Christmas trees are a strange tradition, if you think about it: Every December, people in regions around the world head to the nearest forest, chop down a tree, drag it into their homes, adorn it with lights, baubles, and tinsel—then unceremoniously drag it to the curb in January, says an article published on National Geographic.
An Ancient TraditionEvergreen boughs have been essential seasonal decor since ancient times as part of pagan winter solstice celebrations. “Evergreens at midwinter...
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its preliminary assessment of an incident wherein an explosion occurred aboard the fishing vessel ..
Henrik Jensen, Danica Founder and Managing Director.
Danica expands with new office in Riga, Latvia
Danica Crewing Specialists has opened a new office in Riga, Latvia – giving access to a large and growing pool of highly competent officers from the Baltic countries.
Announcing the opening, Danica Managing Director Henrik Jensen said: “These countries boast large pools of highly competent and very experienced chemical, product and gas tanker officers. The area hosts as many as 30,000 seafarers and...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/07/danica-expands-with-new-office-in-riga-latvia/
Turkish builder Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a new ASD tug to Latvian operator PKL Flote, a company under Finland’s Alfons Håkans Group. The Robert Allan ..
On August 13, 2020, Stena Line will start a new freight focused connection between Latvia, Sweden, and Germany by adding a port-call in Karlskrona on the existing ferry ..
Well, that didn’t take long. In May (here) we were predicting that the purchase of some large anchor handlers by Sevnor could prove an amazing coincidence if such ..
A new Baltic Sea Ro-Ro service connecting the ports of Riga in Latvia and Oxelösund in Sweden has been launched, the Freeport of Riga said in a recent press release. ..
The national railway companies of Latvia and Belarus will cooperate to attract new kinds of rail freight and develop new logistics services for their existing and potential clients, Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railways) informed.
Latvijas Dzelzcels acting CEO Maris Kleinbergs and Vladimir Morozov, head of the Belarusian Railway, reached the agreement on cooperation during a meeting in Riga on Wednesday.
The talks of the heads of the Latvian and Belarusian rail companies focused on current freight...
HMS Albion (L14) conducted officer of the watch maneuvers today (25th May 2109), in company with HNLMS Johan de Witt (L801), HDMS Absalon (L16), RFA Argus (A135), HNoMS Glimt (P964) and HNoMS Steil (P963). The maneuvers are a test for the bridge team, operating in such close proximity to the other ships in the task group. HMS Albion is currently deployed on Baltic Protector 19, the inaugural deployment of Joint Expeditionary Force (Maritime). Royal Navy photo
ABOARD HMS ALBION, IN THE BALTIC SEA...
https://news.usni.org/2019/06/21/new-u-k-led-maritime-first-responder-force-takes-to-sea-at-baltops
In April 2019 the foreign trade turnover of Latvia was 9.5% larger than a year ago, of which the exports value of goods was 2.9% and imports value of goods 15.3% higher, show provisional data of the Latvian Central Statistical Bureau.
According to data published by the body on Tuesday, June 11, in April 2019, Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 1.06 billion, but imported – in the amount of EUR 1.35 billion. Compared to April 2018, foreign trade balance has worsened as exports in total...
https://container-news.com/latvian-foreign-trade-turnover-up-in-april/