Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
Special issue 2008
TRANSPORT‘ 2008
LATVIA AS LOGISTICS AND TRANSIT CENTER
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Latvia
Figures & Facts
Country’s code: LV Population’s ethnic composition: The name “Latvia” originates from an • 59.1 per cent Latvian, ancient Baltic (Indo European) tribe, • 28.0 per cent Russian, i.e. the Latgalians (latgaпi, Latvian) • 12.9 per cent other nationalities. who formed the ethnic core of the Latvian people. State language: Latvian. Most com mon foreign languages: English, Geography: Latvia is situated on the Russian, and German. Eastern shores of the Baltic Sea and is composed of 4 historic regions, i.e. Capital City: Riga (731.8 th inhabi Vidzeme, Kurzeme, Latgale and tants). The city was founded in Zemgale. The highest point in the 1201. The city’s old part as a historic country – the hill Gaijzinsh, 311.5 and cultural centre is included into meters. The country’s climate is mod the UNESCO’s list of world cultural erate with slight temperature heritage. changes: summer is usually warm, with mild temperatures in spring and Other large towns and cities: autumn, though winters can be unex Daugavpils (117 th), Liepaja (97 th), pectedly cold. There could be occa Jelgava (71 th), Jurmala (59 th), and sional showers. Ventspils (47 th inhabitants).
Area: 64,589 sq. km (24,937 sq. miles). Ports: There are three major ports in the country: Ventspils, Riga and Total national border length: 1,862 km Liepaja. Latvia borders Estonia on the south, Russia on the east, Belarus on the south Free Economic Zones: Riga Free Port, east and Lithuania on the south. Ventspils Free Port, Liepaja Special Economic Zone and Rezekne Special Length of the Latvia’s coastline: Economic Zone. 494 km. Latvian national currency: Population, 2008: 2,270,000. 1 lat (LVL). 1 lat = 100 santims. 3
Latvia is destined to serve as a bridge between the EU and Russia
Latvia is one of the few European Along with increasing the capacity of Union countries sharing borders with motor road checkpoints, we also have to Russia and we would like to explore continue the development of usage of rail advantages of our geographic position. transit ways as their potential is not fully Latvian borders, which divide the exploited. A significant challenge to European Union and Russia, shall by no Latvia is establishment of direct railway means serve as a wall separating two large links with the rest of Europe thus encour markets, rather being a bridge ensuring aging transit not only via our sea ports the implementation of both countries’ but also along the land territory. As a main economic interests. result, the turnover of cargoes carried by It is already try that Latvian sea ports, rail will multiply bringing revenues to our railways and motor roads ensure large tran railway companies and increasing tax rev sit cargo flows back and forth from West to enues in the state budget. East. Our direct task is to ensure the qual We live in the world based on eco ity of the service, thus providing our coun nomic development and competition. Ivars Godmanis, try with an opportunity to develop its Taking into account that we are not a Prime Minister economy and increase the quality of life small island in the middle of a huge ocean, of the Republic of Latvia for Latvian people. However, there are sev we have to provide conditions for our eral obstacles on the way the transit flow is transit operators being able to success developing and it is our duty to eliminate fully compete with our neighbouring them. One of such obstacles is the short countries, on other transit routes by offer age of border crossing points, as the num ing better, more efficient and advanta ber of existing checkpoints is substantially geous services. These are our targets and insufficient for an ever increasing volume aims in the distribution of international of cargo flows on motor roads. Due to this cargo transportation. Latvia has 3 large situation large queues of cargo carriers are sea ports: in Riga, Liepaja and Ventspils, forming at the existing border crossing which compete not only with sea ports of points. This is not only a Latvian problem; the neighbouring countries but also with it is a matter of concern for the European each other; therefore the state’s obliga Union as a whole due to the fact that the tion is to improve and develop the infra largest amount of the cargoes comes from structures. For this purpose we invest both other EU countries. I truly believe that we financial resources of the EU funds, and will soon be able to solve this problem by involving the capital of Russian compa implementing successful cooperation with nies. And I am fully convinced that these institutions of the European Union and the activities will increase the turnover of the Russian colleagues. goods transported in Latvia. • 4
Latvia as logistics and transit center
On behalf of Latvian Ministry of established an aim – to increase the number of Transport I would like to welcome all the air passengers to 10 million of up to 2015, or booklet’s readers! even triple the rate of passengers’ increase in Transportation sector is becoming one of the distant future. We are fully aware that this the most dynamic and fast growing sectors in aim can be reached; thus during the last years Latvian economy. And even more, this sector the number of passengers has been constantly is taking the leading positions in the coun growing and already at present reaching more try’s economic development. Due to the coun than 4 million passengers. In order to success try’s favorable geographic situation, Latvia fully implement the above mentioned aim we has already become an important trade part have developed detailed plans to build a mod ner between West and East, South and North. ern passengers’ terminal in Riga, as well as the Latvian transport policy is in full compli business center and comfortable hotels within ance with the European Union’s require the airport vicinity. At the same time, we ments and the country’s transportation net actively develop the second Latvian interna Ainars Slesers, work has become an integral part of the EU tional airport in the city of Liepaja. Minister of Transport Trans European Transport Network (TEN T). Booming activity in the residential con of the Republic of Latvia Latvia is actively utilizing available EU funds struction sector and that of the roads’ con for the improvement of the country’s trans struction and renovation envisaged during port infrastructures. last years has greatly activated the develop Our priorities in the transport sector ment in transit and transportation fields. It have been stable and fundamental aimed at: has to be acknowledged the national constant growth in transit cargoes’ volumes, Ministry of Transportation’s role in the active logistic centers’ development, as well process; suffice it to say that about 70 per as that of sea harbors and land airports. At cent of the petrol excess duty is channeled the same time, railway transport plays an to roads’ renovation and we expect a further ever increasing role in the country’s internal increase financial support in the roads’ con transport network. Thus, Latvijas dzelzcels struction, which would allow us to make the company (Latvian Railways) has ambitious roads in full compliance with the EU trans plans for 2008, i.e. to increase – quickly and port standards. Already at present a good substantially – by about 30 per cent the car share of investments is channeled towards gos’ turnover in the country. Main attention reducing pressures for transport operators in the future will be placed on attracting and drivers standing in long queues at the container cargoes. Latvian Russian crossing point. We are witnessing presently an active Significant financial support is rendered cooperation between the railway and ports’ for Latvian infrastructure development from networks, with the aim of reaching 5 mln TEU various European funds. This assistance can in their combined containers’ turnover. At make the successful VIA Baltica project’s the same time, project Rail Baltica is plying implementation during the coming years and an ever growing importance aimed at making assist in the construction and actual imple more active the railway transport routes in mentation of the highway towards Moscow. the North South direction. Solid investments In the conclusion I would like to assure are envisaged for the railway’s infrastructure the readers that nowadays we invest a lot of renovation in order to increase both the level resources in order to make our country an of security and goods’ delivery. attractive international transit center for One of our main priorities is the Riga railway and road transportation, as well as International Airport’s development. We have that of the air transport. • 5
Transport in Latvia
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EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF FREIGHTS FREIGHT TRANSPORT BY MODE OF TRANSPORT, MLN T BY MODE OF TRANSPORT, MLN T
Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
3 Gogola Str., Riga LV 1743, Latvia PASSENGER TRAFFIC BY MODE OF TRANSPORT, MAIN CARGO LOADED AT LATVIA'S PORTS, Phone: +371 67028222 MLN PASSENGERS MLN T Fax: +371 67217180 E mail: [email protected]
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Latvian economy review
In 2007, Latvian economy growth rates Rapid growth has led to occurrence and have slowed down slightly: according to the extension of economic misbalances in develop national statistics office, the country’s GDP has ment which has been reflected in further deteri grown by 10.2 per cent in 2007, whereas the orating inflation and account deficit payments. record year in growth with 11.9 per cent was Thus, in 2007 the CPI yearly based average infla definitely that of 2006. tion reached 14.1 per cent and was the highest The GDP growth was generally due to the during last 10 years. Consumer goods’ prices following economy sectors’ development: con increased by 6.8 per cent during 2006. struction – by 12.4 per cent, transport and During the first months of 2008 the infla communication – by 11.6 per cent, commercial tion rates have been growing reaching services – by 10.4 per cent, wholesale and 15.8 per cent in January and 16.7 per cent in retail – by 6.4 per cent. In manufacturing sec February this year, which was the highest fig tor (the share of it in gross GDP is at about ure among the EU 27. Current account bal 10.2 per cent) a slight reduction, i.e. by 3.1 per ance, as percentage of GDP, reached 20 per cent in development has been recorded. cent which is regarded as one of the highest High economic development growth rates in the world, as well. have been instigated in Latvia during last years by According to the country’s central bank the internal consumption, as well as by the growth president, Ilmars Rimshevichs, Latvian econ in private demand and investments; however the omy presently is “cooling down”, however export growth was of minor importance. adequate measures should be taken not to Export of services and goods increased in make this process too harshly developing. 2007 by 10.3 per cent, while import grew by Latvian economy in 2008, according to 16.6 per cent. The biggest share of Latvian experts’ forecast from the Ministry of Economics, export – 76.1 per cent – is presently headed will experience a moderate growth and on a yearly towards the EU member states. basis it will reach 7 per cent. Inflation is going to Among export items most quickly grew (in remain high due to increase in administrative actual prices) the following sectors: transportation regulated prices; however in the coming years the equipment and machines – by 45.6 per cent, chemi inflation will be most probably reduced. cal industry and adjacent sectors’ goods – by 41.3 Reduction in the GDP growth rates in per cent, food industry goods – by 37.4 per cent. 2008 is expected to be connected to the cor Latvia experienced rapid economic growth responding reduction in internal consump during 2005 2007mainly because of high credit tion. On another hand, the rates for natural expansion which was driving up both private gas for industrial sector have been increased, consumption and investment flow into real on average, by 17 21 per cent since 1 April estate sector. Thus the volume of issued credits and for electricity – by 37.6 per cent. reached 13.051 bln lat at the end of 2007. According to experts’ forecasts, food prices Growth in new construction projects in 2007 will increase in 2008, on average, by 20 per increased by 21.3 per cent, as compared to a year cent. Due to high inflation rate, it is highly before. About 1.2 mln sq m of residential con improbable that Latvia and other Baltic struction have been commissioned in 2007, States will introduce euro before 2010. including 474.1 sq m built with the use of people’s According to forecasts, one of the main gov assets and credits (compared to, correspondingly, ernment’s assignments for the year is to 812.6 th sq.m and 388.9 th sq m in 2006). increase macroeconomic stability which is The number of tourists visiting Latvia increased closely connected to making changes in chan by 9 per cent, compared to 2006; that was the third neling investments towards export oriented best figure among the EU 27 member states. and knowledge based economy sectors. • 7
Figures & Facts
MAIN LATVIAN EXPORTS PARTNERS DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN THE LATVIAN IN 2007 COMPANIES' BASIC CAPITAL, AS TO 30.06.2007, % Mln LVL Share, % Export, total 4038.7 100.0 EU 27 3075.1 76.1 EU 25 3063.9 75.9 EU 15 1632.6 40.4 CIS 586.4 14.6 Other countries 375.6 9.3 Important exporters Lithuania 623.9 15.5 Estonia 573.6 14.2 Russia 387.8 9.6 Germany 354.8 8.8 Sweden 312.0 7.7 Source: Latvian Central Statistical Bureau.
MAIN LATVIAN IMPORTS PARTNERS LATVIAN GDP SECTORAL ECONOMY STRUCTURE IN 2007 IN 2006, % Mln LVL Share, % Import, total 7746.3 100.0 EU 27 6026.9 77.7 EU 25 6012.1 76.6 EU 15 3413.9 44.1 CIS 1030.3 13.3 Other countries 697.2 9.0 Important importers Germany 1169.4 15.1 Lithuania 1073.1 13.9 Russia 658.4 8.5 Estonia 624.4 8.1 Poland 538.4 7.0 Source: Latvian Central Statistical Bureau.
MAIN TOP 10 FOREIGN INVESTORS IN LATVIA, AS TO 01.04.2008* LATVIAN GDP GROWTH RATE, Rank Name Country Investments, LVL % AS TO THE SAME PERIOD PREVIOUS YEAR 1 Hansapank Estonia 186,049,096 2 Tilts Communications Denmark 71,581,000 3 Dnb NORD Denmark 56,840,993 4 Tele2 Sweden 50,002,000 5 Euromin Holdings Cyprus 38,485,500 6 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Sweden 38,484,643 7 Transnefteprodukt Russia 36,550,700 8 Bite Lietuva Lithuania 30,983,316 9 Kommersiella Fastigheter I Sverige Iii Gron Norway 27,702,800 10 Portpro Norway 24,276,000 * According to the Latvian Register of Enterprise data. Source: Lursoft. 8
Riga freeport’s development strategy
One of the trends in modern city goods transhipment. According to the port’s development in the world is the new plans, Kundzinsala, the northern transfer of the cargo handling opera part of the island territory will be used tions off the city center's activity. Riga for container terminals’ development. It port development strategy is in full is early to state whether the Baltic compliance with the trend, i.e. it Container Terminal that already exists on intends to transfer cargo handling oper Kundzinsala will be expanded or a totally ations outside the city’s central part new terminal will be constructed, but creating at the same time a completely the territory development trends, aimed new infrastructure, enhancing business, at containerized cargo handling, are developing culture and recreation facil already clearly formulated. Another ter ities, as well as creating residential minal, the National Container Terminal, is safe environment. now also under construction. Leonid Loginov, The decision to transfer cargo han The second type of cargoes that is Chief Executive Officer, dling operations from the city centre will envisaged for handling at Kundzinsala is Riga Free Port facilitate cargo processing operations, light oil. From the economical point of making them more cost efficient, less time view, it is very profitable to handle light consuming and decreasing pollution. oil products, and due to the fact that the For more than 800 years the city of mentioned commodity is transhipped Riga has been inextricably bound to the through Latvian territory to Tallinn port, port activities. Now, the bulk cargo ter certain cargo’s volume can be tran minals will be removed, and the coal tran shipped through Riga port as well. shipment terminals will be the first to The third big scale Project of the Riga leave the center of the city. Some experts Freeport is called “Passenger Terminal and consider Krievu Sala (Krievu Island) to be Cruise Vessels Terminal Construction on the most appropriate location for the the territory of the Freeport of Riga”. construction of the new terminals. The The Riga Freeport has a unique loca objective is to make Krievu Sala a multi tion. It is a central hub on the trade cor functional terminal centre, focused on ridor from Europe to Russia, and it handling bulk cargoes, at the same time undoubtedly has tremendous potentials. I creating all necessary conditions to han am certain that the activities of the Riga dle general cargoes in future. Freeport will become more efficient and According to experts, Riga port’s all our partners, both old and new, will close proximity to Scandinavian, Russian benefit from our fruitful and mutually and Belarus neighbours provides it with beneficial cooperation, including Russia good opportunities for containerized and other countries of the world. • 9
Riga Free Port
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CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE IN RIGA PORT IN 2007, %
Riga Free Port Authority
12 Kalpaka Blv., Riga LV 1010, Latvia Phone: +371 67030800 Fax: +371 67030835 E mail: [email protected]
CARGO TURNOVER IN RIGA PORT, MLN T
CARGO TURNOVER IN RIGA PORT, TH T Type of cargo 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007/ 2006 , % Dry bulk 6689.3 9801.1 12970.4 14766.1 15348.5 15485.2 +0.9 chemicals 1750.0 2018.4 1491.3 1365.5 1359.5 1933.2 +42.2 coal 2497.8 5253.6 9444.4 10713.7 10667.8 10470.0 1.9 Liquid 5357.3 5044.5 4478.4 3458.9 4933.1 4823.0 2.2 oil products 5162.5 4900.1 4347.1 3309.9 4881.8 4781.7 2.1 General 6061.7 6876.1 6542.5 6204.1 5075.4 5624.6 +10.8 containers 1281.1 1319.9 1451.8 1613.9 1614.8 1875.4 +16.1 TEU 121784 145655 152166 156008 176826 211840 +19.8 Roll on/Roll of 359.8 681.2 481.8 637.1 302.1 508.9 +68.5 number 19173 38716 39303 50445 55365 82896 +49.7 wood products 4169.2 4533.1 4390.8 3854.5 3001.9 2952.1 1.7 th m3 5254.7 5482.6 5334.5 4724.8 3498.9 3291.3 5.9 metals 5.9 15.7 98.2 16.8 36.6 87.9 +140.2 Total 18108.3 21721.7 23991.3 24429.1 25357.0 25932.8 +2.3 10
Ventspils – important East West trade corridor
Owing to advantageous geographical being implemented in Ventspils. By attract location the ice free harbour Ventspils has ing private investments, new terminals are been for centuries an important East West developing successfully; thus, Ventspils trade corridor. Ventspils has been world Grain Terminal has been launched which is known as a significant transport hub for one of the most advanced grain transship various cargoes such as crude oil, petro ment and storage terminals in the world. This leum products, liquid chemical products, year it is planned to finish the construction coal, various metals, fertilizers and timber of a specialized closed storage coal terminal products. Today, however, Ventspils is vig with a total turnover capacity of 5 mln tons orously advancing container and Ro Ro of coal per year. cargo traffic hub, facilitating and con In order to attract new cargo flows, the tributing to generate value added value at Free Port of Ventspils invests its available the territory of Ventspils Free Port. capital as well as that of the financial assis The port hosts 10 terminals and stevedor tance from the European Union funds for the Imants Sarmilis, ing companies which annually provide a development and modernization of the exist CEO, turnover of about 30 mln tons of goods, as ing port infrastructures and for the construc Ventspils Free Port well as hosting 15 ship agency companies. In tion of new facilities. For example, a new pas 2007, the port’s companies served 2,242 ships senger terminal has been built, which now and handled 31.037 mln tons of cargo, which considerably improves the ferry line passen is an increase of 1.98 million tons or 6.8 per ger service. It is also planned to reconstruct cent as to 2006. From the transshiped cargo motorways, the motorbridge over the Venta volume, 64.49 per cent were liquid cargoes, River and construct an additional bridge as 27.41 per cent bulk cargoes and 8.1 per cent well as to improve various port’s berths. general cargoes (see table below). Ventspils industrial development area is In 2007, more than 50 thousand passen growing dynamically, focusing mainly on the gers used Ventspils Port’s services. The four delivery of high added value products. New Scandlines ferries currently travelling production units are being built, new compa between Germany, Sweden and Ventspils nies are launching their activities, operating carry about 1,000 passengers and hundreds in various industries, such as wood process of cars every week, as well as more than ing and engineering industry, manufacturing 1300 trucks and trailers each week. of plastic items and other industrial sectors. Scandlines currently is operating on the The companies in the territory of the Free Nynashamn Ventspils and Rostock Ventspils Port of Ventspils operate under the free eco lines. In addition, passengers can also use nomic zone conditions, which imply consid another ferry company that uses Ventspils erable tax incentives for businesses. These port, i.e. Saaremaa Shipping Company, which and other advantages of Ventspils, such as connects Ventspils with Estonia’s ports. good infrastructure, favourable transport More than 15,000 passengers were trans links, support from the municipality and the ported on this ferry line in 2007. Free Port of Ventspils Authority, etc. have At the moment, with support from both created a favourable environment for invest the city administration and that of the Free ments which greatly assist development of Port a number of significant projects are new terminals and production units. • 11
Ventspils Free Port
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CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE IN VENTSPILS PORT IN 2007, %
Ventspils Free Port Authority
19 Jana Str., Ventspils LV 3601, Latvia Phone: +371 63622586 Fax: +371 63621297 E mail: [email protected]
CARGO TURNOVER IN VENTSPILS PORT, MLN T
CARGO TURNOVER IN VENTSPILS PORT, TH T Type of cargo 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007/ 2006, % Dry bulk 7605.5 7995.4 9210.4 10691.7 8596.5 8510.7 1.0 chemicals 4679.5 4798.1 4476.0 5138.0 3703.2 3241.2 12.5 coal 1440.4 1734.3 3906.7 4597.9 3937.5 4110.6 +4.4 Liquid 20538.8 18441.4 17726.4 18109.5 17997.0 20017.1 +11.2 crude oil 7475.4 3283.0 2184.2 244.1 1949.1 2051.7 +5.3 oil products 12574.4 14237.2 14689.6 16853.2 15111.8 16836.7 +11.4 General 559.4 879.4 868.5 1061.8 2468.7 2509.5 +1.7 containers 1.3 32.6 2.2 7.1 142.7 162.2 +13.7 TEU 1044 2573 292 559 14241 16846 +18.3 Roll on/Roll of 44.0 237.2 354.8 584.0 1798.2 1707.1 5.1 number 3526 10824 19236 27117 67153 72884 +8.5 wood products 409.1 443.9 395.4 359.0 408.7 459.6 +12.5 th m3 481.4 522.6 471.4 422.4 480.8 540.4 +12.4 metals 11.6 0.0 0.7 6.2 24.5 20.7 15.5 Total 28703.7 27316.2 27805.3 29863.0 29062.2 31037.3 +6.8 12
Liepaja – modern developing port
As one of the few non freezing ports the Navy Canal will be carried out in the near on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, the future. During the coming years we expect Port of Liepaja is on the crossroads that, apart from our own funds, approxi between the vast European market on the mately 50 mln euros from the EU Cohesion west side and the huge Russian and the Fund, other EU financial sources and from the CIS market in the east. Only a day is state budget will be invested into the Port of needed to reach any Western European Liepaja, so that the cargo turnover could country by sea. increase reaching 10 million ton capacity Winter is not an obstacle as the port is within the coming 5 7 years. ice free all year round. Thanks to its recent The Port of Liepaja is a part of the Liepaja past, when Liepaja was trading more with the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which was East than with the West, there is a large net established in 1997 for 20 years (until the work of roads and railway lines connecting year 2017). Liepaja with Russia and the CIS, which pres The companies being Liepaja SEZ’s resi Guntars Krievins, ents both the major sources of raw materials dents may have the following tax incentives: General Manager, and industrial output areas. Year by year, • 80 per cent corporate income tax reduction Liepaja Special Economic Zone, Liepaja accumulates its significant role for • 80 per cent reduction on property tax (in both, its eastern and western neighbors due some cases – 100 per cent rebate, subject to to the abovementioned advantages. the City Council’ decision) Cargo turnover volumes in the Port of SEZ investors may also apply for free zone Liepaja during last couple of years were not status regarding: growing as fast as in mid 1990s when the • import materials and equipment free of all annual cargo turnover increase each year by customs and excise duties about 25 30 per cent. However, the port did • VAT (0 rates) manage to process throughout the last At present, 38 companies have been decade about 4 4.5 mln tons of various types established in the Liepaja SEZ. The scope of of commodities, anyway. We are currently the companies varies from national, foreign, very busy to provide adequate infrastructure multinational and joint venture companies. to expand private business activities, i.e. in Their contribution into the development particular, road and railway infrastructures. accounts for more than EUR 80 million. There Thus, in February this year a new railway line are still vast unused territories in the Liepaja of almost four kilometers with two shunting SEZ which are available for the potential yards was commissioned. This work was car investors and leaseholders. ried out with the EU Cohesion Fund co Taking into account the growing global financing assistance and the Latvian govern trend in containerized cargoes, the Liepaja ment support. In my opinion, the above men SEZ Authority approved a decision to con tioned project has already brought certain struct and develop a new general and liq results, since the cargo turnover for the two uid cargo terminal in the Northern part of months this year has grown by 27 per cent as the port. compared to the same period last year. Liepaja is situated at the main door to In 2008, major dredging works are the transit corridor from Eastern to Western expected to be carried out, so that the port Europe. Liepaja with its unique geographical could reach the depth of 12 meters, allowing situation, its modern infrastructure and com PANAMAX vessels to enter the Port of Liepaja. petitive labor force can guarantee the eco Also, reconstruction of the wave breakers and nomic growth and a long term sustainable berths, as well as the clean – up project of development of the region. • 13
Port of Liepaja
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CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE IN LIEPAJA PORT IN 2007, %
Liepaja Special Economic Zone Direction & Authority
4 Feniksa Str., Liepaja, LV 3401, Latvia Phone: +371 63427605 Fax: +371 63480252 E mail: [email protected]
CARGO TURNOVER IN LIEPAJA PORT, MLN T
CARGO TURNOVER IN LIEPAJA PORT, TH T Type of cargo 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007/ 2006 , % Dry bulk 799.2 1063.1 1129.6 1651.4 1652.3 1880.5 +13.8 grain 422.1 535.3 492.2 1011.8 951.1 1226.3 +28.9 Liquid 887.6 1077.1 863.3 668.0 965.7 818.7 15.2 crude oil 90.3 295.8 212.0 202.4 200.8 196.4 2.2 oil products 722.6 703.1 595.7 433.7 744.4 566.8 23.9 General 2631.4 2717.2 2481.2 2189.0 1382.7 1339.5 3.1 containers 34.0 33.9 38.9 36.2 75.6 59.0 22.0 TEU 2798 2652 2764 3144 7809 7665 1.8 Roll on/Roll of 654.9 800.8 696.4 468.3 0.0 0.0 number 29263 33627 30231 22099 0 0 wood products 774.8 865.1 783.8 735.0 572.3 514.1 10.2 th m3 927.3 1083.6 933.7 787.0 628.9 582.1 7.4 metals 922.4 775.2 769.0 748.2 662.9 644.4 2.8 Total 4318.1 4857.4 4474.1 4508.4 4000.7 4038.7 +0.9 14
Small ports as logistic business’ integral part
Small ports are becoming an important at the same time to turn these ports into part present logistic business which implies modern logistic terminals. import export operations as well as goods’ With the assistance from the EU ERAF production and manufacturing. Latvian program, in Mersrags port in 1999 and in small ports’ development program is aimed Skulte and Salacgrivas ports in 2001 have at creating in small ports such facilities as been implementing ports’ modernisation ferry terminals and container terminals and projects. As a result, the 120 m long boats, Ro Ro transportation facilities. 6 m deep passage, with 5 th t deadweight There are presently seven actively func (ice breakers’ class A) can presently enter tioning small ports: Skulte, Salacgriva, these ports. The boats with 8 th t dead Mersrags, Roja, Povilosta, Engure and Lielupe. weight and 8.5 m deep passage can enter The following are their priority developmen Mersargs’ port. These kinds of vessels are tal directions: commonly used among the Baltics’ cargo • Local cargos’ transportation; transporters. Janis Megnis, • Receiving and accommodating fishing An important item in the small ports’ Chairman, boats; activity in the coming years could be the Association of Small Ports of Latvia • Yachts’ tourism development. export of tiny wooden burning chips, as the During last 15 years Latvian small ports EU directives require the use of renewable have been mainly processing goods with low resources. On the other hand, the small ports’ added value. About 10 per sent of all wood abilities to receive enormous deadweight products imported to Latvia are processed vessels would allow for the ports’ coopera in small ports. tion with the peat producers. Ports in Skulte, Salacgriva, Mersrags, Roja Alongside the growth of Latvian peo are mainly processing round wood, first pro ple’s wellbeing and the country’s recogni cessing wood, construction materials as well tion in Europe, the yacht tourism is as peat, fishery products and bulk cargoes in becoming an important part of small small quantities. The fish processing facto ports’ activity. Thus, Engure port assisted ries situated within the small ports’ vicinity by the EU funds started the production of or next to small ports’ territories produce the catamarans alongside the yacht tourism main share of Latvian fish export. Ports in infrastructures. Port Pavilosta, which is Povilosta and Engure have been specializ situated at the eastern Baltic’s coasts, is ing in fish products transportation; besides aimed at developing yachts’ tourism these ports have bee active in developing facilities providing all the opportunities yachts’ tourism. The share of small ports in for the port to become an attractive the nation’s cargo turnover reached 2.3 per yacht tourism point for Scandinavian and cent in 2007, which was equal to 1.42 mln t Western Europe’s tourists. of cargos. Three ports took the main part in The small ports’ development strategy is cargo turnover: Skulte with 543.3 th t, aimed at, besides ferry terminals and Ro Ro Salacgriva with 414.4 th t and Mersrags cargos and containers’ processing, develop with 401 th t. ing facilities for passenger cars’ transporta Example for comparison: all Latvian small tion in Mersrags, Skulte and Salacgriva ports. ports in 1995 transported about 500 th t. It For example, a distribution and logistics is expected to increase further the turnover development project with an industrial park capacity of small firms through the small and wind mills facilities are envisaged for in ports’ modernisation program, which is aimed Salacgriva’s port. • 15
Small ports
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CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE IN SKULTE PORT, % IN MERSRAGS PORT, %
Association of Small Ports of Latvia
5 Trijadibas Str., Riga LV 1048, Latvia Phone: +371 29238127 Fax: +371 63291128 E mail: [email protected]
CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE CARGO TURNOVER STRUCTURE IN SALACGRIVA PORT, % IN ROJA PORT, %
CARGO TURNOVER IN LATVIAN SMALL PORTS, TH T 2006 2007 Sent Received Total Sent Received Total Skulte 311.4 60.2 371.6 505.5 37.8 543.3 Salacgriva 253.3 127.5 381.8 307.1 107.5 414.6 Mersrags 275.1 3.0 278.1 348.1 53.1 401.2 Roja 27.9 12.0 39.9 46.9 14.0 60.9 Pavilosta 0.0 4.3 4.3 0.0 4.6 4.6 Engure 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 Lielupe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total in small ports 868.7 208.0 1076.7 1207.6 218.1 1425.7 Total in Latvian ports 53068.9 6427.7 59496.6 55177.9 7256.6 62434.4 Source: Association of Small Ports of Latvia. 16
LDz – an active partner in the multi modal corridor
State Joint Stock Company Latvijas twice as much compared to 2006. The Baltic dzelzcels (LDz) has been an active partner States, as well as Russia and Kazakhstan in the multi modal corridor connecting actively participate in this project. All the Latvia with Russia and Asian countries. countries have signed an agreement on an LDz Cargo Ltd, subsidiary company of State application of a common tariff rates. The Joint Stock Company Latvijas LDz, processed container train is formed in Rзzekne; then it and transported 9.65 million tons of cargo in proceeds by the transit rout through Russia January February 2008, i.e. 30.5 per cent to Kazakhstan. Most of the cargos are des more than during the same period last year. tined for Kazakhstan customers, but some of This fact that can identify LDz Cargo Ltd them are carried further on to other Central presently as an undeniable leader in cargo Asian countries. transportation among the Baltic States. One of the most urgent issues is not only LDz Cargo Ltd has been found during the the container transportation in the direction Ugis Magonis, reorganization of LDz’s mother copany. LDz to Kazakhstan, but also from Kazakhstan to Chairman of the Board Cargo Ltd could keep and maintain contacts the ports of Latvia. The company intensively Latvijas dzelzcels (LDz), with more than 3000 clients, such as freight works to attract container cargos from China, State Joint Stock Company owners, stevedores and forwarders. Besides it which is presently an area of dynamically has established good partnership relations manufactured goods. with the colleagues from the CIS railway area Latvia has several advantages in further countries, as well as those in Central Asia, the development of container transportation. Baltic region, and Western European states. First of all, the country has long traditions, as The cargos are transported within the main containers have been processed in Riga port transit corridors of this region, i.e. in East since 1983 and the customers have recognize West and North South corridors. The coopera the terminals’ efficiency since. Secondly, tion along these spheres has been efficient there has been established a good coopera due to the following factors: common railway tion with the leading container operator in gauge (1520 mm) and identical legal provi Russia, such as TransContainer, subsidiary of sions, e.g. the use of common SMGS and CIM JSC Russian Railways (RZD). On the basis of cargo transport consignment documentation. LDz and TransContainer agreement on the use There are 2900 qualified experts working of a common container park, in the route in the company with a long experience in the Riga – Kuncevo 2 (Moscow) (opened in logistics and organization of cargo transporta autumn of 2007) the containers were mainly tion technological process. LDz Cargo Ltd transported using the railway platforms from receives and process cargos in 74 stations, this company. among them in 9 stations situated next to the Thirdly, LDz is paying intensive attention ports in Riga, Ventspils, and Liepaja. They are to the renovation of rolling stocks. In 2007 equipped with proper infrastructure to provide there were purchased 100 long range plat handling of different kinds of cargos. forms on which two 40 ft containers can be One of the most perspective kinds of carried. LDz will continue this policy during cargos is container transportation with the this year too, because container transporta container train “Baltika Tranzits” in the tion has a good perspective, in particular, direction to Kazakhstan. In 2007 there were taking into account Latvian advantageous transported 21.7 th TEU, which is almost geopolitical location. • 17
Latvian Railway (LDz)
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RAILWAY FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IN EAST WEST DIRECTION, TH T
State JSC Latvian Railway (LDz)
3 Gogola Str., Riga LV 1547, Latvia Phone:+371 67234940 Fax: +371 67234327 E mail: [email protected]
TRANSPORTATION OF CONTAINERS, TEU
FREIGHT TRANSPORT BY RAIL BY TYPE OF TRAFFIC IN 2007, %
CONTAINER TRAIN "BALTIKA TRANZITS", TEU 18
Latvian road transport perspectives
Latvia is becoming a multi modal cor Grevbnevo. A tender is to be announced among ridor connecting the region’s West and transport operators and administration units East. Each year, the number of companies for Euro vignette’s system introduction and providing international cargo transport implementation. Most probably these Euro services is constantly growing, and con vignettes’s can be bought at gas stations, as is sequently the lorry’s fleet is increasing it is already happening in Lithuania. too. At the same time a growing number Certain changes are going to be introduced of foreign transport drivers cross Latvian consequently into “International road trans territory. We regard it as our important port agreement” between Russia and Belarus task to create favorable conditions for according to which the fees and duties for international transport business develop transport operations would be abolished. ment in our country. Corresponding measures are already under dis An information communication prepared cussion in Latvia at the level of Foreign Affairs by the Transport Ministry’s working group con Ministry and Transport Ministry. Maris Pekalis, cerning perspectives for road transportation According to the national road transport Director of Road Transport Department, has been delivered to the Latvian government. development program for 2007 2013 about Ministry of Transport Thus, a new conceptual decision has been 148 lat is to be invested from the state of the Republic of Latvia reached in order to organise free of charge budget, as well as 198 mln lat from the EU entrance on the crossing boarders’ terminals. Structural Funds. These projects are going to In order to make the project financially be implemented along the private public feasible, it was decided to install in Latvia from partnership projects’ implementation with 2009 the Euro vignette system, i.e. introduc the allocation of about 630 mln lat. The total ing charges for trucks and lorries with the amount of resources directed at modernizing weight of over 12 tons. There will be two kinds Latvian highways will reach 1.124 bln lat for of the Euro vignette permissions: for the inter the next seven years. national carriers with transit tours through Among most important projects are the Latvian territory, and the local companies per following: a four line highway from Ulkbroki forming international transport routs; however to Koknese; new 30 km road from Ludza to users of both will be charged 11 euros per day Terechovo (presently a small portion of the for each transport unit. road has been built, which is used as a car There will be at the same time issued weeks station); a four line round Riga road – from , monthly and yearly Euro vignette; the fees Baltezers hitting the Daugavpils’ highway will be established according to truck’s total (we expect that a two level crossing point weight, the number of axles and engine’s stan will be constructed). dard type (e.g. Euro 3, Euro 4, Euro 5), etc. Among the perspective projects is the fin According to prospective assessments, ishing stage of the Via Baltica transport road about 10 mln lat can be collected as a result of construction. Already in 2007, according to such Euro vignette’s introduction. It is envis the project, a Saulkrasti round road has been aged that these resources will be use for built; it is by the way, the first new road con improving the road infrastructure, free of structed during the years of Latvian independ charge terminals’ construction at the boarder ence. We are planning to construct a round crossings for trucks and the repair works install road circling the cities of Kekava and Bauska. ment. Such kinds of terminals with the capac We expect at the same time to invest ity of 500 to 600 trucks are expected to be 35 mln lat for the construction of the sec opened already by the end of this year at the ond class motor roads connecting various boarder crossing points in Terechovo and republic’s regions. • 19
Road transport in Latvia
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ROAD THE EU COHESION FUNDS FINANCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN LATVIA: PRESENT SUPPORT FOR THE MAIN STATE AND PERSPECTIVES, MLN LVL HIGHWAYS, MLN LVL
State Ltd Road Transport Administration
48/50 Brivibas Str., Riga LV 1011, Latvia Phone: +371 67280485 Fax: +371 67821107 REGISTERED TRUCKS' FLEET IN LATVIA CARGO TURNOVER PERFORMED E mail: [email protected] WITH THE EU LICENCES BY LATVIAN ROAD HAILERS, MLN T KM
TRANSPORT COMPANIES' DISTRIBUTION TRANSPORT COMPANIES' DISTRIBUTION AS TO THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS ON THE AS TO THE NUMBER OF BUSSES ON THE LATVIAN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LATVIAN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT MARKET, AS TO 31.12.2007 MARKET, AS TO 31.12.2007
LATVIAN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT MARKET Trucks Buses 2006 2007 2006 2007 Number of transport companies 3028 3930 402 452 Number of transport units 10514 12871 813 853 Source: Latvian Central Statistical Bureau. 20
We have every opportunity to become a major player!
We have become presently the pleted by 2011. The new terminal will be largest airport in the Baltic States. Data connected to the departures terminal, and shows that the number of transported the expansion of the airfields will also begin. passengers this year has been close to Total investments by 2011 will be about that Tallinn and Vilnius airports EUR 400 mln. Reconstruction of the runway together, which makes Riga airport the has already begun, and when finished it will undeniable leader among the Baltic be 3,200 metres long, which would permit the States. Today our most important task is airport to handle heavy aircrafts and inter to maintain growth rates while main continental flights. taining a high level of customers’ serv All this will change the airport’s visual ice. It has to be acknowledged that Riga image and allow it to provide services to airport presently is the most rapidly 15 20 mln passengers a year. Data from growing airport not only in the Baltic the International Air Transportation Krisjanis Peters, States, but in all of Europe as well. Association (IATA) shows that passenger Chairman of the Board, Substantial passengers’ growth appeared numbers at Riga airport will increase by Riga International Airport at the Riga airport in 2004 when Latvia an average of 12.1 per cent a year, i.e. the joined the EU, and travel became more con most rapid increase among the countries venient. Already at the end of 2004 the num with the number of passengers exceeding ber of passengers through the airport for the two million annually. first time exceeded one million. We believe Transition of the Latvian capital to the that the figure will reach more than four mil position of an international centre for lion passengers by the end of this year. business and conferences will conse Presently Riga airport has agreements quently change the whole environment with 17 airlines, and most successful is the around the airport. The business park near Latvian national airline airBaltic and regular the airport of 21 hectares in size will be flights connect Riga to 68 cities. built, and there are plans for a number of Attractive airport fees are a corner three and four star hotels, office build stone for our growth; the more passen ings, a conference and exhibition centre, a gers, the greater are the discounts, which park and a green area. Together with these range from 10 per cent to as much as 80 buildings and other service facilities Riga per cent. Riga airport was one of the first airport will become a kind of a city in itself, to offer such discounts, and our example as it will not only be a place where people is being followed by other airports in the cross the Latvian border, but it will be an region and elsewhere in Europe. important public centre aw well. The airport’s rapid development is facili These are plans for the future; the airport tated by the company’s trend strategy aimed is currently following a strategic develop at significant investments in reconstructing ment plan for the next 50 year with a modern and modernising airport facilities. The plan rapid train railway connecting Riga city cen is to create an airport being able to handle tre and the airport, among other things. 10, 15 or even 20 mln passengers per year. It is my vision to make Riga airport a true By 2011, we will have a new departures competitor in Northern Europe. No doubt, terminal which will make the airport more this is a complicated goal; but all facilities comfortable both for passengers and airlines are in a place to make us one of the major alike. The new departure terminal’s construc players in this region. We are aware of this tion will start at the end of 2008, to be com goal’s successful implementation. • 21
Riga International Airport
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Riga Airport 10/1
Marupe district, Riga region, LV 1053, Latvia Phone: +371 67207135 Fax: +371 67211767 E mail: office@riga airport.com
FLIGHTS
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Latvian Special Economic Zones and Free Ports
Latvian legislation on Special Note! Economic Zones and Free Ports was Due to the European Union require adopted on 1 January 2002. ments, Latvian Law on Special Economic The law establishes the rules for applying Zones and Free Ports legislation’s implemen tax rates’ reductions on customs duties, nat tation underwent certain changes, effective ural resources’ taxation, excise duties and from 1 January 2007. Thus, inter alia point 4 vat, as well as on indirect taxes (corporate of the law (para 4) was supplemented with income tax and real estate taxation) used in the exclusion clause requesting that deduc tax regimes for licensed enterprises regis tions on direct taxes are not applied to tered in special economic zones and free companies providing transportation services ports’ territories in Latvia. on all kind of transportation means, i.e. mar itime, air, road, railway, river, municipal Main preferential duties transport and the combinations thereof. The companies that acquired the “free Reduced direct tax rates are applied to all zone enterprise” status are liable to the fol sorts of port services including transporta lowing direct and indirect tax deductions: tion services, e.g. towing and navigation • 80 per cent discounts on the company’s services, stevedore, etc. Rates reductions are profit taxes; not applied to companies producing steel, • 80 100 per cent discounts on the com synthetic fiber, agro products (except milk pany’s real estate; products) and fish delivering companies, • 0 VAT rate on goods and services delivered coal producing firms, ship building and onto free zone territory for their subsequent ship refurbishing companies either. • export; • excise tax liberation on oil products deliv ered to and used on the free zone territory by the registered companies.
Riga Free Port Ventspils Free Port Liepaja Special Economic "Rezekne Special Authority Authority Zone Authority Economic Zone" JSC
12 Kalpaka Blv., Riga 19 Jana Str., Ventspils 4 Feniksa Str., Liepaja, 98 Atbrivosanas Alley, LV 1010, Latvia LV 3601, Latvia LV 3401, Latvia Appartm. No. 315 and 316, Phone: +371 67030800 Phone: +371 63622586 Phone: +371 63427605 Rezekne, LV 4601, Latvia Fax: +371 67030835 Fax: +371 63621297 Fax: +371 63480252 Phone/fax: +371 64625941 E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] www.freeportofriga.lv www.portofventspils.lv www.portofliepaja.lv www.rsez.lv 23
Latvian associations of transport
Latvian Association of Freight Latvian Transit National Association Forwarders and Logistics (LAFF) Business Association of Latvian Shipbrokers and Shipping Agents (NALSA)
50 Ventspils Str., Riga 14 548 Turgeneva Str., Riga 10 Kronvalda Blv., Riga LV 1002, Latvia LV 1050, Latvia LV 1010, Latvia Phone: +371 67603483 Phone: +371 67234050 Phone: +371 67508800 +371 67603102 Fax: +371 67234050 Fax: +371 67321096 Fax: +371 67601319 E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] [email protected]
www.laff.lv
Logistics and Customs Brokers Latvian Stevedores Association Latvian Transport Development Association of Latvia and Education Association
21 605 Skolas Str., Riga 4 floor, 85 Brivibas street, Riga 3 Gogola Str., Riga LV 1010, Latvia LV 1001, Latvia LV 1743, Latvia Phone: +371 67373300 Phone: +371 67315564 Phone: 371 67028294 E mail: [email protected] Fax: +371 67842135 Fax: 371 67028296 E mail: [email protected]
www.lla.lv
Road Carriers Association Association of Small Ports The Baltic Association “Latvijas Auto” of Latvia “Transport and Logistics”
9 Vesetas Str., Riga LV 1013, Latvia Phone: +371 67389267 5 Trijadibas Str., Riga 23a 15 Elizabetes Str., Riga +371 67389270 LV 1048, Latvia LV 1010, Latvia Fax: +371 67389677 Phone: +371 29238127 Phone: +371 67854075 E mail: [email protected] Fax: +371 63291128 Fax: + 371 67854070 E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected]
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Latvian industrial parks
Quality criteria and professionalism development is definitely regarded as quite have become the most important features perspective in the future. for industrial parks’ customers. This conclusion is confirmed by the Due to increasing international com banks’ and other financial institutions’ repre petition, the sector of available commer sentatives in Latvia arguing that for a long cial real property, including the places in time a lack of suitable industrial real estate industrial parks, has become more qualita facilities has been a great problem. tive and elastic towards ever more specific According to financial experts, it is and challenging clients’ demands. This is much easier for businessmen to take up no secret that the strongest positions in already existing premises, rather than Elita Moiseja, the market presently belongs to develop being involved into industrial property Member of the Board, ers seriously investing with the aim of sat construction; the latter is presently NP Properties; isfying corresponding clients’ demands in extremely unprofitable due to high con Member of the Board, LTICA modern commercial property in the suit struction costs with high workers’ wages able regions. and pure infrastructure in general. Most popular industrial park’s developer There are presently 23 industrial parks in Latvia is NP Properties company, which has in Latvia occupying about 460 ha, which developed a chain of such parks in the makes it available about 100 ha industrial biggest and in the most strategically attrac territory for leasing. tive cities in Latvia. NP Properties’ industrial At various stages of development are parks are oriented towards production additional industrial parks’ projects with the spheres and around 85 per cent of park terri available territory of 300 ha; the biggest in tories’ lease holders are, in fact, producers of size is the industrial and logistics park of various industrial goods. about 100 ha, developed by the local admin Among most active and big NP Properties istration in the Bauska city. In this way the industrial parks presently are the following: former trend towards satisfying the demand Nordic Technology Park, Nordic Industrial Park, for industrial property around Riga capital NP Jelgavas Biznesa Parks, NP Daugavpils territory is clearly seen. Biznesa Parks, as well as a logistic center More and more customers would like to Dominante with the Dommo business park. position their innovation production in the During 2008 within the family of avail industrial parks having adequate facilities able industrial real estate, several big proj for modern science and technology equip ects appeared oriented generally towards ment. Such undertakings greatly need huge servicing customers’ logistics demands. electricity resources which are available These are, for example, Olaines Logistic Park, mostly at the premises of the previous NCC Property Development, Bergi Logistics industrial plants. Center, etc. It is expected that by the end of During 2007 the NP Properties company the year about 200 th sq m of clearhouses invested about 1 mln EUR in order to make properties will be commissioned. industrial and clearinghouse’s premises of Commercial interest in industrial real about 4 th sq m of territory for several inno estate in Latvia from both local and interna vative undertakings: High Tech Rubber, tional investors is high, therefore developers’ Verdina Sausais Ledus, Pharmidea, Madara long range investments into industrial park’s Cosmetics, ect. •
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Latvian Maritime Administration
Latvian Maritime Administration (LMA) is a state joint stock company responsible for securing safe maritime activity in Latvian territorial waters and on Latvian ships. LMA's purpose is, at the same time, to check that all Latvian and foreign ships entering Latvian ports are technically reliable and safe in exploitation, and that Latvian seamen have been adequately competent and informed. LMA is to secure that both Latvian ports and mar itime routs in Latvian territorial waters are safe and reliable. Latvian Maritime Administration's divisions perform the following number of services:
Maritime inspection and safety Sea accident investigation Ship and port security department department inspection 5 Trijadibas Str., Riga 5 Trijadibas Str., Riga 5 Trijadibas Str., Riga LV 1048, Latvia LV 1048, Latvia LV 1048, Latvia Phone: +371 67062177 Phone: +371 67062157 Phone: +371 67062129 Fax: +371 67860083 Fax: +371 67860082 Fax: +371 67860082 E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected]
• Ships' safety control (sailing under • Sea accident investigation and analysis • Ship and port security installation and Latvian flag and registration, i.e. State Flag • Similar accident's elimination and ship control, performing national responsible Control) security maintenance functions according to the ISPS Code • Ships' safety control entering Latvian • Ship and port security plans' evaluation ports, i.e. State Ports' Control Hydrographic Service • Certification and supervision of the com • Information Supervision System over 5 Trijadibas Str., Riga panies active in the field of ship and port dangerous cargoes and passengers LV 1048, Latvia security • Ships' construction technical assess Phone: +371 67062101 ment/evaluation Fax: +371 67062139 • Port construction hydro technical assess E mail: [email protected] ment concerning maritime safety Seamen Registry • Hydrographic measurements and ground 2a Katrinas Str., Riga Ship Registry Service sea bed analysis LV 1045, Latvia 5 Trijadibas Str., Riga • Sea maps, plans and sailing directory Phone: +371 67099401 LV 1048, Latvia preparation, both in electronic and paper Fax: +371 67323100 Phone: +371 67062165 presentation E mail: [email protected] Fax: +371 67062161 • Publishing sea maps, plans and sailing E mail: [email protected] directories • Sailor's qualification and competence • Seamen's general navigation information certificates • Certification and registry of sea ships, and warnings • Seamen's certificates boats and sailing vessels up to 12 m • Water light beacon, buoys, other naviga • Sailor Registry's data base maintenance • Property and mortgage certification/reg tion means and systems maintenance in • Sailor's professional training programs' istry maintenance Latvian territorial waters certification and maintenance • Ship and Fishing boat Registry mainte • Hydraulic and on shore research and • Supervision over companies' assisting nance service measurements for commercial purpose concerning seamen's employment
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Avotu 9, Liepaja LV-3401, Latvia Phone: +371 63426745 Fax: +371 63426746 www.ultima.lv
Special service for special cargoes
Liepaja’s company SIA Ultima ful- We receive special road permits, agree- • complete oil-extraction plant delivery to fils delivery of oversize and heavy-lift ments, deal with port authorities, electric Volchansk, Ukraine; cargoes. Generally, multi-modal “door- services and local administrations, as well • various deliveries of construction tech- to-door” transportations requires the as organization of pilot and police escort- nology equipment and machineries from most reliable, qualitative and optimal ing, chartering of water, rail or air trans- European countries to the Baltic States, in price transportation logistics. This is port equipment, if needed. Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. the key to success in our company. SIA Ultima is a young and dynamically According customers’ requirements, The main difficulties in oversize and developing enterprise established in 2002. company Ultima provides cargo delivery heavy-lift cargoes’ deliveries are loads’ However we have had already several suc- using its network of reliable partners all dimension and weight which often exceeds cessful transportation projects through over the world. regular sizes. We make individual project whole Euro-Asian territory. Here are The maximum dimensions of delivered to each “non-standard” cargoes’ delivery. some of them: loads: height/width – 6.30 meters, length – Needless to say that in order to fulfil that • oversize equipment delivery from Polish 47 meters, and weight – 196 t and it is not task our staff possesses both engineering producer to Liepaja’s brewery Livu Alus; a scope of our possibilities. and creative abilities. As each of such kind •brewery tanks delivery for Belarussian SIA Ultima works competently, with of shipment’s arrangement is a sort of breweries Olivarija and Krynitsy; safe guaranties and secure delivery in “know-how” in itself. • heavy-lift and oversize electric equip- agreed terms. In our operations we use In certain circumstances, when the ment deliveries for building site of Electric only transportation facilities of the most cargo dimensions is seriously increasing Power Stations 1, Chiekurkalns and 2 in reliable operating partners equipped with allowable transportation sizes, our com- Acone (Riga region, Latvia), Imanta and the most modern technology and transport pany arranges a route survey, using special Aizkraukle, Plavinas Hydro Electric Power equipment. measurement equipment and then we Station; All our services are insured. have to receive approval from the con- • reactor and refinary equipment transporta- The positive reviews of our partners and cerned road and bridge authorities. tion to Juodekaj refinery Mazeikiu Nafta; customers are our best recommendations. •
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