Topic: Freeport of Riga

First Ukrainian freight train reaches Latvia after a year-and-a-half hiatus

A freight train coming from Ukraine, loaded with rapeseed, reached Latvia for the first time in over a year and a half. The pilot operation was carried out by the Latvian national rail freight company,...Read more

18-10-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Port of Riga adopts technology to stimulate grain transportation

The Freeport of Riga has acquired new discharging containers to stimulate bulk goods transportation, especially grain. The new equipment could reduce the reloading time from train to vessel by two-thirds, accounting for around 20 hours....Read more

12-09-2023|Comment|author: Chengfan Zhao

Latvia boosts cooperation with Central Asian countries: the end of the tunnel or a trap?

ANALYSISLatvia and the Baltic States are among the hardest hit countries in terms of rail freight volume losses since the war in Ukraine started. Stranded in Europe’s northeast and on the border with Russia, Latvia...Read more

29-08-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios