News & Events
Ventspils - the gateway to Scandinavia
To strengthen its business position in Scandinavia, as well as to
serve the rising demand, the company Stena Line ensures a ferry
timetable that is more frequent and more adapted to client needs
and it also provides a long-term growth-orientated solution with a
new timetable.
Bucher Municipal opens two new assembly lines in Ventspils
Two new assembly lines were opened at Ventspils factory of the
manufacturer of municipal vehicles Bucher Municipal. From now on
new generation two- and four-cylinder street sweeping machines,
which previously were manufactured at Butcher Municipalās factories
in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, will be manufactured in
Ventspils.
Russian confectionary POBEDA has started production in Latvia
Russian confectionary āPobedaā officially announced the factory
opening in Latvia, Ventspils. The ceremonial start of production
took place on February 17, 2016. Pobeda is the first Russian
confectionary starting production abroad.
Most extensive project regarding reconstruction and building of access roads of the Port of Ventspils is finished
Freeport of Ventspils Authority has finished the six years long
project regarding reconstruction and building of access roads of
the terminals of the Port of Ventspils and industrial zones. 48
sections of streets and squares of Ventspils at the total length of
28.7 kilometres and at the area of 14.6 hectares respectively have
been re-built and restored. Nearly 36 million euro have been
invested in the streets and squares of Ventspils within this
project financed by the EU Cohesion Fund.
The Freeport of Ventspils Authority is inviting to apply for acceptance of hazardous waste from vessels (scrubbers) at the port of Ventspils
Types of acceptance of waste:
Access road reconstruction going on in 15 objects this year
Project Access Roads to Terminals and Industrial Areas at the
Freeport of Ventspils , which implementation was started in
2010 and will be completed by the end of this year, allowed not
only to improve the infrastructure of port and industrial areas,
but also made convenient environment for the inhabitants of the
city.
Freeport of Ventspils represented in TRANSRUSSIA 2015
This week the largest and most comprehensive international
transport, logistics and Supply Chain Management exhibition
āTransrussia 2015ā is taking place Moscow. Among more than 35
Latvian companies, Freeport of Ventspils is also be represented.
Cargo turnover of the Freeport of Ventspils in 2014 ā 26.2 million tons
The Freeport of Ventspils has closed the year of 2014 with the
cargo turnover of 26.2 million tons. The second half of the
year was complicated for several terminals of the Freeport of
Ventspils, and the forecasts for 2015 are wary.
Froli Baltic increases productivity slowly, but persistently
Froli Baltic Company increases the volume of production and invests
in the production unit. Along with the installation of a powerful,
energy efficient ventilation system and heat pumps, the environment
and convenience of employees have been taken care of as well.
Cargo turnover in Freeport of Ventspils reached 19 million tonnes
During the first eight months of 2014, the cargo turnover at the
Ventspils Freeport has reached 19 million tonnes,- as it was
reported by Mr Aivars Lembergs, the Chairman of the Board at the
Freeport of Ventspils.