A year earlier, the net profit was 2.7 million euros and EBITDA 4.3 million euros. The Group’s operating income decreased by 15% compared to the previous year to 16.1 million euros.
“Our results in the first three months were affected by the decrease in freight ...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a 95 million euro, 25-year tenor, loan agreement with the Estonian national railway company Estonian Railways, informs LETA/BNS.
The Estonian Railways will use the funds to modernize tracks and the control-command and signalling systems on most of the Estonian network, as well as carry out the digitalization of the train management systems. ...
Estonia will admit people with no symptoms arriving from the European Union, the Schengen area or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1 June.
As of today, citizens and residents of Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland will be able enter ...
In the first quarter of 2020, the revenue of AS Tallinna Sadam (hereinafter “the Group”) amounted to EUR 27.9 million, declining by 2.2% compared to the same period last year. The Group’s adjusted EBITDA was EUR 16.2 million in the first quarter, declining by 4.1% year-on-year. Profit decreased by EUR 1.1 million to EUR 10.0 million in the first quarter.
The results of the ...
With the help of 75 new bulk containers, Operail plans to more than double the volume of multimodal freight transport and to transport more than 200,000 tonnes of goods by the end of 2020.
Compared to the previous year, the volume of Operail’s multimodal freight transport has increased by more than 50% in the first four months of the year. “The volume of multimodal transport ...
Railway operator Operail saw an improvement of its main financial indicators and earned a net profit of 9.6 million euros in 2019.
The Operail group, increased its sales revenue to 75.4 million euros last year. EBITDA grew by 8%, amounting to 17 million euros. "2019 was iconic for us from several aspects – we entered a new market and established a subsidiary for servicing cargo transport ...
Shipping company DFDS started cooperation with Eckerö Line on the Muuga-Vuosaari route to optimize its ferry service on the Baltic Sea. Starting from May 4th, 2020, DFDS offers its customers cargo services on Eckerö Line’s ship m/s Finbo Cargo, which started operating again between Helsinki and Tallinn at the beginning of April 2020.
Port of Tallinn’s CCO Margus Vihman ...
In order to encourage trade in the current situation, all vessels entering Estonian ports or roadsteads will be exempt from the payment of fairway dues between April 1st 2020 and March 31st 2021; all fairway dues which have already been paid since April 1st shall be reimbursed within 30 days by the Estonian Maritime Administration.
The Port of Tallinn is pleased to inform all its ...
We are pleased to announce that Containerships started a new weekly service from the Muuga harbour (belonging to Port of Tallinn) connecting the UK and Netherlands via ports of Teesport and Rotterdam.
Containerships is a full-service logistics company providing safe, reliable and sustainable door-to-door multimodal transportation. Its comprehensive European network reaches from Russia to ...
With the introduction of the new freight operations management system, the international transport and logistics company Operail is taking a major step forward in the digitalisation of rail freight transport, setting an example for companies in the Baltics and companies operating within the 1520 mm railway network.
“In the 21st century, information must be digital and move fast. We are ...
In 2020 Q1, 4.8 million tonnes of cargo and 1.6 million passengers passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased 2.0%. The number of passengers in Q1 decreased by 13.3%. The number of ship calls declined by 2.9% to 1585 calls.
In terms of passenger numbers, the results of Q1 were mostly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic ...
What happens if I arrive at a border crossing point in Estonia now?
From 17 March there will be a temporary restriction on border crossing for foreign nationals who do not hold an Estonian residence permit or right of residence. Estonian citizens and residents, among them holders of the alien’s passport, can enter Estonia but need to isolate themselves. That means staying for 14 ...
The government has decided on today’s cabinet meeting to restrict crossing of the Schengen internal and external border temporarily and reintroduce border controls in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The government also supported the order of Prime Minister Jüri Ratas as the person in charge of emergency situation that specifies the rules of border crossing.
“To ...
Tallink Grupp has announced that due to the state of emergency declared in Estonia and in order to ensure the health and safety of people around the Baltic Sea, the company will suspend operating the Tallinn-Stockholm route passenger vessels Baltic Queen and Victoria I from Sunday, 15 March 2020 until further notice.
On Saturday, 14 March Baltic Queen will depart from Stockholm ...
The Estonian Logistics and Transit Association has said that also the state owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (AS Eesti Raudtee) should be included in the joint transport authority to be set up in Estonia as part of the state reform, informed LETA/BNS.
In a letter to Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas, the association's Chairman of ...
According to Statistics Estonia, Estonian transport enterprises served nearly 222 mln passengers in 2019, which is 6% more than the previous year. The carriage of passengers increased in road, rail and water transport, but decreased in air transport.
In 2019 compared to 2018, the number of passengers who used road transport grew by 7%. The majority were carried by bus – in total ...
For more than a decade, Breakbulk Europe has served as the networking hub for industry professionals who do business in Europe – or would like to!
The purpose of the exhibition is to connect those involved in the transport and logistics of project cargo with project owners, engineering, procurement and construction companies and others in the industrial project cargo supply ...
A subsidiary of Russian fertilizer maker EuroChem Group AG opened an ammonia terminal costing 65 mln euros at the northeastern Estonian port of Sillamae in December, informed LETA/BNS accoding to the INTERFAX.
The terminal with a capacity to handle one million tons per year is meant for the shipment of ammonia produced at a plant in Kingisepp, Russia that opened last year.
The launch of ...
Estonian ports handled 3.6 mkn tons of cargoes in December, 32.5% more than during the same month in 2018, reported LETA/BNS.
Loading of goods increased 3% year on year to approximately 2.5 mln tons and unloading surged 37.2% to 1.1 mln tons, it appears from data provided by Statistics Estonia.
During 2019, Estonian ports handled 37.6 mln tons of cargoes, 4.7% more than the ...
Container transport by rail increased by 46% in 2019. Operail’s multimodal transport project played an important role in this.
76,756 TEU worth of goods were transported by rail in containers in 2019, amounting to a 46% increase compared with 52,428 TEU in 2018. When put in to tons, container transport increased by 110%, amounting to 636,000 tons.
“Our multimodal transport project ...
In 2019 Q4, 5.6 million tonnes of cargo and 2.3 million passengers passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased by 12.3% mainly due to liquid bulk. The passenger volume increased by 1.2% and the number of ship calls grew by 2.8% to 1893 calls.
In 2019, the annual cargo volume of Port of Tallinn totalled 19.9 ...
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (hereinafter: “Baffinland”) declared of using the contractual option to charter the multifunctional icebreaker Botnica in 2020 during the period from the end of June to the end of October. The exact number of chartering days depends on weather and other conditions.
In the beginning of summer 2018, the subsidiary company of AS Tallinna Sadam, OÜ ...
According to Statistics Estonia, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Estonia grew 4.2% in the 3rd quarter of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year. The Estonian GDP was 7 bn euros at current prices.
The seasonally and working day adjusted GDP grew 1.0% compared to the previous quarter. Compared to the 3rd quarter of 2018, the seasonally and working day adjusted GDP grew ...
Yesterday, at the Annual Logistics Conference, Operail’s project for multimodal freight transport was declared winner of the Logistics Project of the Year competition organised by the logistics news department of Äripäev and the supply chain association PROLOG.
“We launched multimodal freight transport in late august 2018 to increase domestic ...
Estonian ports handled some 3.2 mln tons of cargoes in October, 4.9 % less than in the same month last year, data available from Statistics Estonia show.
Loading of freight declined 3.7 % year on year to approximately 2.2 mln tons and unloading dropped 7.4% to some 1.1 mln tons.
In the first 10 months of 2019, Estonian ports handled a total of approximately 30.6 mln tons of goods. The ...
Operail Leasing Finland Oy, part of the Operail Group has signed long-term cooperation agreements with major Finnish Forest industry groups for the rental of 195 chipwood wagons.
"Operail is very pleased to start cooperation with major Finnish forest industry groups, such as Metsä Group to be part of the Finnish forest industry supply chain. We are thankful to our partners for the trust ...
The results of the nine months of the international logistics and transport company Operail show continued growth. The company succeeded to exceed all major economic indicators compared with the past.
Operail's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the three quarters of 2019 were a record high of 13.2 million euros. The company exceeded its result for the ...
Operail has started single-person operations, which mark a new era in the rail sector at large and make freight transport even more efficient.
Although freight trains have previously always had a driver and assistant in the locomotive cab, last week saw the first single-person operation. This means that all necessary operational procedures and safety were the sole responsibility of the driver. ...
Port of Tallinn announced public procurement for construction of a new state-of-the-art cruise terminal in the Old City Harbour, and the promenade in the area bordering the port. The multifunctional cruise terminal that will use energy-efficient and sustainable solutions is to be built in the direct vicinity of the cruise berths of the Old City Harbour.
According to Ingrid Berezin, business ...
Operail, an international logistics and transportation company, has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Latvian company DiGas to develop the first cargo-carrying LNG freight locomotive in the region.
Previously, the gas technology has been tested and used on shunting locomotives. Adding the LNG system to freight locomotives is a landmark event in Baltic railway transportation and the ...
International transport and logistics company Operail has launched a subsidiary in Finland, Operail Finland Oy, and is investing 50 million euros to begin freight transport on Finnish railways.
According to Chairman of the Operail Management Board, Raul Toomsalu, it is vital for the company to find new services, products and markets. “With the decisions in previous years, we already ...
Port of Tallinn will install the latest ABB shore power systems on five of its piers in the Old City Harbour as part of the first shore power project in Estonia, the aim of which is to supply the vessels that visit the port with shore electricity and thus reduce emissions and noise created by the ships’ engines.
„The Tallinn Old City Harbour is one of the busiest ...
This year’s record grain harvest has brought grain transport from road to rail for the first time ever – in two months, Operail has transported the equivalent of more than 600 truckloads of fodder grain to the ports of Sillamäe and Muuga by rail. Next year, the company plans to haul up to 300 containers per week during the peak season.
According to the fresh crop yield survey ...
On Tuesday, the Port of Tallinn presented the refurbished part of its Terminal D to travellers. The first to have discovered the new terminal were the passengers boarding Tallink’s shuttle Megastar at 07:30.
Peeter Nõgu, Head of Infrastructure Development at the Port of Tallinn, notes that the Nordecon construction company has done a great job and the part of Terminal D ...
In 2019 TransKazakhstanTranslogistika is held in Almaty, September 18 – 20. THE TRANSKAZAKHSTAN Exhibition is the site of transport services attracting annually leading specialists from all regions of Kazakhstan, CIS countries and from abroad.
TransKazakhstan shows the full range of industry solutions – from transport and forwarding services to software and equipment ...
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) elected its new Management Committee at its General Assembly on 23 September in Gdańsk, informed CER representatives.
Crister Fritzson (Chairman of the Swedish Association of Train Operators (ASTOC) and CEO & President of SJ) has been reconfirmed as CER Chair
Andreas Matthä (ÖBB CEO), Oliver ...
AS Eesti Raudtee signed a contract, with the joint tenderers Proxion Plan Oy and Welando OY, for the preparation of procurement documentation for the modernisation of command and control systems (CCS) and for the subsequent development of the concept of design and building procurements.
Based on the developed documentation, it will be possible to organise a major CCS-procurement and perform the ...
Railway companies Operail, Elron, Eesti Raudtee and Edelaraudtee Infrastruktuuri AS have launched a rail safety campaign that focuses on narrow escapes from dangerous situations.
It was pointed out at the press conference of 3 September that while the number of fatal accidents has decreased this year, the number of incidents where people had a narrow escape from a potentially fatal accident on ...
The international logistics and freight transport company Operail has increased all of its key financial indicators over the first 6 months of the year.
The operating profit of Operail for the first 6 months of 2019 was 18% higher compared to the previous year, amounting to nearly EUR 6 million. “We have managed to continue the trend from 2018 and kept the company highly profitable,” ...
Estonian Railways (ER) intends to procure a GIS software solution that can be integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, which is the current solution used for management of assets and other company functions (core ERP).
GIS should cover the functionality suitable for railway infrastructure company, including different infrastructure services, construction and traffic ...
Operail’s multimodal container train, which made its first trip on 27 August 2018, has hauled 2,828 containers, or 5,656 truckloads of goods, via rail rather than on the highway. The company has thereby improved safety on Estonian highways and preserved the environment.
“At the end of summer last year, we started with six containers on the Tartu-Muuga line; today, we are also ...
Active construction is currently underway in the D-terminal of the Port of Tallinn being built by Nordecon, in order to open the first phase of construction of the renovated D-terminal to passengers within two months. A digital twin of the new D-Terminal building and the remodeled part which aims to make the building's life cycle more efficient was created in the BIM implementation ...
Port of Tallinn has been named as ‘One to Watch’ in Europe in a list of business excellence published by the European Business Awards, one of world’s largest and longest running business competitions.
Port of Tallinn was chosen as it demonstrates exceptional achievement and reflects the programme’s core values of innovation, success and ethics. From 18 award categories ...
In the second quarter of 2019, the revenue, adjusted EBITDA and net profit of AS Tallinna Sadam increased. The revenue amounted to EUR 32.8 million, growing by 0.2% compared to the same period last year. The Group's adjusted EBITDA was EUR 18.8 million in the second quarter, growing by 4.1% year-on-year. Net profit amounted to EUR 7.2 million.
According to Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Management ...
Port of Tallinn has signed contracts with maritime engineering companies Trelleborg and Cavotec for the instalment of automated mooring systems at quays 5, 12 and 13 of the Old City Harbour, which is used by passenger vessels serving the Tallinn-Helsinki route.
According to Peeter Nõgu, head of the infrastructure development division of Port of Tallinn, technological development has ...
The subsidiary of Tallinna Sadam, TS Laevad OÜ has signed an agreement with the Estonian shipbuilding company Baltic Workboats AS to rebuild the ferry Tõll, which operates the on the Virtsu-Kuivastu line, into environmentally friendly hybrid ship. During the reconstruction, a battery bank will be installed on the vessel to reduce the consumption of diesel fuel and reduce the resulting ...
In 2019 Q2, 5.3 million tonnes of cargo and 2.9 million passengers passed through the harbours of Tallinna Sadam. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased by 4.3% and the passenger volume by 0.1%. The number of ship calls grew by 3.7% to 2039 calls.
According to Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Management Board of Tallinna Sadam, the increase in cargo volume in the ...
The listed Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam signed a cooperation agreement and a building title agreement with PK Terminal OU for the development of a dry bulk and general cargo terminal in Muuga Harbor, which deals with the handling and storage of round timber, wood pellets, metal products and crushed stone, informed Tallinna Sadam.
The agreements are signed for a period of 20 ...
Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas is to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to be held from June 6 to 8 and meet with the Russian Minister of Transport Yevgeny Dietrich, informed LETA/BNS.
Last week Aas called upon Dietrich to discuss continuing the work of the transport committee formed by the two states' ministries, as ...
Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas and a business delegation are about to visit Uzbekistan on Thursday to discuss cooperation in logistics, ICT and education with officials and business executives in that country, reported LETA/BNS.
In addition, the minister will deliver remarks at business forums, spokespeople for the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and ...
This year the main idea of the National Stand of Estonia at the annual transport forum TransRussia 2019 held in Moscow is the application of intellectual systems in logistics. 10 Estonian companies are the exhibitors at this stand .
It has become a good tradition to represent Estonia at transport and logistics exhibitions at a joint national stand. Such joint representation of ...
In the first quarter of 2019, the revenue of Port of Tallinn and subsidiaries amounted to EUR 28.5 million, declining by 3% compared to the same period last year. The Group's adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was EUR 16.9 million in the first quarter, declining by 4.2% year-on-year. Net profit decreased by EUR 0.8 million to EUR 11.0 million in the ...
According to the consolidated interim report, the first three months of 2019 have brought AS Operail a net profit of 2.6 million euros, i.e. twice as much as in the same period a year ago.
Raul Toomsalu, Chairman of the Management Board of international logistics and transport company Operail, said that the wagon rental business was the main source of profit. “Our revenue from wagon rental ...
The Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways finished 2018 with a net profit of 8.6 mln euros, compared with a loss of 7.6 mln euros posted by the company for 2017, informed LETA/BNS.
Sales revenue grew 26.1% from 32.9 mln euros in 2017 to 41.5 mln euros last year, it appears from the annual report.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ...
Operail’s supervisory board has decided to approve the management board’s proposal for the restructuring of the Tapa depot, as a result of which Operail will direct more resources towards locomotive construction.
“This is our strategic management decision. We have recognised that in the current situation, it is important to direct more of the workforce than before towards ...
Operail’s supervisory board has decided to approve the management board’s proposal for the restructuring of the Tapa depot, as a result of which Operail will direct more resources towards locomotive construction.
“This is our strategic management decision. We have recognised that in the current situation, it is important to direct more of the workforce than before towards ...
On 3 April, members of the safety commission of the CIS Council for Railway Transport paid a visit to their Estonian colleagues and discovered Operail’s Muuga depot.
The 35-member delegation visited the Muuga depot to meet Operail’s modernised C30-M locomotive, Karl*, and to learn more about the locomotive’s construction history. In addition to the locomotive, the safety ...
Yesterday, the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Rene Tammist, member of the Board and finance manager of Operail Paul Priit Lukka and 23 representatives of other state-owned business associations signed an agreement to follow the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in order to emphasise the importance of these principles through setting an example.
It is a ...
Royal Vopak N.V. and Global Ports Investments PLC publicly announced the sale of Vopak E.O.S., the largest independent oil products terminal operator in the Baltic region. Abu Dhabi based Liwathon acquired all shares in the company, which will be renamed Liwathon E.O.S, BC informed Liwathon representative.
The transaction follows Royal Vopak’s announcement in August 2018 that ...
International transport and logistics company Operail earned a net profit of 9.2 million euros last year.
According to the audited annual report for the 2018 financial year, Operail’s exceptionally good results saw an improvement in all major financial indicators in addition to profits. “Compared to the previous year, we increased our 2018 operating income by half and EBITDA almost ...
In addition to launching a Tallinn-Kiev passenger train route through Tartu, the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways is also considering creating a train link between South Estonia and Russia, informed LETA/BNS.
Potential routes include a Tartu-Koidula-Pskov-St. Petersburg link and a Tartu-Koidula-Pskov-Moscow linEstonian Railways development ...
International transport and logistics company Operail carried a record quantity of non-standard freight for clients last year.
Based on Operail statistics, the company drafted 20 per cent more loading schemes for almost e non-standard freight transport last year than in the year before, and moved almost a third more wagons loaded with non-standard freight. “In total, we moved 924 wagons ...
WagonPro, the subsidiary for rolling stock rental operations of the international transport and logistics company Operail, is from now named Operail Leasing.
In June 2018 the state-owned transport and logistics company changed it’s name and identity and now the brand has been changed also for the subsidiary company that operates the rolling stock rental activities. “We feel it ...
On Thursday, the representatives of ports and cruise companies of the Baltic Sea and North Sea meeting in Tallinn handed over to the public and all stakeholders the Green Cruise Port Action Plan 2030, that sets out an overall vision to decouple growth from negative sustainability of the cruise industry.
The Action Plan 2030 was presented during the closing conference of the BSR Interreg ...
Cargoes transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways in January totaled 1.3 mln tons, which is 6.7% more than in the same month the year before, reported LETA/BNS.
Fertilizers, mineral fuels and oil shale were carried on the infrastructure the most, the company said.
"Some of January's planned freight volume was delayed ...
Estonian ports handled 2.8 mln tons of cargoes in January, 1.4% more than during the same month last year, reported LETA/BNS.
Loading of goods rose 8.2% year on year to 2.1 mln tons and unloading decreased 13.9% to 741,300 tons in January, it appears from data provided by Statistics Estonia.
Estonian ports handled 35.9 mln tons of cargoes in the 12 months of 2018, 3% ...
Operail, which yesterday carried out the first trip on the domestic Tartu-Sillamäe-Tartu container line, has set itself the goal of reducing goods traffic on Estonia’s highways and increasing goods transport by rail.
According to Operail, the container line from Tartu to the port of Muuga, which went into operation in summer last year, has reduced traffic volumes on the ...
The first container train arrived in the port of Sillamäe February 13, 2019. Transportation of containers by rail route Tartu- Sillamäe-Tartu was born in cooperation between the railway company Operail and Silsteve.
A new way of transportation makes it easier for the producers in southern Estonia to send their production to the international market.
Multifunctional Terminal Silsteve ...
Estonian ports handled 35.9 mln tons of cargoes in 2018, marking a 3% increase compared to the previous year, while freight shipment by rail increased 2% on year to 27.8 mln tons, Statistics Estonia said.
Loading of goods totaled 24.5 mln tons, accounting for nearly two thirds of ports' trade volume, while freight unloaded totaled 11.4 mln tons. Compared to 2017, the figures increased ...
On Thursday, the representatives of ports and cruise companies of the Baltic Sea and North Sea meeting in Tallinn handed over to the public and all stakeholders the Green Cruise Port Action Plan 2030, that sets out an overall vision to decouple growth from negative sustainability of the cruise industry.
The Action Plan 2030 was presented during the closing conference of the BSR ...
International logistics and transport company Operail has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Ukraine’s largest management company, SCM, and is leasing two modern C30-M locomotives, built at the Tapa depot, to Ukraine.
The agreement, signed on Tuesday, 29 January, is a major milestone for Operail’s rolling stock modernisation and manufacturing business. “The agreement we ...
The state-owned rail cargo operator Operail at the beginning of February is to launch a container train route between the northeastern city of Sillamae and the city of Tartu in South Estonia, informed LETA/BNS.
In August 2018, the company launched the Muuga-Tartu-Muuga container train route. By now, some 15,000 tons of goods have been carried by container train between Muuga and Tartu, most of ...
The number of passengers served by the state-owned Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam hit a record 10.6 mln last year, driven mainly by higher cruise passenger numbers, the port company said.
"During the summer cruise season, cruise ships called in Tallinn on a total of 339 occasions and brought 635,068 passengers here, which is 28 calls and over 70,000 passengers more than in 2017. Cruise ...
In 2018 Q4 5.0 million tonnes of cargo and 2.3 million passengers passed through the harbours of Tallinna Sadam. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased 2.0%, mainly due to liquid bulk. The growth of the number of passengers decreased by 1.0%. The number of ship calls grew by 4.8% to 1841 calls.
In 2018, the annual cargo volume of Tallinna Sadam totaled ...
The Russian manufacturer of fertilizers EuroChem Group AG has started the construction of an ammonia terminal capable of handling a million tons of ammonia per year in the northeastern Estonian city of Sillamae, reported LETA/BNS.
The project has been said to cost 65 mln euros.
Marketing manager of Port of Sillamae Andrei Birov told that the construction works have ...
Freight transported on the infrastructure of the Estonian state-owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways during the first 11 months of this year totaled approximately 12.4 mln tons, 12% more than in the same period in 2017, reported LETA/BNS.
The top categories of cargoes transported on the infrastructure of Estonian Railways were fertilizers, mineral fuels and oil ...
Starting in 2019, ships participating in the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) in working towards reducing air emissions may apply for up to 8 per cent discount on tonnage fees in the harbours of the Port of Tallinn. The new port pricing system involving differentiated port fees is aimed at encouraging shipping companies to adopt environmentally friendlier technologies and thus also contribute to ...
Freight shipment by rail in Estonia amounted to 6.6 mln tons in the third quarter of 2018, 5.8 % more than during the same period in 2017, figures available from Statistics Estonia show LETA/BNS.
Domestic shipments, measuring 4.1 mln tons, decreased by 4.6 %. Transit shipments grew by 32.9 % to 2.1 mln tons. Shipment from abroad grew 11.5% to 352,600 tons and shipments to other countries ...
Estonian ports handled 3.4 mln tons of cargoes in October 2018, 19.5% more than during the same period last year, reported LETA/BNS.
Loading of goods grew 20.2% year on year to 2.2 mln tons and unloading rose 18% to 1.1 mln tons in October, it appears from data provided by Statistics Estonia.
Estonian ports handled 30.2 mln tons of cargoes in the first ten ...
The sales revenue of listed Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam and its subsidiaries rose 19% on year to 38.9 mln euros in the third quarter of 2018, while the company's net profit amounted to 18.1 mln euros , the company told the stock exchange.
Altogether 5.5 mln tons of cargo was carried through the ports of Tallinna Sadam and 3.5 mln passengers were serviced in the third ...
In 2018, Tallinn as a destination welcomed a record number of cruise passengers again. A total of 635 thousand guests from 170 countries chose to explore what our Hanseatic capital has to offer, with every second visitor coming from either Germany or the United States.
The Port of Tallinn is honoured to see that cruise passengers all over the world consider Tallinn as one of their top ...
The operating profits of international transport and logistics company Operail for the first nine months of this year totalled 7.5 million euros. Projections also allow for profits in the coming years.
Where in the same period last year the company saw a loss of almost two million euros, this year Operail’s profits have grown significantly. “A broader view of the rail industry and ...
The listed Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam and Alexela Invest signed a memorandum of understanding for finding the best solutions for the development and implementation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Paldiski and the parties are aiming to reach a contract by the end of 2020, informs LETA/BNS.
The memorandum of understanding was signed for finding the best solutions for ...
Estonian ports handled 3 mln tons of cargoes in September 2018, 16.4% more than during the same period last year, informs LETA/BNS.
Loading of goods grew 25.2% year on year to 2 mln tons and unloading rose 1.8% to 1 mln tons in September, it appears from data provided by Statistics Estonia.
Estonian ports handled 26.8 mln tons of cargoes in the first nine months of 2018, 3.6% ...
The Estonian parliament started handling a bundle of amendments to the Law of Ship Flag and Ship Registers Act, the aim of which is to increase the competitiveness of Estonian shipping and restore a cargo fleet sailing under the Estonian flag, informs LETA/BNS.
The law amendment would create conditions for registering foreign ships to the Estonian register of bareboat chartered ships and ...
In total 5.5 mln tons of cargoes, 27.5% more than a year ago, and 3.5 mln passengers, 2.2% more, passed through the ports of the listed Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam during the third quarter of 2018, cities LETA/BNS.
The number of ship calls was 2,135.
"Such a large increase in liquid bulk volume in comparison of the third quarters is rather exceptional and mainly results from ...
AS Operail presented a modernised C30-M locomotive in Tapa depot, the first locomotive built in Estonia in 86 years.
International railway logistics and transport company Operail introduced a new locomotive, modernised in collaboration with the Czech company CZ Loko. The C30-M is designed for shunting; however, it is equally suitable for freight transport. “When modernising the locomotive, ...
The ports of Tallinn and Helsinki together with the City of Helsinki and the passenger ship operators Tallink, Viking Line and Eckerö Line obtained EUR 21.4 million EU funding within the 2017 CEF Transport Blending Call for proposals for financing their infrastructure investments. The total cost of the planned investments is EUR 71.2 million.
Valdo Kalm, CEO of Port of Tallinn said that ...
Estonian ports handled 23.8 mln tons of cargoes in the first eight months of 2018, 2.2% more than during the same period last year, it appears from data provided by Statistics Estonia, informs LETA/BNS.
Loading of goods grew 3.9% year on year to 16.3 mln tons and unloading declined 1.3% to 7.6 mln tons.
Goods loaded onto ships in August amounted to 1.8 mln tons, 5.6% less than in August 2017. ...
This summer cruise vessels called Saaremaa Harbour nine times bringing 2,974 cruise tourists to Estonia’s biggest island Saaremaa. The season started on June 3 and ended on September 16.
The biggest of the six different vessels that called Saaremaa Harbour this season was 231-meter-long Artania with 1,145 passengers and the smallest was Serenissima with 89 passengers.
Most of the ...
The Port of Tallinn team joined World Cleanup Day and cleaned up the area near Tallinn Old City harbor to prevent trash getting into the sea.
“Through this activity, we, in the Port of Tallinn want to support the world’s biggest civic action and protect the nature,” said Valdo Kalm, the CEO of Port of Tallinn. “During three hours 40 of our employees together with the ...
Freight transported on the infrastructure of the Estonian state-owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways during the first eight months of 2018 totaled slightly over 9.1 mln tons, 14.7% more than in the same period in 2017, informs LETA/BNS.
The top categories of cargoes transported on the infrastructure of Estonian Railways were fertilizers, mineral fuels and oil shale. ...
Baltic railway operators plan to expand their Amber Train intermodal freight train service, which has recently transported its second commercial shipment from Estonia to Lithuania, into Poland and Finland, Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) said on Thursday.
Egidijus Lazauskas, director of the Lithuanian state railway company's Freight Transportation Directorate, said that talks are ...
Since the Russian state-owned railway company has not given its nod to the operation of two transit container trains on the route from Changchun, China to the North Port of Paldiski, Estonia's chief transport official Ahti Kuningas has turned to Russia's Deputy Minister of Transport Sergei Aristov to help solve the matter, the Russian-language news portal of public broadcaster ERR ...
The Estonian state owned transport and logistics company Operail earned an operating profit before tax (EBITDA) of 7.8 million euros and a net profit of 5 mln euros in the first six months of 2018 on the back on higher rental and cargo service income, informed LETA/BNS.
"In the first six months of this year we surpassed the profit indicator for the same period last year and turned the ...
A five-strong delegation from the Riigikogu group for interparliamentary ties between Estonia and China is visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese parliament from August 23 to September 1 of 2018, informs LETA/BNS.
Simultaneously delegations from the parliaments of Latvia and Lithuania will be visiting China.
This is the first time that a visit to China is taking place on the level of ...
Dutch oil and chemical storage company Vopak announced last Friday that for a good price, the company may sell four of its petroleum terminals, one of which is located at the Port of Muuga, northeast of the capital city of Tallinn, according to business daily Äripäev reported ERR.
Vopak announced that it should become clear within the next 6-12 months whether attractive enough offers ...
The sales as well as the volume of cargo handled and the number of passengers served by the listed Estonian port company Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) grew in the second quarter and in the first half-year, while net loss totaled 2.3 mln euros due to the income tax expense on the record high dividend amount.
In the second quarter, the port company's net loss totaled 14.1 mln euros, while the ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in June 2018, the exports of goods increased by 17% and imports by 18% compared to June 2017. The growth in trade was affected the most by increased trade in mineral products. In the first half-year, compared to the same period of the previous year, the exports of goods increased by 10% and imports by 8%.
In June 2018, exports from Estonia amounted to 1.3 bln ...
Estonia’s capital Tallinn was named a Top-Rated Baltic & Scandinavia Cruise Destination in Cruise Critic’s Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards 2018. According to the Cruise Critic’s consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year the top 5 destinations of the Baltic Sea and Scandinavia region are: 1. St. Petersburg; 2. Flam; 3. Tallinn; 4. ...
In 2018 Q2 5.1 million tonnes of cargo and 2.9 million passengers passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. Compared to the same period of previous year the cargo volume increased 2.5% and the number of passengers increased 0.2%. There were 1967 ship calls in 2018 Q2.
In 2018 6 months the cargo volume of Port of Tallinn totaled 10.1 million tons, increasing by 1.4% compared to 6 ...
Freight volumes on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways rose 19.6% on year to 1.1 mln tons in June, while the freight volume of the first six months of 2018 rose 13% to 7.1 mln tons.
Fertilizers, mineral fuels and oil shale was carried on the infrastructure of Estonian Railways the most, the company said. Transit carriage made up two ...
In the first half on 2018, 11.15 mln euros of heavy vehicle road user tax was paid in Estonia and slightly more than 350,000 road user tickets were sold, informed LETA/BNS.
"The amount collected makes up almost 60% of the intake of 19 mln euros planned for this year and we can be satisfied with the result," Siim Vaikmaa, head of the traffic management center of the Road ...
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Thursday met with his Chinese colleague Li Keqiang, with whom he discussed how a railway corridor from North-East China to Estonia would revitalize trade of goods and expand access to markets for both countries, reports LETA/BNS.
According to Ratas, the economic cooperation between Estonia and China has gained momentum and ...
WagonPro, the subsidiary of the state-owned transport and logistics company Operail, has acquired over 160 new conflats designed for transporting timber. The conflats will be rented out.
“Last year, we rented out 1,500 wagons, which is a 70 per cent increase compared to two years ago. This year, demand in the wagon rental market continues to increase, and we will continue intensive ...
On 28 June 2018 Port of Tallinn (hereafter “TallinnaSadam”) signed a cooperation agreement and a building title agreement with MPG AgroProduction OÜ (hereafter “MPG”) for the development of an oilseeds processing and logistics complex at Muuga Harbour. The agreements were signed for a term of 99 years. According to the agreements, MPG will construct a plant for ...
The state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (AS Eesti Raudtee) on June 29th signed an approximately 16.5 million euro contract with Mipro Oy for the modernization of the traffic control system of the western part of Harju County, informs LETA/BNS.
The modernization work of the West-Harju project include the Tallinn-Keila-Paldiski, Klooga-Kloogaranna and ...
From 22 June, the new business name of the state-owned transport and logistics company EVR Cargo is Operail. The change of the name and visual identity was driven by the need to better reflect the nature of an international market-oriented logistics and transport company.
“Freight transport was an essential part of EVR Cargo’s identity, but has not been our only business direction ...
Port of Tallinn signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Tallinn for development of the Old City Harbour area according to “Masterplan 2030”.
Port of Tallinn and the Urban Planning Department of the City of Tallinn signed a memorandum of understanding (hereinafter “MoU”), declaring mutual interest of the parties in developing Old City Harbour area into a ...
The national railway companies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed an agreement today to start a regular intermodal transport line linking the Baltic states. The line, called the ‘Amber Train’, will deliver goods to the Baltic States from Western Europe more quickly, more economically and in a more environmentally friendly manner.
Pictures from the event: ...
On May 24th, the Responsible Business Forum in Estonia acknowledged 10th year in a row those companies that take into account the wider impact of their business activities. Among 70 companies that won the recognition, Port of Tallinn was given the silver quality label based on the Estonian Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) Index 2018 questionnaire.
Port of Tallinn ...
The group’s earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation & amortisation (EBITDA) in the 2017 financial year totalled 5.5 million euros, while the losses amounted to about 1.1 million euros, which is almost one million euros less than predicted. In the first four months of 2018 the net profit earned was about 2 million euros.
The predicted loss for the 2017 financial year was over 2 ...
The Estonian state owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo earned a net profit of two million euros in the first four months of 2018, compared with a loss of 1.1 million euros posted for the full-year 2017, informs LETA/BNS.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) in 2017 totaled 5.5 million euros and loss amounted to 1.1 million euros, almost one million euros ...
In the first four months of 2018 altogether 4.8 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee), which is 7.8% more than the year before, reports LETA/BNS.
Fertilizers, mineral fuels and oil shale were carried on the infrastructure the most, the company said. "I am glad that Estonia's ...
On Wednesday, 9 May, the Smart Port system featuring automatic license plate identification and traffic management will be launched for cars and buses in Terminal D of the Port of Tallinn. The check-in area for Tallink passengers with cars with its newly built access gates will from then on be situated in a new location, in the part of the port closer to Kadriorg.
The vehicle ...
In the first quarter of 2018, 5.01 million tons of cargo and 1.92 million passengers passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. The cargo volume increased by 0.3% and passenger number by 0.2% compared to the same period last year. The total revenue of Port of Tallinn group was EUR 29.4 million and profit EUR 11.8 million.
According to Port of Tallinn’s CEO Valdo Kalm the ...
Cruise season in Tallinn started on April 26 when this year’s first cruise vessel Viking Sea called the Old City Harbour. The cruise season lasts until October 20 and brings with 341 cruise ship calls altogether more than 565,000 cruise tourists to the beautiful Estonian capital.
According to Port of Tallinn’s Commercial Officer Margus Vihman, the number of this year’s cruise ...
In cooperation with the national railway companies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, EVR Cargo is launching a new regular container transport line on the route Šeštokai-Rīga-Tallinn. The line, called the ‘Amber Train’, will deliver goods reaching the Baltic States from Western Europe more quickly, more economically and in a more environmentally friendly ...
In the first quarter 2018, nearly 3.8 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee), which is 8.4% more than the year before, reports LETA/BNS.
"We are extremely glad that the first quarter was so positive on the infrastructure of Estonian Railways. We are actively marketing Estonia as a ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in February 2018, the exports of goods increased by 15% and imports by 13% compared to February 2017. There was significant growth in exports to non-EU countries, mineral products (fuels and fuel additives) were exported the most.
In February 2018, exports from Estonia amounted to 1.1 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.2 billion euros. The trade ...
In the first quarter of 2018, 5.01 million tons of cargo and 1.92 million passengers passed through the harbours of Port of Tallinn. The cargo volume increased by 0.3 % and passenger number by 0.2 % compared to the same period last year.
According to Port of Tallinn’s CEO Valdo Kalm the comparison of the results of the first quarter shows a positive sign in cargo volume in a long time. ...
AHL Logistics, a logistics company owned by Finnish capital, has bought a former galvanization plant and warehouse at Muuga Port from the international steel producer Arcelomittal for 5 million euros, reports LETA/BNS.
AHL is planning to use the 30,000 square meter building for storing different bulk and general goods, and will also start loading and unloading ships at the commercial ...
According to initial information, a total of 342 cruise ship visits are expected to bring approximately 565,000 cruise passengers to the capital of Estonia in the upcoming cruise season, reports LETA/BNS.
"In any case it will be a record year in terms of visits. There will be quite a significant amount of those days where five or six cruise ships per day will come," Sirle Arro, head of ...
In 2017, the number of international traffic passengers served by Estonian ports increased by 3%, the number of national traffic passengers by 7% and the freight volume of ports in tons by 3%.
Last year a record number of passengers used the services of Estonian ports. In 2017, nearly 10.9 million passengers visited Estonian ports by international transport, which is 3% more than in 2016. The ...
EVR Cargo’s subsidiary WagonPro, which operates with renting wagons, is going to rent 62 recently received container platforms to the company MTF Logistics, which is the Estonian logistic partner of the Mitsubishi Corporation. By taking the new wagons into use, the volumes of containers being carried along Estonian railways will increase almost by three times.
“The wagons rented for ...
The state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways this year is to start the reconstruction of the Tapa-Narva railway line, which will create preconditions for increasing the speeds of passenger and cargo trains, and the overhaul of approximately 54 kilometers will be funded from the European Union Cohesion Fund in the amount of 15 million euros, reports LETA/BNS.
"The ...
Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian railway companies have agreed on organization of Amber Train, an intermodal container train, on Sestokai-Riga-Tallinn route, Latvian railway company Latvijas Dzelzcels reported LETA.
The agreement was made during a meeting held in Riga on March 12.
Latvijas Dzelzcels and its subsidiaries LDz Cargo and LDz Logistika, Lithuanian railway ...
Valdo Kalm, CEO of the state-owned port company Port of Tallinn (AS Tallinna Sadam), said that it is possible that the construction of a terminal servicing cruise passengers will also be started in the framework of the development work of the Old Harbor at the end of this year and that the estimated cost of the construction is a couple of million euros, reports LETA/BNS.
The Port of Tallinn this ...
Cargoes transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways in January 2018 totaled approximately 1.4 million tons, 7.9% more than in the same month last year, informs LETA/BNS.
"The year started on a positive note for AS Estonian Railways," Monika Kaljusaar, the company's head of communications, told BNS.
Passenger carriage ...
During 2017, 27.3 million tons of freight was transported by rail in Estonia and 34.8 million tons of freight was transported via Estonian ports, Statistics Estonia said on Tuesday, cites LETA/BNS.
Both figures were higher than in 2016.
Statistics Estonia said that where in the past decade freight transportation by rail has been on a continuous decline, in 2017 an increase of 8 percent year ...
The state owned port company Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) has announced a public tender for the expansion of its D terminal by approximately 7,000 square meters, the estimated cost of the construction is approximately 15 million euros, informs LETA/BNS.
"During the planned expansion work, terminal rooms and facades with a new functionality and architectural concept will be built, modern ...
In Tallinn's Old City Harbour the Smart Port system is in use for the passengers traveling by car on Viking Line, Eckerö Line and Moby SPL ferries. This means that thanks to the automatic license plate recognition the barriers in port will open automatically and the smart displays will guide the driver to the ship.
On the A-terminal side of the port the Smart Port ...
The state-owned port company AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) has put on sale the assets and structures of the Muuga coal terminal for up to 3.3 million euros with the plan of clearing out the quayside and having it make money, informs LETA/BNS.
The Port of Tallinn in December 2017 announced a tender to sell the right of superficies of the coal terminal at Muuga Port with a starting ...
Cargoes transported on the infrastructure of the state owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways in 2017 totaled 12.4 million tons, which is 1% less than the year before, while cargo volume in December rose 14.7% to 1.3 million tons, writes LETA/BNS.
"I am glad to note that the cargo volumes of Estonian Railways remained virtually at the same level compared to the ...
A total of 10.56 million passengers passed through the ports of the state-owned Estonian port company Port of Tallinn (AS Tallinna Sadam) in 2017, which is the highest ever number of passengers serviced over the course of a year and was also 4% higher than in 2016, cites LETA/BNS.
The numbers of cruise passengers and passengers on the Swedish route also hit a record high, Port of Tallinn ...
According to Statistics Estonia, cargo carriage on the railway decreased 2.6% on year to approximately 2.5 million tons in November 2017, cites LETA/BNS.
Cargo carriage increased by approximately 3% compared to October 2017.
In the first 11 months of this year altogether 24.7 million tons of cargo was carried on the railway, 8% more than in the same period last year.
Freight turnover ...
An agreement on cooperation in transport was signed between Estonia and Russia at Muuga harbor near Tallinn on December 19th, informs Interfax/BNS/LETA.
The cooperation protocol was signed by Ahti Kuningas, deputy secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Transport and Communications responsible for transport, and Russian deputy minister of transport Sergei Aristov.
The protocol deals ...
Estonia and Russia on Tuesday signed an agreement on cooperation in transport in which they expressed a wish to increase the speed of the Tallinn-Moscow passenger train that travels through St. Petersburg crossing the border, informs LETA/BNS.
The accord was signed by Ahti Kuningas, deputy secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Transport and Communications responsible for transport, and ...
Cargoes transported on the infrastructure of the state owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways in the first 11 months of 2017 totaled 11.1 million tons, 2.6% less than during the same period last year, cites LETA/BNS.
Cargoes transported in November totaled 1.2 million tons, 9% more than in November 2016, the company said on Tuesday.
Train passengers in the 11 months ...
The state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) said that due to the great demand of Russian tourists the number of railcars on Russian routes is to double and departures will be added during the Christmas period, informs LETA/BNS.
The interest of Russian tourists in visiting Tallinn is continuing to grow. Additional railcars and departures for the ...
Port of Tallinn won the Green Port/Terminal of the Year Award by the DPC Innovation Awards 2017. The award spotlights a port or terminal that has demonstrated an active and innovative response to the preservation and promotion of wildlife, reduction in air emissions, water quality, treatment of soils/sediments, community engagement and sustainability.Port of Tallinn won the award for ...
At a meeting on Monday with Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas highlighted Estonia's railway connections and possibilities to function as a regional e-commerce distribution center, reports LETA/BNS.
"I can clearly see a win-win here. Transit would grow in Estonia and a new road to the Nordic market would be opened for ...
Port of Tallinn has been shortlisted for the Green Port/Terminals of the Year Award by the DPC Innovation Awards 2017. The award spotlights a port or terminal that has demonstrated an active and innovative response to the preservation and promotion of wildlife, reduction in air emissions, water quality, treatment of soils/sediments, community engagement and sustainability.
Port of Tallinn ...
Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kadri Simson said that Estonia should be in the leader position when it comes to the digitalization of the transport sector in Europe, informs LETA/BNS.
"The digitalization of different processes and services will bring a change to transport and Estonia could once again have a leading role in it," Simson said at a conference on ...
A total of 817,500 passengers passed through the ports of the state-owned port company AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn), which is 1.5 percent more than in the same month in 2016, while in the first 10 months of the year the number of passengers exceeded 9 million, informs LETA/BNS.
Of the passengers, 503,400 or 62 percent were carried by Tallink, 172,600 or 21 percent by Viking Line and ...
During the cruise season of 2017 cruise vessels called Tallinn 311 times and brought a record-breaking number of 561,556 cruise passengers to Tallinn. Saaremaa Harbour had 5 cruise ship calls with a total of 1,505 passengers.
On October 30th, Port of Tallinn together with clients and partners of the Estonian cruise industry gathered at Estonia’s newly opened Film Museum to sum up this ...
Speaking at the 4th Eastern Partnership Business Forum held in Tallinn on October 27th, chairman of the management board of Enterprise Estonia (EAS) Alo Ivask called for Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Moldovan, Ukrainian and Belarusian entrepreneurs to enter the European Union market through Estonia, writes LETA/BNS.
Ivask said that Estonia as a member of the European Union and carrier of ...
The Estonian state owned rail cargo operator AS EVR Cargo is set to hand over to the Finnish lessee the last of the container platforms by the end of October 2017, informs LETA/BNS.
When it comes to the open wagons, they will be rented to a Lithuanian company after an additional technical inspection.
"We have taken delivery of all the 300 platforms and they are being entered into the register ...
A total of 311 cruise ships called in the Estonian capital Tallinn during the 2017 cruise season, bringing more than 564,000 passengers here, reports LETA/BNS.
The last cruise ship visit of the season was a call by the ship Aidavita on Monday, which brought 1,374 passengers to the capital of Estonia, the state owned port company Port of Tallinn said.
The number of cruise ship calls during the ...
The Estonian state-owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo is in negotiations with the operator of the port of Trieste along the Adriatic Sea in Italy and the company is to also develop a North-South route to Odessa along the Black Sea, informs LETA/BNS.
"Last week meetings were held with one of the large operators of the port of Trieste and a follow-up meeting is likely to take place in Estonia ...
The 12th China (Shenzhen) International Logistics and Transportation Fair (CILF2017 in short), held by Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, co-organized by Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality and Shenzhen Logistics and Supply Chain Management Association, was successfully held on Oct. 12-14, 2017 in Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center. Since its debut in 2006, the CILF has ...
East-west trade flows have been stable in recent years while trade with Central Asia has grown, yet the capacities of ports and railroads in eastern Europe continue to be bigger than freight flows, logistics and transport executives said at a conference in Tallinn on September 28th, cites LETA/BNS.
"Yes, we have more capacities on the market than freight flows. The situation is especially ...
Altogether eight million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways in the first eight months of 2017, 5.9% less than in the same period last year, informs LETA/BNS.
In August 2017, 861,000 tons of goods was transported using the Estonian Railways infrastructure, 14.5% less than in August 2016, spokespeople ...
The Port of Tallinn is planning to initiate construction work of terminal D of the passenger port in 2018 and the public tender for the construction is to be announced at the end of this year, informs LETA/BNS.
"The plan at present is that the project is to be finished by the end of the year and construction will start next year. There are both our investments as well as co-financing from the ...
Port of Tallinn is delighted to invite you to the Baltic Sea Ports & Shipping 2017 exhibition and conference from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 September held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Olümpia, Tallinn, Estonia.
This two-day conference will feature 35 world class conference speakers addressing issues, challenges, solutions and innovations in port operations, shipping, supply chain ...
Future mobility, technologies, customers' needs, sustainability, innovation and operational viability are the main topics discussed today by Baiba Rubesa, CEO and Chairperson of the Management Board of the joint venture RB RAIL AS, Mark Pettman, Innovation Manager of Virgin Trains East Coast and Dr. Alan James, VP Global Business Development of Hyperloop One within the panel discussion ...
Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kadri Simson on August 16th visited the port of Muuga where she inspected the port's infrastructure and said that the port is a suitable location for the multimodal cargo terminal, which is to be one end of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway route, informs LETA/BNS.
"Good access both from sea and by rail is what is speaking in favor of ...
Altogether 7.1 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) in the first seven months of 2017, 4.7% less than in the same period last year, while carriage in July grew 7.5% on year to 856,000 tons, reports LETA/BNS.
"The positive trend of the past few months lets us expect that the ...
The Estonian state-owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo hopes to join the North–South Transport Corridor which connects the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Persia, and the company plans to send the first test train out in September 2017, informs LETA/BNS.
"We basically have concords and would like to send out the first test train in September," CEO of EVR Cargo Raul Toomsalu told BNS, adding ...
Altogether 6.3 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways in the first six months of 2017, 6.2% less than in the same period last year, cites LETA/BNS.
In June, the company carried 880,000 tons of goods, spokespeople for Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) said.
Fertilizers were the leading category ...
Estonia's state-owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo has received 30 new container platforms out of the 300 platforms and 200 gondola cars, which the company is planning to rent out on the Russian market, informs LETA/BNS,
The company is to invest up to 35 million euros in the cars, the daily Postimees writes.
A total of 30 new platforms belonging to the company were completed in Russia last ...
The operating profit of the Estonian state owned port company Port of Tallinn in the first six months of 2017 was 40.4 million euros, 7% bigger than in the same period in 2016, informs LETA/BNS.
Freight handled by the ports of Port of Tallinn declined seven% on year to 9.9 million tons while passenger numbers climbed four% to 4.82 million.
Revenues of the group rose primarily as a result of ...
A trial paperless logistical platform has been showcased at Muuga Harbour. This solution enables monitoring in real time of loading, customs processing and pre-shipment of export containers. This globally unique system substantially reduces paper consumption and bureaucracy while accelerating all the processes.Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Management Board of Port of Tallinn, explained that the new ...
Baltic Sea is one of the busiest seas in the world with a very high frequency of maritime traffic – via regular ferry lines alone, a total of 12 million passengers yearly travel onboard ships between the capitals of Sweden, Finland and Estonia. The Baltic Sea is an important route for maritime trade to 10 different surrounding countries, and the number and size of ships sailing in the ...
The owner of Port of Tallinn the Government of the Republic of Estonia has decided to proceed with listing up to 30 percent of company’s shares on the Estonian stock market. The public listing of Port of Tallinn was agreed upon in the government’s coalition agreement.At a last week’s meeting of Port of Tallinn’s supervisory board, the board gave its nod of approval to the ...
Within the scope of the Old City Harbour development, Port of Tallinn is planning the construction of a new terminal for cruise tourists, which is to be designed with the principles of sustainability and smart solutions in mind and to transform the area that has so far been primarily meant for cruise tourists into a holistic and attractive urban space.
According to Valdo Kalm, chairman ...
Erik Laidvee, former CEO of the Estonian transit company Transiidikeskus, is to start work as CEO of the state-owned railway operator AS Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) on Monday, informed LETA/BNS.
Laidvee has studied to be a deck officer and has a degree in economics from the Tallinn University of Technology. This combination has created a strong basis for working as a manager in transit ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2016, the number of passengers served by Estonian transport enterprises decreased by 3% and the freight volume in tonnes decreased by 1% compared to the previous year. The number of passengers increased in sea and rail transport, but decreased in road and air transport. Carriage of goods increased in road transport, but decreased in rail transport.
In 2016, ...
Citing the need to improve Estonia's competitiveness internationally, transport and logistics sector associations have issued a call for the government to lower the fuel excise duty to the same level with Latvia, informed LETA/BNS.
According to the interest groups, lowering the fuel excise duty would reduce the peripherization of Estonia, help prevent a demise of the haulage sector and prevent ...
Port of Tallinn and other Estonian logistic companies will participate in the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management in Germany. The fair Transport Logistic is a 4 day event being held from 9th May to the 12th May 2017 at the Messe Munchen in Munich.
Estonian logistic companies such as Port of Tallinn, Esteve, CFS, Alekon, EVR Cargo, ...
Port of Tallinn together with other Estonian major logistics companies participated in Russia’s biggest trade fair for transport, transit and logistics. Every year, the fair attracts leading professionals from the entire region of Russia, the CIS and the Baltic States.
This year, 14 Estonian companies took part in the fair, including Port of Tallinn, Estonian Railways, Transiidikeskuse AS, ...
TransRussia takes place from April 18 to 20 at the Moscow Exhibition Center Crocus Expo. The only Estonian stand will be represented by the leading companies of the country's transport industry:
Port of Tallinn, Port of Sillamäe, Paldiski Northern Port, the main railway and port operators - Estonian Railways, EVR Cargo, Transiidikeskuse, as well as companies providing transport and ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in February 2017, the exports of goods increased by 6% and imports by 1% compared February 2016. In February, the exports of goods of Estonian origin grew 9%, while re-exports stayed at the same level as one year ago.
In February 2017, exports from Estonia amounted to 1 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.1 billion euros at current ...
The Estonian state owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo is planning to set up a subsidiary in Russia to be able to rent out railcars on the Russian market on more favorable terms, reported LETA/BNS.
For EVR Cargo it becomes necessary to establish a subsidiary in Russia if it wishes to rent out railcars in Russia, in order to avoid double taxation, EVR Cargo manager Raul Toomsalu said at a meeting ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2016, the number of international traffic passengers served by Estonian ports increased by 4%, but the freight volume of ports in tonnes decreased by 4% compared to the previous year.
Last year, the year of marine culture, a record number of passengers used Estonian ports. In 2016, 10.5 mln passengers visited Estonian ports by international transport, which is ...
Waterways charges in Estonia are way too high and Port of Tallinn is about to come up with its proposals for lowering them soon, the company's CEO Valdo Kalm said LETA/BNS on Friday.
"Competition has become very intense, also between ports. We are keeping a close eye on port fees," Kalm said in his remarks at the Maritime Conference in Tallinn. "One component that is very important is waterways ...
Altogether 2.3 mln tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) in the first two months of 2017 or 14.3% less than in the same period a year ago, and 56% less shipments of oil and oil products were recorded during the period, reports LETA/BNS.
In February freight carriage totaled 1.04 mln tons, ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2016, the exports and imports of goods increased by 3% each compared to 2015. The last time trade grew in comparison of years was in 2012.
In 2016, exports of goods from Estonia amounted to 11.9 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 13.5 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit in 2016 was 1.6 billion euros, the deficit increased by ...
Cargoes handled at ports of the state-owned Estonian company Port of Tallinn during January dropped 38.7% y-o-y to 1.4 mln tons.
"The decline in freight volumes in January is attributable first and foremost to a bigger reduction in liquid cargoes compared with January of last year. In January 2016 the volume of liquid cargoes was relatively big compared with other months. The decline in liquid ...
Port of Sillamäe is evolving from the liquid cargo port into a multifunctional universal port. If the proportion of dry goods in the cargo turnover of the port was only 5% 7 years ago, then in 2016 the share of such goods has already reached almost 30%.
In 2016 there were built 4 new indoor warehouses for dry cargoes with a total area of 16 000 m2. Total area of indoor ...
The state-owned Estonian port company Port of Tallinn saw its revenue grow 11% to 110.9 mln euros and profit soar 22.5% to 49.5 mln euros last year.
Revenues of the Port of Tallinn group grew in 2016 above all thanks to the addition of ferry traffic as a new service and record-setting international passenger carriage results, chairman of the supervisory board Aare Tark said. Despite a very ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in November 2016, the exports of goods increased by 6% and imports by 7% compared to November 2015. The rise in exports was influenced the most by an increase in the exportation of wood and articles of wood and mechanical appliances and the rise in imports by an increase in the importation of base metals and articles of base ...
The year 2016 will go down in Port of Tallinn’s history with yet another record with port’s annual passenger number exceeding the magical 10 million. On Tuesday, 27th of December, Port of Tallinn’s 10 millionth passenger Kairit Pootsmann arrived on board of Eckerö Line’s ferry Finlandia. Kairit spent Christmas in Finland and came to Estonia to prolong her ...
The state owned company Port of Tallinn has completed Phase One of the Twin Port joint infrastructure development project of the ports of Helsinki and Tallinn, reports LETA/BNS.
85% of the works planned under Twin Port 1 were performed by the end of the financing period.
"The aim of the Twin Port project for Port of Tallinn was to increase the throughput capacity and effectiveness of the ...
Port of Tallinn’s vision is to become the most innovative port on the shores of the Baltic Sea by offering its customers the best environment and development opportunities.Company’s strategy focuses on four main fields of activity: cargo and activities related to cargo handling, passengers and activities related to servicing them, real estate development and shipping.
According to ...
Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Kadri Simson has started preparations for listing the state owned port company Port of Tallinn, which is expected to happen in 2018, reports LETA/BNS.
"I've already met with the managers of Port of Tallinn, talked over what needs to be done to take minority shares in Port of Tallinn to the stock exchange and agreed further meetings for ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2016, the exports of goods increased by 2% and imports by 3% compared to October of the previous year. Compared to October 2015, the exports of goods of Estonian origin increased by 3% and re-exports, i.e. the exportation of goods imported from a foreign country, stayed at the same level.
In October, exports from Estonia ...
Ports of the Estonian state-owned company Port of Tallinn handled 1.48 mln tons of goods and commodities in November, which marks a year-on-year decrease of 5.6% writes LETA.
The decline in cargo handling volumes in November was mainly a result of the decreased liquid cargoes handled by the Muuga port, while other cargo groups increased. The volumes of containers and rolling stock increased by ...
On November 19th the container vessel Jonni Ritscher started its journey from the Port of Sillamäe to the Port of Rotterdam, thus setting the begining of regular container vessel calls to the Port of Sillamäe. The vessel is operated by the world’s largest overseas cargo and freight carrier Maersk Line, while handling operations in the Port of Sillamäe are performed by the ...
On Monday, Port of Tallinn announced a design contest for the Old City Harbour development Master Plan in order to find a long-term comprehensive solution that will become the basis for real estate developments in the harbour area and the connection of the urban and public space with the harbour’s functions.
“Within the design contest, we are expecting architectural firms ...
Altogether 10.3 mln tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) in the first 10 months of 2016 or 19.6 % less than in the same period a year ago, reports LETA/BNS.
In October freight carriage totaled 920,000 tons, told Estonian Railways spokesperson Liina Hallik. The biggest freight group was ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in September 2016, the exports of goods increased by 13% and imports by 2% compared to September of the previous year. In the third quarter as a whole exports grew 7%.
In September, exports from Estonia amounted to 1.1 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.2 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit was 62 million euros (in ...
At the contest of the Best Estonian Enterprises 2016 in October 13 were announced the winners. The engineering company Hekotek AS was named as a Enterprise of the Year,. The port of Sillamäe received the reward of the Most Competitive Transportation and Logistic Enterprise 2016.
Competition of the best enterprises organized the Estonian Employers’ Confederation, the Estonian Chamber ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in August 2016, the exports of goods increased by 12% and imports by 8% compared to August of the previous year. Export growth was faster than import growth and reduced the trade deficit, which was at the lowest level of this year.
In August, exports from Estonia amounted to 1 bln euros and imports to Estonia to 1.1 bln euros at current prices. The trade ...
Ports of the Estonian state-owned company Port of Tallinn handled 1.7 mln tons of goods and commodities in September, which marks a year-on-year decrease of 5 %, and nine-month freight flows were 7.9% smaller than a year earlier, totaling 15.7 mln tons, writes LETA/BNS.
The decline in cargo handling volumes in September was mainly a result of the decreased liquid cargoes handled by the Muuga ...
Today, October 4th, Almata, Kazakhstan, the 20th Jubilee International Exhibition “Transport and Logistics” starts its work.
Among the exhibitors of TransitKazakhstan are over 100 companies from Belarus, Germany, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Finland and Estonia which will offer to specialists the services on transportation, warehousing, ...
Estonian private and public sector transit firms have pooled resources and posted a representative to the Estonian embassy in Kazakhstan for one year for which the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and Enterprise Estonia did not find money, the daily Eesti Paevaleht says.
The owner of Alexela, Heiti Haal, does not pin too many or concrete expectations on the project but says that ...
The Estonian government is losing 357 mln euros annually as a result of the fall in transit volumes from their peak levels ten yars ago, while overall the slump in transit is depriving the Estonian economy of 510 mln euros every year, estimates by the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association indicate, reports LETA/BNS.
The total amount of freight shipped through Estonia is estimated to drop ...
Estonia’s capital Tallinn was named a Top-Rated Baltic & Scandinavia Cruise Destination in Cruise Critic’s first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. According to the Cruise Critic’s consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year the top 5 destinations of the Baltic Sea region are: 1. St. Petersburg; 2. Tallinn; 3. Stockholm; 4. Oslo; ...
The Baltic Ports Conference 2016, which took place on the 8-9th September 2016 in Helsinki, Finland, saw the Baltic Ports Organization’s (BPO) General Assembly choose its Board Members for the electoral period of 2016-2018. Port of Tallinn’s Chairman of the Management Board Valdo Kalm was also elected to BPO’s Management Board.
The Management Board of BPO, which currently ...
Russia will halt export of oil products via Baltic ports by 2018, Russian oil pipeline company Transneft President Nikolay Tokarev said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, reports LETA according to Interfax information.
"If about 9 mln tons of oil products were transhipped there [via the Baltic countries] last year, then this year - about 5 mln tons. By 2018, in ...
On September 9th, Port of Tallinn, Port of Helsinki, Ports of Stockholm and Port of Turku signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), where they set a common approach for the new on-shore power supply for vessels. The aim is to actively contribute to reducing negative effects on the environment.
Port of Tallinn, Port of Helsinki, Ports of Stockholm and Port of Turku signed Collaboration ...
Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kristen Michal on Friday appointed new members to supervisory boards of three state-owned companies and the former head of the Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) oil shale company, Priit Rohumaa, was named as chairman of the supervisory board of the Estonian railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) in place of the present ...
Altogether 7.5 mln tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) in the first seven months of 2016 or 22.9% less than in the same period a year ago. In July freight carriage totaled 779,000 tons, Estonian Railways spokesperson Liina Hallik told LETA/BNS.
In July freight carriage totaled ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in June 2016, the exports and imports of goods both decreased by 2% compared to June of the previous year. The decrease in trade was mostly influenced by a significant drop in the exports and imports of mineral products.
In June, exports from Estonia amounted to 1 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.1 billion euros at current ...
On 19th July, the Chinese Ambassador to Estonia, H.E. Mr. Qu Zhe paid a visit to Sillamae.
The Ambassador had a meeting with the Mayor of Sillamäe Mr. Tõnis Kalberg, who briefly introduced the history and development of the city. Ambassador Qu updated the Mayor with the latest development of China-Estonia relations as well as cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in May 2016, the exports of goods increased by 4% and imports by 11% compared to May of the previous year. The imports of goods increased more than the exports of goods, resulting in an increase in the trade deficit.
In May, exports from Estonia amounted to 1.0 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.2 billion euros at current prices. The ...
According to TS Laevad, the subsidiary of the state-owned Port of Tallinn that is to take over operation of ferry traffic between Estonia's large western islands and the mainland in the fall, the two new ferries bought from the Sefine shipyard in Turkey will start operating on the route by the deadline of Oct. 1.CEO of TS Laevad, Kaido Padar, told LETA/BNS that there is no reason to panic and it ...
The overall throughput inthe JOINT PORT of TALLINN in January-May of 2016 was 8,79 mln tn, i.e., less by 15,5% or by 1 611,2 thou. tn comparing with the corresponding period in 2015.
Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on cargo handling results in January -May of 2016 were as follows:
oil products – 4,55 mln tn were handled, -30,1% or -1 960,9 thou. tn y-o-y;
Ro-Ro ...
Ten years ago today on June 16th 2006 Saaremaa Harbour was festively opened by the Küdema Bay on Estonia’s biggest island Saaremaa.
Saaremaa Harbour was planned and built for servicing cruise ships, which makes it unique in the entire region. The harbour located in Ninase village by the Küdema Bay is the youngest member in the Port of Tallinn harbour ...
On June 14, several entrepreneurs gathered in Muuga Harbour to listen to the presentation of NGO Rail Baltic Business Network and discuss further developments of the railway project. Business opportunities regarding the intended Rail Baltic cargo terminal to Muuga were also discussed.
Speakers also included Port of Tallinn’s Chairman of the Management Board Valdo Kalm and Baiba ...
Altogether 938,758 passengers passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in May 2016, 5.1% more than in May 2015 and the biggest number for any other month of May so far, informs LETA/BNS.
As usual, the number of passengers was the biggest on the Tallinn-Helsinki route, 759,574. Passengers traveling between Tallinn and Stockholm numbered 87,851 and passengers on the ...
Altogether 1.7 million tons of goods passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in May, 17.4% less than in the same month last year, informs BNS/LETA.
While freight volumes declined, the number of passengers who passed through the ports during the month increased by 5% on year to 938,000. Passengers in the five months from January to May numbered 3.5 million, 6% more than ...
The Estonian state owned rail cargo operator EVR Cargo finished the year 2015 with a loss of 1.8 million euros as a result of reduced cargo volumes, compared with a profit of 2.15 million euros earned in 2014, informs LETA/BNS.
Revenue of EVR Cargo dropped 12.6% year over year to 64.6 million euros. Cargoes handled by the company during the year totaled 11.6 million tons, which is 26.6% less ...
Terminals of the Estonian transit operator Transiidikeskuse AS handled 1.1 million tons of goods and commodities in the first five months of the year 2016, 2.8% more than during the same period a year ago, reports LETA/BNS.
The general goods terminal of Transiidikeskuse AS handled 241,113 tons of piece goods and bulk goods during the five months, 37.9% more than in the same period in 2015, ...
Consolidation of the enterprises would allow to sell the Estonian goods transport corridor in a more competitive manner, the ministry says in comments added to its proposal. It would also allow to operate companies in a more cost-effective manner and to exercise better control. Bringing the enterprises under a single holding company would allow to attract borrowed capital on more favorable terms ...
Port of Tallinn, together with CLIA (Cruise Line International Association), organised an environmental seminar on 23rd of May 2016 on board the cruise ship AIDAmar. The main focus was on waste and wastewater management for cruise ships.
The wastewater regulations for ships will become stricter, and from 2021 cruise ships have two options: either to discharge their wastewater in the harbour or ...
Estonian Finance Minister Sven Sester, who was on a visit in Kazakhstani capital city Astana, said that Estonia could be a potential logistics partner for Kazakhstan in transporting goods from China to the Scandinavia, informs LETA/BNS.
"At a meeting [with the head of the Kazakhstan national railway company] we recognized that we have many similar interests which would be realized in the ...
Two cruise ships that berthed in Tallinn on May 6th were to bring altogether up to 6,400 visitors to spend a day in the Estonian capital, it appears from data available from Port of Tallinn, cites LETA/BNS.
The first of the two large ships, Regal Princess, berthed in Tallinn at 7:30 a.m. and is scheduled to leave at 5 p.m. Having a capacity of 3,600 passengers, the ship belonging to Princess ...
Estonian port company AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) is looking for ways to make use of the Muuga coal terminal, which has been out of use for four years and is in talks to store cargo there, informs LETA/BNS.
Although the price of coal is low like other raw materials, the port company is looking for was to restart the coal terminal, chief of communications of the port Sirle Arro told ...
The Sefine shipyard in Turkey has launched the fourth of the new ferries under construction for TS Laevad, a subsidiary of the Estonian state-owned company Port of Tallinn that will take over operation of the routes connecting Estonia's big western islands with the mainland in the fall 2016, informs LETA/BNS.
The launch of the vessel on Friday took nearly 20 hours.
TS Laevad CEO Kaido Padar ...
Six Estonian state-owned companies of the transport and infrastructure sector are to be merged into a consortium, if the government approves a plan at the end of this month for a reform of state-owned companies drawn up by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Postimees said.
The six companies are the railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways), the ...
Altogether 3.9 million tons of freight was transported on the infrastructure of the state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) in the first quarter of 2016, 16.4% less than in the same three-month period in 2015, informs LETA/BNS.
Of oil and oil products 1.94 million tons was shipped in the three months, 24.6% less than in the first quarter of 2015. ...
"We agreed to organize in the near future an expert-level meeting to discuss ensuring of the security of ship travel and exchanges of passenger information," secretary general of the Estonian Interior Ministry Lauri Lugna told BNS after meeting with his Finnish colleague on Friday.
"The aim is to increase the aspect of security without making concessions on the speed and ...
The Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has tabled a new methodology for determining railway infrastructure charges that would eliminate the maximum and minimum rates of the fee and allow to impose different charges by commodity group from mid-December 2017, informs LETA/BNS.
"In recent years east-west freight shipments have decreased substantially. This is first and ...
To improve the competitiveness of the transit sector, navigation charges and railway infrastructure charges should be at least halved in Estonia, the transit company Transiidikeskus AS said on April 13th, cites LETA/BNS.
"Our proposal is to quickly discuss the situation of the whole transit sector and to reduce navigation and rail infrastructure charges by at least 50%. Each month delayed ...
The drop in rail transit traffic between Estonia and Russia that has been a reality since the end of March is drastic and unexpected, requiring the Estonian transit sector to slim down its business, Estonian Railways CEO Sulev Loo says, cites LETA/BNS.
"The number of train pairs has halved. The reason is economic - oil prices are down, Russia is producing less heavy fuel oil and has found ...
The steep decline in Russian transit no longer affects only the Estonian transit sector, but will also affect manufacturing companies, which won't be able to import and export their goods, the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association says, cites LETA/BNS.
"It's not the transit business alone that is a concern, the whole economic environment of Estonia will be impacted. The ports in the ...
Altogether 741,099 passengers passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in March 2016, 13.3% more than in March 2015 and the biggest number of all time for March, reports LETA/BNS.
As usual, the number of passengers was the biggest on the Tallinn-Helsinki route, 651,195, and passengers of that route accounted for 87% of the total number of passengers. Passengers ...
The freight turnover of the terminals of the Estonian freight transit operator Transiidikeskus AS in the first quarter totaled 639,000 tons, 1.1% less than in the same period a year earlier, informs LETA/BNS.
The Muuga container terminal of Transiidikeskus handled in the three months 48,400 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of containers, which represents a year-on-year drop of 8.7%. The ...
While last fall Russia banned the use of freight cars repaired in 2015 at the Tapa depot of the Estonian rail operator EVR Cargo, by now the problem has been solved and EVR Cargo cars are once again in use, informs LETA/BNS.
"The situation has been solved better than we expected," CEO of EVR Cargo Raul Toomsalu told BNS. He added that the company re-repaired the cars.
According to Toomsalu he ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in 2015, the number of passengers served by Estonian transport enterprises remained on the same level but the freight volume in tonnes decreased by 13% compared to the previous year. Passenger traffic volume increased by 10% and freight turnover increased by 7% compared to 2014.
In 2015, the number of passengers carried by Estonian transport enterprises ...
Last year's keywords are on one hand the decline in the biggest freight group, liquid cargo and the decline in the revenue of icebreaker Botnica, on the other hand the new record level of passenger carriage and the continuing of the construction of four ferries, member of the board of the port company Marko Raid said in a press release.
"Last year we saw record low oil prices and at ...
Estonian ports in February 2016 handled 2.5 million tons of cargoes, 16.9% less than in the same month last year, it appears from data released by Statistics Estonia, cites LETA/BNS.
Loading of goods decreased 20.4% to 1.8 million tons and unloading fell 7.7% to 789,300 tons.
Compared to January, loading shrank 31.5% and unloading declined 3.9%.
In the first two months of the year, freight ...
Terminals of the Estonian freight transit operator Transiidikeskus AS handled 406,035 tons of goods in the first two months of 2016, 2% more than during the same period a year ago, informs LETA/BNS.
The increase in tonnage can be attributed to the transit of heavier cargoes, the company said.
The Muuga container terminal of Transiidikeskus handled 30,309 twenty-foot equivalent units ...
Altogether 1.47 million tons of goods passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in February 2016, 24.2% less than during the same month last year, informs LETA/BNS.
Liquid cargoes totaled 776,200 tons, 418,000 tons less than in February 2015. The number of containers passing through the ports dropped by 1,800 twenty-feet equivalent units (TEU) to 15,435 ...
The state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) finished the year 2015 with a loss of 6.3 million euros, compared with a loss of 263,000 euros sustained in 2014, it appears from tentative unaudited figures supplied to the balance sheet data information system, reports LETA/BNS.
The company's revenue in 2015 totaled 48 million euros, 13% less than the ...
In this year’s Seatrade Cruise Global fair, Estonia and Finland present their top cruise destinations jointly – ranging from cultural programmes of Tallinn and Helsinki to new destinations and their attractions both in Estonia and Finland.
In the Estonian capital Tallinn 2016 is celebrated as the Year of Maritime Culture, which brings numerous events and programmes to the ...
The Sefine shipyard in Turkey has launched the third of the brand new ferries being built for the TS Laevad subsidiary of the Estonian state-owned company Port of Tallinn that will take over operation of the routes connecting Estonia's big western islands with the mainland in the fall 2016, informs LETA/BNS.
The vessel launched in Turkey, Leiger, is already fitted with all vital equipment ...
Altogether 547,164 passengers passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in January 2016, which is 5.5% more than in January 2015 and also the company's best result of all time for January, informs LETA/BNS.
"It is a good sign that more and more passengers pass through our ports. Compared to last year more passengers came in from Finland, Sweden as well as St. ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo hauled 0.964 million tons in January, falling 27 per cent short of the 2015 January result.EVR Cargo’s acting chairman of the board Paul Lukka said that freight volumes have remained on a stable level during the last months, despite the considerable reduction in freight flows compared to last year. “EVR Cargo is still impacted by a ...
Estonia's Port of Tallinn is holding talks with several investors over building at the Paldiski South Port a refinery capable of processing 3-6 million tons of crude annually, informs LETA.
"Although the margins to be earned in refining are at present small owing to low oil prices and the market is not favorable, in the longer term quite a few investors take an interest in building the ...
The state-owned railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) intends to work closer together with the state-owned port company Port of Tallinn in the future to find new transit chains and make the movement of goods between the two companies better thought-out and more profitable, informs LETA.
The board chairman of Estonian Railways, Sulev Loo, told BNS that even though ...
The Estonian company AS Transiidikeskus, which intended to launch north-south shipments of freight by rail already last summer, has shelved the plan because rail transport is unable to compete with maritime transport as a result of low oil prices, reports LETA/BNS.
"Our north-south transit hasn't got into motion because of low oil prices. Since the anticipated rise of approximately 20% in the ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo hauled 11.6 million tons in 2015, falling 4.2 million tons or 26.6 behind the 2014 result.
EVR Cargo’s acting chairman of the management board Paul Lukka said that last year can be characterised by an extensive reduction in freight flows in nearly all commodity groups. “We were mostly impacted by the economic situation in ...
Port of Tallinn needs to make more efficient use of new digital technologies to raise its international competitiveness, the newly-appointed board chairman of the Estonian state-owned port company Valdo Kalm says, write LETA/BNS.
"It is very important to be a modern port particularly in terms of technology. Digitalization of various processes is certainly one of the things that will help to make ...
At today’s meeting the council of AS Tallinna Sadam has elected Valdo Kalm as the chairman of the management board. Valdo Kalm will commence work on 1 March 2016.
According to the chairman of the council of the Port of Tallinn Aare Tark, Valdo Kalm is a person with a long-term experience of a top manager of an international company and is a good choice for position of the leader of ...
In 2015 the cargo volume passing through the harbours of Port of Tallinn was 22.44 million tons decreasing by 20.8 percent compared to 2014. The cargo volume in December was 1.66 million tons.
From Port of Tallinn’s total annual cargo volume 14.133 million tons passed through the Muuga Harbour, 4.492 million tons through the Paldiski South Harbour and 3.75 million tons of ro-ro cargo ...
Ports of Estonia's state-owned company Port of Tallinn served a record 9.79 million passengers last year, 2.3% more than the year before, writes LETA/BNS.
The most popular route was between Tallinn and Helsinki which served a total of 8.21 million passengers or 84% of all passengers served by the company in 2015. The number of passengers who used the route increased by 2.8% on year, spokespeople ...
According to a recent survey, done by the business research and economic advisors company G.P.Wild, cruise tourists in Tallinn spend on average €59.06 per person and are very satisfied with all aspects of their call. They highly appreciate the friendliness of residents, courtesy of store employees and the historical sites of the city. According to Sirle Arro, Port of Tallinn’s Head of ...
The supervisory board of EVR Cargo, the Estonian state owned rail cargo operator, has endorsed changes to the rates it charges for transport effective from January 1st 2016 that will raise the price of the transportation of certain goods, informs LETA/BNS.
Fuel costs, which are a separate item in the EVR Cargo rate system, are set to boost the transportation rates further as a result ...
Altogether 677,247 passengers passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in November 2015, which is 3.8% more than in November 2014 and also the company's best result of all time for November, informs LETA/BNS.
In the first 11 months of the year, the port company served more than nine million passengers.
The bigger number of passengers suggests that this year the ...
The drop in the freight volumes of Port of Tallinn in November 2015 is the result of a major reduction in liquid cargoes, caused by restrictions on freight transport by rail and a drop in exports arising from low global oil prices, the state owned port company's chief commercial officer Erik Ringmaa says, cites LETA.
"The reduction in freight volumes in 2015 directly results from a decline ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.033 million tons in November, reaching the highest level in the past eight months but still staying 37 per cent below last year’s result. The total volume of goods hauled in the first eleven months of the year reached 10.7 million tons, staying 25 per cent below last year’s first eleven months’ ...
The Estonian state-owned port company Port of Tallinn on Tuesday issued 60 million euros worth of two-year bonds through the Estonian branch of Pohjola Pank and the incoming funds will be used to finance the construction of ferries, informs LETA/BNS.
"The bond issue's resources would be used by TS Laevad OU to make payments connected with the construction of ferries to shipbuilders," ...
On 26th of November to the berth No. 12 in the port of Sillamäe arrived operated by Maersk Line container vessel Bomar Victory. The vessel brought 50 TEU of empty containers and took aboard 156 TEU containers with cargo.
Visit of Bomar Victory means that Sillamäe CT, operated by multifunctional terminal Silsteve, is open for the container handling. The first cargo, which was sent to ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 891 thousand tons in October, reaching the highest level in the past four months but still staying 37 per cent below last year’s result. The total volume of goods hauled in the first ten months of the year reached 9.6 million tons, staying 25 per cent below last year’s first ten months’ ...
The Association of Construction Material Producers of Estonia held November 5 at the House of culture of the city of Sillamäe its autumn general meeting.
Traditionally there at the general meeting was discussed a plan of action and budget for the next year, but into the agenda was included also the presentation of the port of Sillamäe, as well as visiting the town of Sillamäe. ...
Altogether 786,919 passengers passed through the ports of Estonia's state-owned Port of Tallinn in October 2015, which is 5.5% more than in October 2014 and also the best result of all time in October, informs LETA/BNS.
In the first 10 months of the year, the port company served more than 8.3 million passengers.
According to chief of marketing and communications at the company Sirle ...
At the same time, when the port of Sillamäe loaded grain on large cargo ship Salandi, fulfilled one round number in the port statistics - from the date of the opening of the port October 14, 2005 till today, or during 10 years, the port handled 40 million tons of various cargoes. At the same time via port railway station passed 31 million tons of cargo.
The biggest turnover was in the year ...
November 5 the biggest so far bulker Salandi, on which was loaded 62 000 tons exported from Estonia of barley, left the port of Sillamäe. The port of destination is Port Said in Egypt.
The vessel is built in 1999, her length is 225 m, width 32.2 m, draught 13 m and she is sailing under the flag of Panama.
Grain loading was carried by the multi-functional Terminal Silsteve. A large ...
On board of season’s final cruise ship will be 698 mostly British cruise passengers, who began their cruise from London on October 11. Marco Polo comes to Tallinn from Warnemünde and after a 6-hour stay sails on to St. Petersburg.
According to Sirle Arro, Port of Tallinn’s Head of Marketing and Communication Department, five cruise ships called Tallinn this October, ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 767 thousand tons in September, increasing by 8 per cent compared to August but remaining 38 per cent below last year’s September volume. Thetotal volume of goods hauled in the first nine months of the year reached 8.7 million tons, staying 23 per cent below last year’s first eight months’ ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in August 2015, exports of goods decreased by 6% and imports by 3% compared to August of the previous year. The decrease in exports was mostly influenced by a fall in the trade of electrical equipment, metals and products thereof, and mineral products.
In August, exports from Estonia amounted to 0.9 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1 billion euros at ...
Ports managed by the Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) serviced in September 709,271 passengers; as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of passengers was by 2.1% higher and it was the best September result ever.
The total number of passengers in the first nine months was over 7.5 million people.
In September, traditionally the biggest number of ...
Transiidikeskus has handled 157,385 TEUs in nine months. The tonnage of goods carried in containers has decreased by 12.9% compared to the previous year.
The general goods terminal of Transiidikeskus handled in nine months 356,617 tonnes of bulk and piece goods, which is by 26.8% more than at the same period last year.
The total cargo turnover of terminals was 1,980,619 tonnes, which is 7.7% ...
Tallinna Sadam Head of Commerce Erik Ringmaa said that in September, among trade groups, the dry bulk volumes grew most, thanks to grain exports. Dry bulk volume grew by 52.1% to 315,600 tonnes. In September, 125,700 tonnes of grain was exported through the Port of Muuga and Paldiski South Harbour.
Among cargo groups, the mass of goods transported in containers and volume of rolling stock grew ...
Port of Tallinn has started a pilot project with the aim of developing a virtual queue management service for ports of Tallinn in Estonia and Trieste in Italy. The Queue Management Service will manage the arrival of heavy-goods vehicles entering the port through a Just-In-Time process based on a virtual queue concept. The service will generate profit for the port community by decreasing ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in the first half of 2015, the biggest share of exports and imports of services was held by transportation and storage, which gave 31% of Estonia’s total services exports and 17% of total services imports.
According to Eesti Pank (central bank of Estonia), in the first half of 2015, services exports from Estonia amounted to 2.5 billion euros and imports ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 707 thousand tons in August, dropping by a third compared to August 2014. The total volume of goods hauled in the first eight months of the year reached 7.95 million tons, staying 21.5 per cent below last year’s first eight months’ volume.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe ...
According to Statistics Estonia, in July 2015, exports of goods decreased by 6% and imports by 4% compared to July of the previous year. The decrease in exports and imports was mostly influenced by a fall in the trade of electrical equipment and mineral products.
In July, exports from Estonia amounted to 0.9 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.1 billion euros at current prices. The trade ...
Ports managed by the Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) handled in August 1.52 million tonnes of cargo and serviced 1,107,955 passengers; as compared to the same period of the previous year, the cargo volume dropped by 26.3% while the number of passengers was by 3.4% higher than last year.
The Port of Tallinn eight months total cargo volume was 15.22 million tonnes, ...
On September 1st 2015, Sulev Loo starts working as Estonia's state-owned railway company Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways Co) Chairman of the Board.
Sulev Loo has major management experiences in the international transit and logistics business. He has managed well-known Estonian transit and logistics sector companies such as N-Terminal Grupp, Milstrand, Pakterminal. Sulev Loo last worked as ...
Logistics Summer School 2015: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL - IS IT?
TUT is proud to announce the third TUT Logistics Summer School in August, 26.-28.
The two previous summer schools in 2013 and 2014 were with great interest and success. This year TUT will focus on the objects that have or will influence the society - mainly big objects related to transportation and logistics. But also about how thinking ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 878 thousand tons in July, dropping by 14 per cent compared to July 2014. The total volume of goods hauled in the first seven months of the year reached 7.25 million tons, staying 20 per cent below last year’s first seven months’ volume.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said ...
In June, exports from Estonia amounted to 1 billion euros and imports to Estonia to 1.2 billion euros at current prices. The trade deficit was 145 million euros and it decreased by 24 million euros compared to June 2014.
The biggest share in Estonia’s exports in June was held by electrical equipment (22% of Estonia’s total exports), followed by mineral products (12%), and wood and ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 983 thousand tons in June, dropping by 14 per cent compared to June 2014. The total volume of goods hauled in the first half-year reached 6.4 million tons, staying 21 per cent below last year’s first six months’ volume.
EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said that ...
The Port of Helsinki together with the Port of Tallinn and AS Tallink Grupp obtained EUR 29.3 million EU funding within the 2014 CEF Transport Multi-Annual Calls for proposals for financing their infrastructure investments. The total cost of the planned investments is EUR 97.6 million.
The CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) program is a continuation to TEN-T, where the initial TWIN-PORT ...
Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas met with the delegation of the large Japanese corporation Mitsubishi on July 10th 2015, led by its long-term President and current Honorary Chairman Mikio Sasaki; during the meeting, the current cooperation was acknowledged and interest regarding the continuation of the latter was confirmed, reported BC the government communication unit.
The ...
The ports of the Estonian state-owned port operator Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) handled in June 1.68 million tonnes of cargo and serviced 1,045,461 passengers, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
Compared to the same period last year, the cargo volume dropped by 25% while the number of passengers was by 1.3% higher than last year.
In June traditionally the biggest number of passengers ...
Estonian state-owned port operator AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) Council approved on Tuesday the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering terminal in the Muuga port, the company announced LETA.
The Council approved of building a small-scale LNG receiving and distribution terminal in the Eastern part of the Muuga port; building rights and cooperation agreements with AS Vopak ...
Tallinn-Stockholm shipping line had an anniversary on June 17th – on the same date 25 years ago in 1990 with the first trip of the ferry Nord Estonia the regular ferry connection between Estonia and Sweden was re-established after a pause of 50 years.
„The re-establishment of the Tallinn-Stockholm line 25 years ago was of significant importance for both, Estonians and Swedes, “ ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 986 thousand tons in May, dropping by 11 per cent compared to May 2014.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said that the decline in freight volumes slowed somewhat in May, however the five months freight turnover level is still well below last year’s result. “We are pleased ...
The ports of the Estonian state-owned port operator Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) serviced in May 2.05 million tonnes of cargo and 892,892 passengers, the company announced, cites LETA.
Compared to the same period last year, the cargo volume dropped by 15.9%, the number of passengers was by 0.9% higher than last year.
In May traditionally the biggest number of passengers travelled on the ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 928 thousand tons in April, dropping by 28 per cent compared to April 2014.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said that freight volumes continued to decrease in nearly all segments. “We remain hopeful that some freight volumes will be restored to normal levels in the near ...
The ports managed by Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) serviced in April 2015, 2.05 million tonnes of cargo and 699,704 passengers; as compared to the same period last year, the cargo volume fell by 10%, the passenger number was practically equal to the previous year, or 0.3%, the company announced LETA.
In April, traditionally the biggest number of passengers travelled on ...
Enterprise Estonia (EAS) takes 12 Estonian companies to Europe's most important logistics fair Transport Logistic 2015 that takes place on 5 - 8 May in Munich, Germany, LETA/Delfi reports.
Enterprise Estonia export division director Allar Korjas said that it is important to help Estonian companies to achieve success in foreign markets. Estonia is represented for the first time at Transport ...
Estonia will invest more funds in 2015 in road construction than last year while the focus is on main highways, those that belong to the international TEN-t roads network, Highways Board deputy director general Kaupo Sirk said, reported LETA/Postimees.
Just like last year, this year also the construction activity concentrates around the two biggest cities – Tallinn ring road’s Kurna ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.042 million tons in March, dropping by 31 per cent compared to March 2014.
EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said that freight volumes have been dropping in all segments, with the exception of fertilisers and chemical goods. “There are several reasons for the reduction ...
On May 4, the moorage of the Costa Pacifica cruise ship in the Old City Harbour will officially open the summer cruise season in Tallinn. The season will last until October 17. On board of the season’s first ship will be about 3 000 cruise passengers from different European countries. Costa Pacifica comes to Tallinn from St. Petersburg and sails on to Riga.
According to Sirle ...
The 20th transit fair TransRussia, lasting till Friday in Moscow, is smaller than in previous years. The reason is Russia's economic problems, as well as the complex geopolitical situation.
Estonian companies are present though and emphasize that despite the current recession, the Russian market is and will remain important for the Estonian transit business. Despite difficult times and the ...
Enterprise Estonia and Estonian Logistics Industry are inviting you to the Logistics Business Seminar titled “Estonia - Your Log(ist)ical Choice” held on May 6th, 2015 in Munich, Germany as a part of the Transport Logistic 2015 exhibition.
Check out the program here >>
The seminar’s keynote speakers are well-known area experts: Mr Ahti Kuningas (Deputy Secretary ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.12 million tons in January, dropping by 21 per cent compared to January 2014.According to EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe, the considerable reduction in the freight volumes of the largest trade group - liquid mineral fuels - was substantial enough to withstand the slight increases in ...
Estonian state-owned port operator company AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) announced that the ports it manages serviced 584,868 passengers in February 2015, which is by 1.1% less than in the same period last year.
In the first two months of this year, the total passenger number exceeded 1.103 million people.
Traditionally, in February, the Tallinn-Helsinki route had the biggest amount ...
Port of Helsinki and Port of Tallinn continue to work together closely to develop the Helsinki-Tallinn maritime link. Last week the ports together with AS Tallink Grupp submitted applications for funding investments within the 2014 CEF Transport Multi-Annual Calls for Proposals. The goal is to develop an improved and stream-lined port infrastructure and green line operation between Helsinki and ...
On February 12th 2015, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Urve Palo and the Port of Tallinn concluded a contract for organising ferry traffic on the Rohuküla-Heltermaa and Kuivastu-Virtsu lines, reports BC the ministry’s press service.
The Government concluded the contract with the Port of Tallinn for ten years, starting on 1 October 2016.According to Minister of ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.3 million tons in January, dropping by 18 per cent compared to January 2014.According to EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe, transport volumes were reduced along all major freight groups except fertilisers, with the largest decrease occurring in the volume of mineral liquid fuels. ...
The AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) commissioned mainland-islands ferries model on Friday concluded testing in Finland's Aker Arctic's unique ice pool; design company LMG Marin engineers estimated that the ship model behaved in ice better than expected, LETA/Postimees Online reports.
The week-long experiments culminated today with tests of how high a speed the vessel develops in different ...
Mitsubishi plans to resume the regular cargo train traffic from the Estonian Muuga Port to the assembly plant in Kaluga, Russia, that was suspended at the end of the year 2014, LETA/Postimees Online reports.
Container cargo terminal Transiidikeskus Chief Executive Erik Laidvee said that the Muuga-Kaluga train hasn't operated for 1.5 months, and that was ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo hauled 15.76 million tons in 2014, remaining just 0.85 per cent or 135 thousand tons short of the 2013 freight volume. The volume in December reached to 1.55 million tons, increasing 1.6 per cent year-on-year.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the management board Ahto Altjõe said that last year was a stable year for the company and was on a ...
The container terminal of the Estonian transit operator Transiidikeskus at the port of Muuga increased its container turnover by 2.2% to 257,220 TEU in 2014, the company announced LETA.
The tonnage of cargo transported in the containers grew by 8.5% in 2014.
Transiidikeskus AS general goods terminal handled 428,183 tons of goods in 2014. The total cargo turnover ofTransiidikeskus AS ...
The volume of cargo handled by ports managed by the Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) grew by 0.3% in 2014 to 28.321 million tonnes, the company announced, cites LETA.
The December cargo volume was 2.45 mln tonnes, by 4% more than in 2013.
The company said that last year's positive result is mainly due to the increase of rolling stock and container volumes. Container ...
Estonian state-owned port operator AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) Council approved the company's 2015 budget, according to which the expected operating income will be 111 million and net profit of 41.3 million euros, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
The volume of cargo to be handled the next year is, according to the forecast, 27.9 million tonnes and expected passenger number 9.66 ...
Cargo ship Sea Wind, which is owned by AS Tallink Grupp, starts its operations on Tallinn-Vuosaari route on 8th of January 2015. The ship will be under Estonian flag and the crew will consist of Estonian seamen.
According to AS Tallink Grupp, the rerouting of the ship is linked to the increased cargo transportation demand on the Finland-Estonia route and the shorter route enables to decrease ...
In November 2014, the ports managed by the Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) handled 2.3 million tonnes of goods and serviced 652,600 passengers; while the cargo volume grew by 5.4% year-on-year, the number of passengers fell by 1.2% in a year, LETA/Postimees Online reports.
The biggest cargo group was in November liquid cargo with 1.35 million tonnes, which is by 2.7% more ...
Estonian rail freight carrier’s cargo volume reached 1.37 million tons in OctoberEstonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.37 million tons in October, increasing by 5.7 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume during the first ten months of the year remains 2.8 per cent short of last year’s same period, amounting to 12.7 million tons ...
After the Estonian and Finnish prime ministers concluded an agreement on liquefied natural gas (LNG) this week, the best location for the Estonian regional LNG terminal in the changed situation now is the port of Muuga, announced oil products' transit and storage company, Dutch firm Royal Vopak's Estonian subsidiary Vopak E.O.S., LETA/Postimees Online reports.
Vopak estimates that ...
The ports of Estonia's capital Tallinn were visited this year by 297 cruise ships, bringing to the city an estimated 480,000 cruise passengers, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
The largest number of visitors came from Germany – 25% of the cruise passengers, followed by the United States with 18% and Great Britain with 14%.
According to the polling agency Emor foreign visitors ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.23 million tons in September, increasing by 3.8 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume during the first nine months of the year remains 3.7 per cent short of last year’s same period, amounting to 11.4 million tons in total.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe commented that ...
The 3rd Estonia-Taiwan Business Forum was held in Tallinn, Estonia on October 1, 2014. Estonian Logistics and Transit Association (LTA) and Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) have been working together for 3 years since 2011. The meeting will enable the participants of both sides to renew friendship, develop new business opportunities, and encourage ...
Over 150 specialists, investors and port representatives gathered on the 25th of September at the international LNG seminar to discuss over the development of LNG infrastructure in the Baltic Sea ports. The seminar, which took place in Estonia, in Muuga Harbour, was organized by Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) and Port of Tallinn. Seminar’s keynote speech was given by the ...
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Supervisory Board of AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) the major subject was the election of the company’s Management Board. The Supervisory Board has carefully considered the candidates and on the basis of consensus decided to elect Mr. Ain Kaljurand the chairman of the Management Board of AS Tallinna Sadam and Mr. Allan Kiil a member of the Management ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.06 million tons in August, decreasing by 5.7 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume during the first eight months of the year remains 4.6 per cent short of last year’s same period, amounting to 10.14 million tons in total.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said that while ...
One of the highest accolades in the cruise industry Seatrade Insider nominated Port of Tallinn as one of the three finalists for the title Port of the Year; the other two finalists are Copenhagen Malmo Port and Istanbul Port.
For giving out the Port of the Year title the jury of Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards will mostly evaluate the development of the port complex during the past twelve ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.022 million tons in July, decreasing by 4.7 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume during the first seven months of the year remains 4.5 per cent short of last year’s same period, amounting to 9.1 million tons in total.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe ...
The harbours of Port of Tallinn handled 2.13 million tons of freight in July and the monthly turnover of passengers reached 1.26 million. Cargo volumes were down by 7 per cent year-on-year while passenger traffic reached an all time high in July.
The greatest increase in the commodities segment was in containerised goods, its volume growing by 19.9 per cent to 1.26 million tons, the number of ...
Port of Tallinn (AS Tallinna Sadam) earned an unaudited half-year net profit of 20.2 million euros with company’s turnover reaching 59 million euros. Compared to last year the turnover increased by 7% and the net profit by 16%.
“The first half of this year introduced the best ever figures for Port of Tallinn, both financially and concerning the record number of ...
Estonian rail freight carrier’s cargo volume down by 4.4 per cent in first half-yearEstonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.14 million tons in June, increasing by 4.2 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume in the first half of the year remains 4.4 per cent short of last year’s same period, amounting to 8.1 million tons in ...
Port of Tallinn is happy to welcome you to Muuga harbour on 25th of September 2014 for an International seminar on the topic of the development of LNG infrastructure in the Baltic sea ports.Seminar topics:New LNG terminals in Estonia and Finland - what will be the impact on the distribution of LNG in the region?Is the LNG small scale bunkering network in Baltic will be ...
TS Laevad OÜ, a subsidiary company of Port of Tallinn, published a tender notice to purchase ferries in the Estonian Procurement Register on 20 June. The due date for submitting applications for the participation in the tender is 28 July 2014.
In accordance with the decision of the government of the Republic of Estonia, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications is to announce a ...
On Monday the Supervisory Board of AS Tallinna Sadam approved the 1.8 million euro investment in bottom dredging of the water area of Paldiski South Harbour, which will allow larger vessels than before– with the gross tonnage up to 75 000 GT – to be docked in the harbour.
The investment aimed at increasing competitive ability of Paldiski South Harbour will support bottom ...
Celina Star, the biggest container ship to have ever visited Estonia called Muuga Harbour on Thursday, 19th of June at 1 pm.The lenght of the ship is 243, 1 m, draught 11,5 m, breadth 32,2 m and DW (Deadweight - ship's carrying capacity) 40 059. The ship can carry 3430 TEUs of containers.
The container ship arrived to Muuga Harbour from Hamburg and headed to the Port of Ust-Luga ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s transport volume reached 1.11 million tons in May, decreasing by 13 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume in the first five months of the year remains 5.7 per cent short of last year’s same period, amounting to 6.9 million tons in total.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said that the biggest ...
On May 17th, Port of Tallinn opened a new 9.34 million euro cruise ship quay which allows larger cruise ships than before to be docked and thus increases Tallinn’s attractiveness for cruise operators. The opening of the quay was marked with the mooring of the Royal Princess, the largest cruise vessel to have ever visited Estonia so far.
The official quay opening ceremony took place on ...
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.3 million tons in April, increasing by 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The overall freight volume during the first four months of the year is still 4 per cent short of last year’s result, amounting to 5.8 million tons in total.EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe said ...
Ports of Helsinki and Tallinn have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to develop a relevant cargo route between Vuosaari and Muuga harbours in the near future.
The MoU between the two ports was signed last Wednesday during the Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves’s visit to Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki, Finland.
As the sulphur directive is becoming effective next year ...
Ports of Stockholm and Port of Tallinn signed an important agreement to work together to improve the environment in the Baltic Sea. The two ports will jointly focus on the provision of future fuels, the management of ship-generated waste and the supply of electricity to vessels in port.
Ports of Stockholm and Port of Tallinn have set high environmental targets for reducing effects on the marine ...
Estonian logistics and transit companies will be taking part in the TransRussia fair to be held between 22-25 April in Moscow, Russia.
The competition on the freight transport market is ever-increasing and in today’s market conditions the competition is no longer between individual companies, but between whole transit corridors instead. This is the reason why Estonian companies find it so ...
Members of the Estonian Logistics Cluster attended the SITL International Week of Transport and Logistics Fair in Paris, France in the beginning of April. Altogether 9 member institutions participated at the fair - Logistics and Transit Association, Alekon Cargo, CF&S Estonia, Port of Tallinn, Port of Sillamäe, RRK, EVR Cargo, Alexela Logistics and Tallinn Technical University.
The SITL ...
Estonia: cooperation leads to innovation in a dynamic market situation
The Estonian transit sector has been going through constant changes - all operators acting on the extremely dynamic bulk cargo transport market have been forced to quickly react to various external factors and ever-tightening competition. Despite everything, Estonia has managed to adapt according to market needs and maintain ...
The heads of the North Estonian Sillamäe Port hope that the tense relations between the European Union and Russia won't curb the development of the port since the port would gladly service a passenger shipping line between Estonia, Finland and Russia.
Sillamäe port marketing director Andrei Birov said that the Sillamäe-Ust-Luga ferry route to transport trucks and cars that was ...
The North East Estonian Sillamäe and Kunda ports are interested in restoring the ship connection with South East Finnish town Kotka, hoping that it would have a positive effect on the development of both regions.
There was a ship connection between Sillamäe and Kotka in the previous decade latest and now restoring it is again on the agenda.
Besides the Helsinki-Tallinn ship ...
The cargo volume transported by the Estonian state-owned railway cargo transport company EVR Cargo reached 1.5 mln tonnes in March, which is by 5.8% more than at the same time last year.
The first quarter total volume, 4.7 million tonnes, is by 7% less than at the same time last year.
EVR Cargo board chairman Ahto Altjõe said that the March result was a positive one but it doesn’t ...
With the active involvement of the HELCOM member states including all Baltic Sea countries, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 66) has agreed last Friday on a compromise on the implementation dates of existing as well as future Nitrogen Oxide Emission Control Areas (NOx ECAs) under the MARPOL Convention, reports HELCOM.
The ...
In March СF&S opened its new warehouse complex at Jõelähtme, Loo village, Aasa road 1.
Complex is in a highly favorable location – close to the Tallinn ringroad and St Petersburg highway.
In a brand new class A warehouse with appr. 10 000 sqm and 18 loading ramps we can offer our clients and partners even better and more flexible service.
In ...
Port of Tallinn has initiated a Smart Port project that concentrates on reducing car and truck passengers’ waiting time by providing holistic and easy to understand service organizing electronic pre-check in, check-in and line management for ports with multiple ferry operators. The project will be developed in cooperation between Estonia and Norway, the advising partner is Port of ...
Estonian state-owned railway freight operator EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.59 million tons in January, which despite being the best result of the last 11 months is still 18.5 per cent below last year’s record January volume.
According to EVR Cargo’s chairman of the board Ahto Altjõe, the year-on-year decrease in freight volumes may seem dramatic, ...
The leading fuel storage company Royal Vopak considers LNG business in Estonia profitable without the European financial support too.
"We still consider the Port of Muuga to be the best location for building the regional LNG terminal to be supported with European funds," Vopak LNG development manager Joop Jonkers told Ärileht yesterday. "But if the support money goes to a competing project, ...
In 2013, the consolidated revenue of Port of Tallinn increased by 15% compared to 2012 and based on preliminary results reached 102.1 million euros. Net profit of the completely state owned Estonian company grew by 21% to 39.7 million euros.
Based on consolidated preliminary results of 2013 the revenue of Port of Tallinn reached more than 100 million euros for the first time. Port of ...
Almost 10,000 tourists visited Estonia’s capital city during this winter cruise season, most of them came from Russia. Altogether seven winter cruise calls were made to Tallinn.
Winter cruise season in Tallinn was opened on November 29th by Fred Olsen ship Black Watch with British tourists on board. Swedish cruise tourists visited Tallinn on Christmas day, two cruise calls from ...
Tallinn Airport announced that the 1,958,801 passengers it served in 2013 is the second highest number of passengers of all time and marks an all-around positive year for the airlines, the passengers and the airport alike.
Although the number of passengers flying Estonian Air dropped by approximately 40% due to a change of course at the company, Finnair, Lufthansa and airBaltic each, as well as ...
Last year the number of passengers passing through the harbours of Port of Tallinn hit the whole time record of 9.236 million passengers, growing by 395 thousand passengers, which is 4.5% more than a year earlier. Cargo volume fell 4.2% reaching 28.25 million tons.
In 2013, the number of passengers on Tallinn-Helsinki route grew by 4.3% to 7.57 million people. During the period from ...
The cargo volume transported by the Estonian state-owned railway cargo transport company EVR Cargo in October 2013 reached according to initial data 1.3 million tonnes, which exceeds the volume of October of last year by 1.7 percent and is the best result in the past half a year.
The moderate increase of cargo volumes of other cargo groups has compensated the slightly decreased oil shale ...
The number of passengers who used the ports managed by the Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) grew by 2.8% year-on-year in October 2013 to 716,609, which is a record year-on-year, for the sixth month in a row.
The growth was motored by Helsinki route passengers, of whom there were 629,924, by 11% more than in September and 2.4% more than in October last year.
On the ...
Speaking at a foreign policy conference in Tallinn, International Center for Defense Studies expert Hannes Hanso said Estonian foreign policy is too Europe-centered and focuses too little on Asia.
Estonia's small size shouldn't be an excuse to not expand its interests to Asia, he said. "The Finns and Swedes have been immensely successful in Asia. They aren't superpowers either. It's a matter ...
The Port of Tallinn has the distinction of being the biggest income tax payer of 2012, an annual list shows.
Last year, the self-styled "port of good news" paid in 8.8 million euros into state coffers. The сhief executive of the state-owned company, Ain Kaljurand, said publicly owned companies have high expectations and that "optimizing taxes" has never been in the plans.
The full annually ...
EU strategies on how to increase safety and efficiency of air traffic management, improve air traffic control and safety, and better protect air passenger interests were discussed on October 10th in Luxembourg at the Meeting of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council.
The ministers held an orientation debate on European Commission's proposal for a regulation to establish common ...
The number of passengers who used the ports managed by the Estonian state-owned Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) grew by 2.4% year-on-year in September to 704,686, which is a record for the month of September.
The growth was motored by cruise passengers, of whom there were 45,469, by over 11,000 people more than in September last year. Cruise passengers formed 6% of all passengers in ...
Estonian state-owned railway transport company EVR Cargo posted a cargo transport volume of 1.179 million tonnes in September 2013, which was the best result in four months.
EVR Cargo board caiman Ahto Altjõe said that mainly the transport of fertilisers and oil shale have helped the cargo volumes improve in a stable fashion over the past few months. As to general figures, the results are ...
The Port of Helsinki and the Port of Tallinn have strong ties and heavy traffic between them.
This major connection between the two European capitals is also a part of the corridor leading to Central Europe through the Via Baltica and Rail Baltic. The number of both passenger and cargo ferries crossing the Baltic Sea between the ports is growing daily: now nearly 8 million passengers and ...
The new Tschudi line is the first direct service from the Baltic to the Oslofjord. Every Friday evening from September, a container vessel from Helsinki, Tallinn and Klaipeda will serve the port of Drammen.
Eskil Ødegaard in Tschudi Logistics comments:
“We are extremely pleased to offer this new line to our customers. There is a vast import from the Baltic - approx. 40% of ...
Estonian state-owned railway transport company EVR Cargo posted a cargo transport volume of 1.12 million tonnes in August 2013.
The cargo volume was by 4% higher than in July and by 2% higher than in June though.
EVR Cargo board caiman Ahto Altjõe said that the August result was the best of the past three months but it would be too premature to present an optimistic forecast for the ...
An automatic border control system will be opened in the Tallinn Airport on Monday that should accelerate procedures for passengers travelling out of the Schengen area.
The airport's terminal services department head Asko Kivinuk noted that plane travel has become more stressful in the 21st century due to constant new rules and security requirements.
"The airport cannot change the rules but if ...
While from LNG trading and gas flows point of view it doesn't make a substantial difference whether the new regional terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is situated in Inkoo, Finland or Paldiski, Estonia, navigation related issues make it cheaper to build it in Paldiski, a study on the subject for the Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications by former Eesti Energia board member Harri ...
The Estonian state is not planning new big investments into the local railway traffic till 2020, instead the focus will be on better coordination of different means of transport.
"Railway investments have largely been made. All new trains will come into routes next year, all waiting platforms will be renovated and the majority of the railways enable travelling at the speed of 120 km/h," said ...
An oil products refinery may be built in the territory of the North East Estonian Sillamäe Port with the financing coming from Russian businessmen. STK Grupp, which belongs to Russian businessmen, commissioned an environmental effects study for this; it will be discussed on September 3.
The planned oil refinery would produce fuel oil used in ships, diesel fuel, fuel oil used in central ...
The head of the country's rail infrastructure operator Estonian Railways has sent out signals as to the future direction of development, saying the St. Petersburg line should be prioritized along with converting segments of single railway to two-way track.
The executive, Ahti Asmann, said on the other hand that restoring the rail link to Haapsalu, a resort city 100 kilometers from Tallinn ...
The unaudited half-year net profit of Port of Tallinn (AS Tallinna Sadam) reached 17,4 million euros, showing an increase of one third in comparison with same period last year. Company’s turnover grew by one sixth to 55 million euros in the first half of the year.
„Despite increasingly stiffer competition in the Baltic Sea and a somewhat lower cargo throughput, the company’s ...
The three Baltic nations, along with Finland and Poland, have agreed to set up a company to oversee the planning and construction of the Rail Baltic high-speed rail project.
The agreement to form the venture came at a meeting on Tuesday evening, according to the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs, and will be signed by the five states in September.
The agreement comes as good news, as ...
At the request of the Port of Tallinn, a smart phone application “Laevad sadamas” (Ships in Port) was created to provide real-time information about liner schedules as well as the arrival and departure times of cruise ships docking at the Old City Harbour.
The app displays five types of information on the ships. In one mode, it shows all the liner and cruise ship arrivals and ...
In January-June 2013, the overall cargo handling in the Baltic Eastern Coast Seaports totalled 168 141.8 thou. tn; the year-on-year change is +0.4% or +709.1 thou. tn, reports BC Klaipeda port’s press service.
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In June 2013, the ports managed by Estonian state-owned port operator Tallinna Sadam were used by 971,098 passengers, 6.3% more than a year earlier and the biggest amount of passengers serviced in any June so far, Delfi reports. Tallink serviced 56%, Viking Line 19%, Eckerö Line 11% and St. Peterline2% of June passengers of the port operator.
12% of the June passengers were cruise ...
Large Estonian transport company and road carrier CF&S Estonia has started cooperation with Mexican enterprise.
Speaking about the Mexican project, CF&S Estonia's Managing Director Harri Rästas noted that they had no plans to find anything in the country, and went there mostly because of the curiosity.
Rastas said that they had neither expectations, nor prolonged preparations ...
The Maritime Administration have said they will order a second ferry from Baltic Workboats, after purchasing the first ship at the beginning of March.
The initial contract with the Saaremaa based shipyard, worth 9.4 million euros per vessel, had a clause for the option of a second ferry at the same conditions and price, the administration said in a press release on Monday.
The new vessels ...
The Estonian Logistics Cluster participated at the Transport Logistic 2013 International Exhibition for Logistics, Mobility, IT, and Supply Management, a prominent fair where over 2000 companies from 63 countries were represented.
As stated by Mr. Andres Valgerist, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association and the leader of the Estonian Logistics ...
The port and airport of Tallinn expect to host 16,000 tourists who switch from planes to cruise ships, or vice versa, the Estonian news portal BBN said in a statement.
In turnaround tourism, Tallinn has a huge competition advantage in the proximity of the airport and the port to the city's biggest attraction – the medieval Old Town, as well as competitive prices, Port of Tallinn and ...
Today Katoen Natie, a Belgian company and one of the largest logistics firms in the world, opened a 25,000 m2 warehouse complex for the management of goods to be directed to Russia and the CIS in Muuga, which, among other things, stands for the start of operations of Port of Tallinn Muuga industrial park.
According to Mart Melles, the Managing Director of Katoen Natie Eesti AS, the Muuga ...
Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and a 15-member business delegation are on a two-day working trip to Tajikistan to develop political and economic ties.
Ansip will meet with Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov and President Emomalii Rahmon on Monday and will attend an economic forum on Tuesday, a statement said.
While the two countries' economic ties are currently not the closest - Tajikistan is ...
Arnout Lugtmeijer, head of Estonia's largest transit terminal operator Vopak E.O.S, has said that there is great untapped economic potential between Estonia and Russia, and the state should invest into railway lines heading east, not connections to the likes of Haapsalu, a town of 10,000 in the northwest.
The state is currently weighing investments into three rail lines: Tallinn-St. ...
On Tuesday, the moorage of the Astor cruise ship in the Old City Harbor of Tallinn will officially start the summer cruise season. During the season that lasts until late September, Tallinn will see up to 9,000 cruise passengers a day on the busiest days.
“The number of cruise ships to moor in the Old City Harbor almost every day during the summer season that is about to start will range ...
In an annual fair and conference TransRussia 2013 which takes place on April 23-26 in Moscow, Estonian presence has been especially wide this year, informed LETA, referring to the Estonian national broadcasting corporation ERR.
This year, a national stand and ten more separate stands of Estonia will be present at TransRussia.
A total of nearly 30 Estonian companies will take place in the ...
Defence Forces have decided to terminate the service of Estonian navy flagship Admiral Pitka. The vessel will be emptied of equipment and returned to the Kingdom of Denmark.
«The new national defence development plan foresees 3+1 capabilities for the Navy i.e. three mine countermeasure vessels pus one diving support vessel,» Navy headquarters chief Commander Jüri Saska told ...
The volume of goods shipped to and from Estonia decreased 10 percent last year, but passenger numbers grew slightly.
The downturn, after four years of growth, was caused by the development of ports in Russia and a decrease in volumes of liquid goods, including petroleum, Statistics Estonia said in its blog today.
Lithuanian and Latvian ports also saw changes, a 4 percent decrease and a 9 ...
While opening of the 9th international transit conference TRANSESTONIA 2013 today, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that Estonia’s transport and energy connections with other countries in the Baltic Sea region are of vital importance to the future of Estonia.
Paet said that today Estonia is the most integrated country in the Baltic Sea region, being a member of the European Union, ...
"Transit and international logistics cannot develop without normal relations and interaction between neighboring countries," Vähi, chairman of the supervisory board of Silmet Grupp, said. "The European Union and Russia need cooperation. That cooperation develops, and Estonia as a member of the EU and neighbor of Russia has a good logical possibility to take part in it," he added.
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n its annual earnings report, Tallinn Airport disclosed a turnover of 29.3 million euros and a profit of 3.7 million euros in 2012.
The airport had a profit of 4.2m in 2011, 2m in 2010, 400,000 euros in 2009, 1.1m in 2008 and 6.6m in 2007.
The airport said the low growth in aviation revenue came due to an average decline of 30 percent in aviation fees, as a measure to stimulate the aviation ...
At a conference of the Heads of Government of the Baltic Sea States on Environmental Protection in Saint Petersburg Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy underlined positive steps taken by the adjacent member states to safe and protect marine environment.
The Commissioner’s speech titled “Environmental Partnership remains core issue of Baltic Sea ...
Navionics, an Italian-based developer and manufacturer of electronic navigation charts and systems, has opened a research and development center in Estonia.
Founder and president of the company, Giuseppe Carnevali, said in a press statement by Enterprise Estonia on Sunday that his group chose Estonia after comparing all three Baltic states. Estonia was selected due to more its favorable tax ...
The 9th International Transit Conference TRANSESTONIA 2013: Oil. Gas. Chemicals takes place on April 17 in Muuga Harbour, Port of Tallinn
Subject of the TRANSESTONIA 2013 conference is liquid bulk. More precisely three major categories of liquid bulk: oil & oil products, gas (both LPG and LNG), and liquid chemicals. Besides Estonian best practices ports of Rotterdam and ...
No matter which country - Finland or Estonia - ends up with the European-Commission-funded LNG terminal currently being debated, the port town of Sillamäe plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal starting this autumn.
The Sillgas company ordered an environmental impact assessment, which has now been submitted to the city government in the northeastern town. Sillgas management ...
Debate over the site of the region's planned LNG terminal has come no closer to conclusion as the economy ministers of the Baltic states, Finland and Poland failed to make headway in talks with European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger in Brussels yesterday.
Estonia and Finland are both vying for the 300 to 500-million-euro investment that hosting the liquified natural gas terminal ...
Siim Kallas, the European transport commissioner, said that the Rail Baltic project is one of the top five most important transport projects for the EU in the 2014 to 2020 period.
Speaking on ERR radio, Kallas, who is in Tallinn today, said that the probability of the project coming to life is increasing, having been only a pipe dream three years ago.
“We are in a place where it would ...
The Port of Tallinn expanded the Muuga Harbour Free Zone eastwards, so it is now embracing the areas of Muuga railway station, Muuga Industrial, and the coal terminal.
The Government of the Republic of Estonia Order No 50 of 7 February 2013 amended the list of coordinates of the borders and entry and exit points of the Muuga Free Zone in order to expand the territory of the free zone. Therefore ...
At his meeting with Sri Lankan Minister for Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that Sri Lanka is an attractive economic partner for Estonia in the transit and logistics sector. “Sri Lanka is one of South Asia’s most important shipping countries, and Estonia could serve as a gateway to European Union and Russian markets for Sri Lankan ...
According to a survey from last summer, performed by consulting company G.P.Wild, cruise tourists are very satisfied with Tallinn and highly appreciate friendliness of the residents, courtesy of shop employees and historical sites of the city. Cruise tourists bring to Tallinn a total of 51 million euros.
96% of the travelers who participated in the survey that was conducted last summer said that ...
At their meeting in New Delhi, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Indian Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan discussed intensifying Estonia and India’s co-operation in the logistics and transport sector. “Estonia could be an important link in the trade route between India and the European Union and Russia,” said Foreign Minister Paet.
Paet stated that Estonian ports offer quality ...
The Estonian Logistics Cluster delegation is going to visit India and Sri Lanka next week, in order to set up contacts with local trading enterprises and to introduce Estonia as a gateway to the markets of 300 million customers with purchasing power.
As indicated by Mr. Andres Valgerist, Chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association, the leading partner in ...
Pöyry Management Consulting Oy was chosen by Port of Tallinn as the successful bidder of the simplified procurement for feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis of liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering infrastructure construction in the harbours of Port of Tallinn. The total of six companies participated in the procurement.
According to Port of Tallinn business manager ...
A container train route from Muuga to Kaluga was officially opened on Monday 21st January. Three container trains with Mitsubishi spare parts will be sent from Muuga container terminal of Transiidikeskuse to the assembly plant in Kaluga every week. The project preparation, preliminary talks with Mitsubishi and various tests took about 4 years. “We thank ...
The Turkish national carrier is set to open an Istanbul-Tallinn-Vilnius-Istanbul line on June 11.
According to aviation media company Routes, the airline will fly to Tallinn three times a week using the Airbus A319 aircraft with a capacity of 132. From there, it will continue to Vilnius.
Turkish Airlines currently flies to around 150 international and 40 domestic destinations. ...
State-owned rail company EVR Cargo transported 18.4 million tons of cargo in 2012, a growth of 1.7 percent since 2011. But the forecast for 2013 predicts a 22 percent drop, to 14.4 million tons of cargo.
"A budget based on customer feedback projects a drop in the transport of petroleum and related products, and a continuing decline in oil shale shipments," CEO Ahto Altjõe said in a ...
Last year the number passengers passing through the harbors of the Port of Tallinn reached a record of 8.84 million, i.e., 4.3 per cent more than in 2011. The Port of Tallinn expects the number of passengers to exceed nine million in the year ahead.
The ships of the Tallinn-Helsinki line carried 7.26 million people last year, which is four per cent more than the year before. The number of the ...
A total of 13,346 tourists arrived in Tallinn during the start of the winter cruise ship season in late 2012, most of them from Russia, according to the Port of Tallinn.
The total was double that of previous year and represented nine ships' worth of passengers.The season started on November 27, when a British cruise ship called in Tallinn.On December 25, a Swedish ship docked, but the ...
MS Finlandia, Eckerö Line’s new vessel with passenger capacity of 2,080 people, arrived to Passenger Terminal A of the Port of Tallinn on early afternoon of Monday, 31 December. The first passenger of the ship was welcomed in Tallinn, and the captain of “Finlandia” received from the Port of Tallinn a symbolic memorial plaque in memory of the ship’s maiden ...
The air traffic service handled 180,402 flights in Estonian airspace in the first 11 months of the year 2012 - 6.6 percent more than in the same period year 2011.
It has been a continuous trend since the early 1990s, and most - over two-thirds - of the flights in Estonian airspace are overflights, reported Postimees. But the number of international flights departing from or arriving in ...
Tallinn Cluster Club held the final annual event at the Muuga Harbour on 19 December.
Having the event at the Muuga Harbour had symbolic significance in the promotion of the logistics services and activities of the Cluster – namely, the Harbour celebrated its 26th birthday on that date. Taking into account the overall long history of Estonian maritime activities, this harbour is ...
Estonian Logistics and Transit Association (LTA) has gained four new partners. At the LTA general assembly held in the beginning of December, EVR Cargo, Alekon Cargo, RRK and Baltic Rail were unanimously accepted as members of LTA.
As stated by Mr. Andres Valgerist, the chairman of the management board of LTA, the partnership with the new members has been successful for a few past years already, ...
Up until now, Turkey has been acknowledged by Estonians as an excellent holiday destination and far less emphasis has been put on the economic co-operation. When scrutinising the developments of the past years, we can spot many interesting aspects in the economy of this country located on the border between Asia and Europe and there could be plenty of reason for the partnership with Estonia.
The ...
Locating logistics companies and the businesses they serve in close proximity—in the right spot—can drive economic growth and become a significant source of jobs in our global economy, argues Yossi Sheffi.
His latest book, Logistics Clusters, published this fall (2012), takes a look at what he considers major economic engines in an era of globalization. He recently sat down with ...
On 5 December, the Board members of the Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) signed a contract at the Port of Tallinn (AS Tallinna Sadam) for the foundation of a non-profit association, in accordance with which the legal address of BPO will be in Estonia from now on and the organization will be entered in the Estonian non-profit associations and foundations register.
According to Julian Skelnik, the ...
For the first time a Christmas-themed tour for British cruise tourists included Tallinn as one of its destinations
On Tuesday , 27t h of November Fred Olsen Cruises brought to Tallinn the vessel Black Watch with approximately 700 British cruise tourists. The Christmas-themed tour introduced our British guests with Estonian holiday season customs and provided them with an option ...
A prominent delegation of Estonian logistics enterprises visited different companies in Turkey on 13 to 20 November introducing the geographical benefits of Estonia’s logistics companies and seeking cooperation opportunities.
Turkey lies between Europe and Asia serving as a bridge geographically, culturally and economically.
In Turkey, investments in the transportation system are ...
On Thursday AS Tallinna Sadam (Port of Tallinn) signed a cooperation agreement with the state agency CCOEC to facilitate the industrial parks of the Port of Tallinn for Chinese exporting companies. On Thursday the cooperation agreement was signed in Tallinn by the chairman of the board of AS Tallinna Sadam Mr. Ain Kaljurand and the president of CCOEC (China National Corporation for Overseas ...
The Port of Tallinn and The Maryland Port Administration (MPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday, on the 7th of November in Baltimore. Memorandum establishes a formal cooperation between the two ports aimed at increasing maritime business opportunities for both entities. The MOU was signed by MPA Deputy Executive Director M. Kathleen Broadwater and Port ...
CF&S Estonia logistics group became a member of the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association (LTA). According to Mr. Andres Valgerist, the Chairman of LTA, a proposal was made to the management of CF&S Estonia to join the Association in order to better facilitate the future cooperation.
CF&S Estonia has been a member of the Estonian Logistics Cluster since 2010 and is planning to ...
Eastern Access, Western Transparency
The Port of Tallinn's Gateway to Russia
Estonia has been the world’s preferred east-west trade and transit gateway since the Hanseatic League was founded in the 13th century.
In medieval times Tallinn was famous for the transit of salt and squirrel pelts, but today it is known for the movement of oil and bulk goods in and out of Russia, and in ...
This year the marina in the Old City Harbour at the heart of Tallinn was called by yachts from 21 different flag states a total of 1 529 times, mostly by Finnish yachts. More exotic flag states were India and US Minor Outlying Islands.
“The official conclusion of the yachting season was on Wednesday when it was already snow on shore,” said marina master Kalle Kuus. „The ...
Port of Tallinn got the 8th place among the 100 most valuable Estonian companies in the GILD 100 ranking. GILD100, compiled by GILD Corporate Finance, ranks the 100 most valuable Estonian companies by their estimated market capitalisation as of the beginning of 2012. The first GILD100 was published in 2007 based on estimated equity values as of 1 January 2007. The current GILD100 ranks companies ...
In addition to the transport and logistics companies, the 8th international transit conference TRANSESTONIA 2012: The Food Hub hosted international guests from the food industry and export businesses. This year the conference focused on an activity that has remained essential for Estonian transit for many centuries - the logistics of and value adding to food products. As stated by Mr. Illimar ...
Last week the logistics and forwarding concern CF&S Estonia AS has closed the deal with UAB Transekspedicija on purchase of shares of SIA Transekspedicija LV. Selling the stake in acquired company enables Transekspedicija UAB to focus to its core trucking activities in Lithuania.
The transaction was advised by Law offices Pohla & Hallmägi and Varul, Ernst & Young Baltic and ...
The heads of the Russian and Estonian customs authorities announced on Tuesday the establishment of a pilot project to test a simplified, expedited border crossing procedure for a list of trusted cargo companies.
"The [Estonian] Tax and Customs Board's goal is to work with our Russian colleagues to contribute to more rapid movement of goods across the border. In order to assist companies ...
A new ferry connection between northern Estonia's Sillamäe and the Russian port of Ust-Luga opened this week, providing cargo trucks an alternative to crossing the land border in Narva.
The 50-nautical mile link between the ports is the first naval venture for the line's operator, Universal Logistic System.
The ferry, which runs once a day, is currently open only to commercial ...
Estonian economy and communications minister Juhan Parts met on Monday in Beijing with Chinese transport minister Yang Chuantang. The practical possibilities of transport cooperation of the two states were discussed at the meeting. China is interested in finding solutions to getting its goods to Europe.
Parts stressed that Estonia with her developed logistics possibilities offers good and ...
The Estonian Logistics and Transit Association hereby invites you to submit a tender in response to call for tender on procurement of a research study titled „The scope of impact of transit in the Estonian economy“.
Please submit your tender offer in accordance with all of the instructions to the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association either in electronic format by email ...
The Estonian Logistics Cluster are sending a delegation of civic and commercial business leaders to Yorkshire to establish new trading partnerships.
The group will be attending the “E20 - The Route to Success” conference at Hull University on Wednesday 12th September as well as touring the North of England meeting potential business contacts.
“Trade between the UK and Estonia ...
The Council of the Jõelähtme Rural Municipality has approved the thematic plan of the Tallinn LNG terminal to be situated at the Muuga harbour.
The thematic plan “Site selection for the LNG terminal” covers a plot of 300 hectares in the eastern part of the Muuga Harbour. The Council requested for a strategic environmental impact assessment to be conducted in order to ...
This July, 1,138,139 passengers passed through harbours owned by Port of Tallinn – this is 2.4% more than the year before and also the highest number of passengers served in a month so far .
In the first seven months of this year, the Port of Tallinn has serviced 5.17 million passengers, which is 4.6% more compared to the same period of last year. Most passengers – 82% or a total of ...
Estonian Logistics Cluster issued a notice of invitations to tender for bringing the representatives of foreign food industry and trade businesses to the transit conference TransEstonia 2012: The Food Hub held in Tallinn, Estonia.
The 8th International Transit Conference TRANSESTONIA 2012 takes place on October 24, 2012 in Hotel Meriton Grand Conference & Spa, Tallinn.
For more ...
Marco Polo aims to ease road congestion and its attendant pollution by promoting a switch to greener transport modes for European freight traffic. Railways, sea-routes and inland waterways have spare capacity. Companies with viable projects to shift freight from roads to greener modes can turn to Marco Polo for financial support. More than 500 companies have already done so successfully since the ...
One of the world’s leading logistics companies Katoen Natie begins the construction of the biggest, 65 000 m2 covered logistics centre in Estonia in the Port of Muuga this Friday, 20 July with a total investment of 30 million Euros.
The Director of Katoen Natie Estonia Mart Melles claims that the company chose the Port of Muuga to be the location for the new logistics centre due to the ...
Baltic Line has decided to change the port of call in Estonia – since week 28 Baltic Line’s vessel Baltic Betina will call to Paldiski South Harbour, the largest Estonian ro-ro cargo port owned by Port of Tallinn. Until now Baltic Line was calling to Paldiski North Harbour.
Paldiski South Harbour – having multiple ro-ro quays, well-developed infrastructure, larger ro-ro ...
IF SINGAPORE, at the tip of Asia, wishes to find a long-lost twin, there is one flourishing at a quiet corner of Europe. That twin is the Republic of Estonia. It's one of the European Union's smallest countries and regained its independence from the Soviet Union as late as 1991.
But it has striking similarities with Singapore. Both are tiny nations surrounded by big ones, both leverage greatly ...
"We don’t put getting high economic numbers above preserving our heritage and the happiness of our people."
That’s the response from one Estonian official from the country’s foreign affairs ministry when I casually asked why his country is not getting more new citizens and foreign talent. Coming from Singapore, that seems like a surprising notion for a country to heed, but it ...
According to a resolution of Port of Tallinn’s General Meeting of May 21, this year Port of Tallinn will pay its owners, meaning the State, a total of nearly €44.9 million in dividends, which will be subject to value added tax totaling €11.9 million.
So the payments made by Port of Tallinn in relation to dividends in 2012 total nearly €57 million.
By agreement with the ...
FROM all accounts, Singapore is doing well in trading with China, the United States, India, Japan and Asean.
However, new markets are always welcome and I believe Singapore will do well to more actively build economic ties with Estonia.
Estonia? Where is it and why should we focus on the little-known nation?
Well, I have just visited the country and met its senior officials, including Prime ...
Forty Singaporean Journalists Paid a Visit to the Muuga Harbour
The Estonian Logistics and Transit Association and the Port of Tallinn hosted the Singapore Press Club delegation at the Muuga Harbour, presenting Estonian economy and logistics sector to its members.
According to Mr. Patrick Daniel, the president of the Singapore Press Club and the editor in chief of Singapore Press Holding (SPH), ...
For a second year in a row the Estonians earned the main prize for the event hosted at TransRussia. The recognition was awarded to the joint exhibition stall of the logisticians of the Logistics and Transit Association for organisation of the best event.
“In the last year, the mixed choir and the brass band of the Estonian Railways were the incontestable attraction of our joint exhibition ...
Baltic Rail is pleased to announce that from the 2 April 2012 it will be represented in Northern Europe by ASECO Container Services GmbH from their offices in Hamburg and Bremen. Commenting on the arrangement Stephen Archer, CEO said “The appointment of ASECO to represent Baltic Rail in the region improves our connectivity with large international shipping lines and shippers in the major ...
The 13th Logistics Seminar 2012 – Rail Baltica, organized by the University of Applied Sciences, will be happening on 4th to 5th April, in Tartu, Dorpat Conference Center.
The Logistics Seminar is an international event where the expected number of participants is about 350 people. The seminar focuses on Rail Baltica from a viewpoint of drastic road transport changes and also on ...
A prominent delegation of Estonian logistics enterprises will visit SITL Europe on 27 to 30 March introducing the geographical benefits of Estonia’s logistics companies, the favourable investment climate of the country and seeking cooperation opportunities.
Estonia is situated in the Northern Europe, in the area deemed to be most advanced and innovative economic region of Europe, with ...
Port of Tallinn and Unieveem Estonia have signed a cooperation agreement to build a warehouse complex and a hub in Muuga Harbour.
Unieveem Estonia is part of one of the world’s largest logistics companies Katoen Natie headquartered in Antwerp in Belgium. Under the agreement, in the first stage the company plans to build a 25,000 m² modern warehouse and distribution complex in ...
Rail Garant has started the construction of the Muuga container terminal. According to plans, the terminal will receive its very first shipment of cargo already in the first quarter of next year. The cost of the project totals nearly 60 million euros – this is one of the biggest recent investments in Estonia originating from Russia. The terminal will employ 200 people.
The ...
The Cluster awarded the main prize at the Logistics Deed of the Year 2011The Grand Prix of the competition the Logistics Deed of the Year 2011 was awarded to the Estonian Logistics Cluster for the development and successful implementation of the cruise ship turnaround together with the Port of Tallinn, the Tallinn Airport, and CF&S Estonia.
The logistics deed was designed to establish ...
The passenger volumes of AS Tallinna Sadam increased by seven percent during the past year, reaching an all-time record of 8.48 million passengers; the cargo volumes of the enterprise remained unchanged.
According to Ain Kaljurand, Chair of the Management Board of AS Tallinna Sadam, last year was characterised primarily by an increase of the passenger volumes, both on regular lines and ...
On 15 December 2011, an investment seminar organised by the Estonian Logistics Cluster for the Finnish entrepreneurs interested in investing in Estonia was held for the fourth time already. The seminar, organised in close cooperation between the Cluster, Embassy of Finland, Enterprise Estonia, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced the ...
The Estonian Logistics and Transit Association signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwanese CIECA (Chinese International Economic Cooperation) in Taipei.
According to Mr. Andres Valgerist, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association, the reception organised for the Estonian Logistics and Transit Association delegation by CIECA had been warm and ...
The Estonian Logistics Cluster delegation, accompanying the Prime Minister of Estonia Mr. Andrus Ansip, showcased Estonia’s favourable geographic location as well highly developed infrastructure for the transit of goods at the business forum in Singapore that had 175 potential investors registered as participants.
The Prime Minister Andrus Ansip together with a prominent business ...
Logisticians developing new US-Russia-China transport corridor through Estonia
The delegation of Estonian logistics enterprises held business meetings with the representatives of Halifax Harbour and Canadian National Railway (CN) in Nova Scotia on 19 and 20 September. The goal of the Estonian Logistics Cluster mission to US and Canada is to develop an extensive intermodal transport corridor ...
Baltic Line service, operated by Nor Lines, is calling Paldiski every fortnight for any conventional cargoes to/from Norway and other Scandinavian countries.
In order to strengthen Baltic Line's activities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Line agency in all Baltic States countries will be run starting from 1.8.2011 by Baltic Line Finland, who have appointed CF&S Estonia AS as their ...
In the last week of May, the delegation of Estonian Logistics Cluster paid a visit to the Port of Busan in Korea, one of the five world's most important container ports, in order to learn from the experiences of the top performers in the field and to witness the success of parallel use of multiple operators.
According to Mr. Andres Valgerist, heading the cluster delegation, it is paramount to ...
Representatives of the state-owned port operator Tallinna Sadam, Alekon Cargo and Eesti Raudtee who are visiting Asia met this week in Fuzhou with the representatives of the local office of the Chinese state-owned transport and logistics company Sinotrans, writes The Baltic Course. They discussed channelling the cargo flows exiting from the Fuzhou port via Estonia. Alekon Cargo manager Erkki ...
The representatives the Port of Tallinn, Alekon Cargo and the Estonian Railways had a meeting at Fuzhou with the heads of the regional representation of Sinotrans, a Chinese state owned leading transportation and logistics enterprise, in order to discuss channelling the Port of Fuzhou outbound cargo flows through Estonia.
As indicated by Mr. Erkki Veismann, CEO of Alekon Cargo, the meeting held ...
Estonian logistics entrepreneurs paid a visit to Hanjin Group holding company comprised of major Korean transportation companies Hanjin Shipping, Hanjin Transportation and Korean Air.
According to Mr. Andres Valgerist, heading the logistics cluster delegation, Estonians were received at a very high level as among the people welcoming the delegation were Mr. J. S. Choi, Vice ...
Estonian logistics entrepreneurs signed memorandums of understanding with Xiamen and Fuijan Logistics Associations and Fuzhou Ports Association in China today. The aim of the MOUs is to develop and improve the cooperation between the two countries in the areas of logistics, transportation and transit.
Mr. Ke Dong, Vice President of the Xiamen Logistics Association as well as Mr. Li Xinhu, ...
For the first time in history, Estonia participates with a common stand at the world’s largest international specialised fair "Transport Logistic" that takes place on May 10-12 in Munich.
Logistics and Transit Association board chairman Andres Valgerist said that at the fair this year, 160 ports and 100 railway companies are represented but also all of the world’s leading ...
Estonian Railways and Transgarant concluded a co-operation agreement at the transportation fair held in Moscow. The agreement gives the Estonian Railways an opportunity to use the wagon fleet of Transgarant and to offer a client transport rates in both Estonia and Russia through Estonian harbours.
Mr. Jaanus Paas, Chairman of the Management Board of EVR Cargo, a subsidiary of Estonian Railways, ...
The transportation enterprises’ joint effort to promote Estonia globally is showing the first fruits - as a result of the coordinated action of the Port of Tallinn and the Tallinn Airport, a deal was cemented with Happy Cruises from Spain planning to start their Baltic Sea cruises specifically from Tallinn this summer.
In addition to the Port of Tallinn and the Tallinn Airport, a third ...
Today on 18 February, 2011, the Estonian logistics entrepreneurs will introduce the possibilities of Estonian transit corridor for Russian and Central Asia trade to the Hamburg and Kiel port companies.
As stated by Mr. Illimar Paul, Development Manager of the Estonian Logistics Cluster, Hamburg and Bremerhaven are the prime container hubs for Estonia.
“The purpose of our trip is to ...
Today on 14 February, 2011, the members of the Estonian Logistics Cluster introduced the advantages of Estonia’s logistic location at the Estonian-Kazakhstan Business Forum and proposed initiatives and opportunities for cooperation to Kazakhs.
According to Mr. Juhan Parts, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, participating in the 2nd session of the intergovernmental ...
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