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Marine Technologies Open Up New Opportunities for Baltic Sea Ports
Activities under the “MarTe: Marine Technology Excellence Centre for a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Baltic ...Joint Digitalization Project for Latvian Ports Completed – Unified Digital Platform Created for More Efficient Port Operations
A joint digitization project involving Latvia’s largest ports has been completed, resulting in a unified digital ...Electrification of Berth No. 16 is Underway at the Port of Ventspils
Berth No. 16 at the Port of Ventspils has been undergoing extensive reconstruction so that vessels using the berth will ...
Freeport Services
Being the deepest port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, we are able to serve the largest ships, which enter the Baltic Sea. All you need for business is available 24/7 at the Freeport of Ventspils: 15 cargo terminals of all types, 19 shipping agencies, regular ferry connections to Sweden, tug, bunkering and other services.
For Investors
The status of Special Economic Zone, tax incentives, more than 700 hectares of free land available for industrial project development, integration into the TEN-T transport network, availability of skilled labor, the Freeport and the City Administration support are the basis for the establishment of new production facilities for the long-term growth in Ventspils.
Businesses currently in Freeport of Ventspils
Chairman of the Board of Ventspils High Technology Park Ivars Eglājs:
– Ventspils is the only Latvian city in which the number of ICT companies has increased more than 5 times during the last 7 years. The developed strategy and action plan prescribes a further development and provision of ICT concentration in the city. According to the strategy we plan to make Ventspils more visible in the European ICT map by finding the niche appropriate for Ventspils and the whole region as well as by providing high-quality education for professionals, and excellen infrastructure and the best conditions for ICT companies.
Chairman and owner of Malmar Sheet Metal Dorsan De Buysscher:
– Although we visited Liepaja, Jelgava and Riga, Ventspils attracted us more. Not only because it is green and beautiful, but also because educated and motivated people live here. What is more, we found welcoming people in several city authorities, and there was land available for us… But the most important reason is the logistics infrastructure, the ferry traffic to Germany and Sweden, as well as the infrastructure for business start-ups, such as the VHTP Business Incubator. The North Kurzeme Vocational Education Competence Center provides companies with young and educated employees. Also the Ventspils High Technology Park played an important role by helping to obtain European co-financing, which resulted in a new industrial building for our company.
