Contacts
Connectivity
We are situated in a beneficial transport connection point between the EU and Central Asia and are considered to be one of the core network hubs in Latvia and the Baltic Sea region between the East-West transit corridor and the European TEN-T transport network. To us a high level customer service means the ability to offer an infrastructure that responds to our customer demands – efficient transport routes and their combinations in both global and regional transport chains.
Why Ventspils?
The Port of Ventspils serves as a TEN-T base for effective delivery of goods in the Northern part of the EU. We offer complex transport solutions to companies by using sea, road, rail and air transport links. Ventspils is also connected with the Russian oil pipeline system Polotsk – Ventspils with the total capacity of 6 000 000 tons per year.
E-22 Motorway and East-West Railway Corridor Connections
The single 1520 mm railway system of Latvia, the Baltic and Central Asia countries and the single road transport system is one of the benefits of the Ventspils transit development.
The dual way motorway E-22 runs through Ventspils and continues up to Russia (United Kingdom – the Netherlands – Germany – Sweden/Norrköping – Ventspils – Rīga – Russia/Moscow). An efficient logistics network reaches from Ventspils up to other Baltic and Central Asia countries.
Ventspils is a part of the East-West railway corridor, which is integrated in the common Eurasian transport system. It connects Europe and the regions of Asia with the Baltic Sea ports, and is one of the busiest traffic connections in the Baltic States. The railway maximum capacity is 34 million tons per year.
Ferry Traffic to Sweden
One of the world’s largest ferry operators with the broadest network in Europe – Stena Line – provides regular ferry lines from Ventspils to Sweden.
Ventspils – Nynäshamn (Sweden, 58 km from Stockholm, 545 km from Oslo) runs 12 times a week. The fastest sea route connects Stockholm, the central part of Sweden and also the economic activity centers of Norway with Latvia, from where it is possible to reach Central Asia countries and further regions with the help of land transport.
Air Traffic of Ventspils
The Ventspils Airport is located in the territory of the Freeport of Ventspils. The airport specialises in servicing general aviation flights. The airfield is certified to perform visual flights in the daylight and darkness. The technical parameters of the airfield are as follows: one 1,298 m long and 32 m wide asphalt runway for servicing aircrafts with the maximum takeoff mass up to 30 tons. The Ventspils Airport has passenger terminal, meteorology information service (ATIS) and aviation fuel is available 24 hours a day.
Unoccupied area adjacent to the Ventspils Airport is available for locating new businesses and production plants.
Ventspils is located approximately 175 km or 2 hours away from the biggest air traffic center in Latvia — the Riga International Airport (RIX).
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 of the Board of Diana Candles Lars Olesen:
– One of the reasons for us to choose Ventspils was the special economic zone, which can be found elsewhere in Latvia, too, but an additional argument in favor of the Freeport of Ventspils was the cooperation with and support from the local authorities – the municipality and the Freeport. Our company employs around 180 people, who do their work very well and with high quality. Ventspils is a beautiful city, which offers a vast range of leisure time activities to choose from – it can be a concert in the theatre house Sea Gate (Jūras vārti) or skiing on the mountain Lembergs’ Trilby (Lemberga Hūte). The city knows the wishes of people.