"Lithuania provides long-distance passenger and cargo services. Railways carry approximately 50 million tons of cargo and 7 million passengers a year. Direct rail routes link Lithuania with Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and Germany. Also, the main transit route between Russia and Russia's Kaliningrad Region passes through Lithuania. ""Lithuanian Railways"" AB transports about 44% of the freight carried through Lithuania. This is a very high indicator compared to other EU countries, where freight transportation by rail amounts to only 10% of the total. An ice-free seaport of Klaipeda is located in the western part of Lithuania. The port is an important"
"work at FEZ investor and supporting companies, which is 7,3% of Klaipeda's talent pool. Klaipeda FEZ is located in the south-eastern part of the city of Klaipėda, near the main transport Klaipeda-Vilnius highway. The distance to the Port of Klaipeda is 8 km, while to Palanga International Airport it is 35 km, to Kaunas Airport it is 218 km, and to Vilnius Airport it is 304 km. The Klaipeda FEZ community currently connects over 5400 employees working in more than 100 industrial businesses focused in the Plastics & PET, food processing, offshore & large metal structures, electric vehicles & components,"
"value added logistics and other industries. Klaipeda FEZ has signed agreements with 29 foreign and Lithuanian companies. In total, 16 countries are represented. Since the start of their operation, these companies have invested more than 671M EUR in the Klaipeda FEZ. In total, the companies based in Klaipeda FEZ account to 2,7% of national exports in 2017 and nearly 60% of Klaipeda’s foreign direct investment is accumulated at the Klaipeda FEZ. Klaipeda FEZ is a recognised economic project of national significance. Major companies operating within Klaipeda FEZ: Klaipėda Free Economic Zone Klaipėda Free Economic Zone or Klaipėda FEZ () is"
"Port of Klaipėda The Port of Klaipėda is a seaport located in Klaipėda, Lithuania. It is one of the few ice-free ports in northernmost Europe, and the largest in Lithuania. It serves as a port of call for cruise ships as well as freight transport. Regular passenger ferry lines connect to Kiel, Karlshamn and other European cities. The city of Klaipėda has been involved in maritime trade since as early as the 13th century, and probably during prehistoric times, since it is located on the Amber Road. For several centuries its administration and its merchants defended the port and competed"
"Klaipėda Klaipėda (, ; German name: ""Memel"", Samogitian name: ""Klaipieda"", Polish name: ""Kłajpeda""), is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free Port of Klaipėda at the mouth of the Akmena-Danė River. It was controlled by successive German states until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. As a result of the 1923 Klaipėda Revolt it was added to Lithuania and has remained with Lithuania to this day, except"
"in European Union waters, is based in Vigo. Nonetheless, today the tertiary sector of the economy (the service sector) is the largest, with 582,000 workers out of a regional total of 1,072,000 (as of 2002). The secondary sector (manufacturing) includes shipbuilding in Vigo and Ferrol, textiles and granite work in A Coruña. A Coruña also manufactures automobiles, but not nearly on the scale of the French automobile manufacturing in Vigo. The ""Centro de Vigo de PSA Peugeot Citroën"", founded in 1958, makes about 450,000 vehicles annually (455,430 in 2006); a Citroën C4 Picasso made in 2007 was their nine-millionth vehicle."
"trade blockade from Serbia and Bosnia that do not recognise the Republic of Kosovo. The government in Pristina retaliated by imposing its own blockade on imports from Serbia. This led to clashes at border posts in July 2011. All former participating countries had previously signed association agreements with the EU, so in fact CEFTA has served as a preparation for full European Union membership. Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia joined the EU on 1 May 2004, with Bulgaria and Romania following suit on 1 January 2007. Croatia joined the EU on 1 July 2013. Montenegro and Serbia have"
"it fostered regional integration and trade through the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), which included Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. Poland is a founding member of the World Trade Organization. As a member of the European Union, it applies the common external tariff to goods from other countries including the United States. Poland's major imports are capital goods needed for industrial retooling and for manufacturing inputs. The country's exports also include machinery, but are highly diversified. The most successful exports are furniture, foods, motor boats, light planes, hardwood products, casual clothing, shoes and cosmetics. Germany is by"
"and shipping management businesses are based in Limassol in Cyprus. According to figures presented at the Cyprus Shipping Association’s Annual General Meeting, the shipping sector accounts for between 7 and 8 per cent of the country’s GDP. Cyprus operates the world’s ten-largest fleet and a total of some 2,400 vessels are owned or operated by member companies of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC). Currently, the shipping industry provides 4,500 onshore jobs and employs some 55,000 seafarers. The cornerstone of cultural relations between Germany and Cyprus is the Goethe Institute in Nicosia, which was re-opened in July 2011 after being closed"
"Liepaja Port specialize in export, a significant part of the activities of the Freeport of Riga is import. At the beginning of the 2000s, the goods arriving at the Riga port amounted to 70 percent of the incoming freight turnover of all the Latvian ports taken together. In 2012, the Freeport of Riga took the 4th place in overall cargo turnover among the ports of the eastern Baltic (after [Primorsk (port) | Primorsk]], St. Petersburg and Ust-Luga) and 3rd place in container freight turnover (after St. Petersburg and Klaipeda). Since its foundation, Riga was primarily a trading and transshipment point,"
"2005 was very rainy, while August 2002 barely had any precipitation at all. Parks: Forests: The Port of Klaipėda is the principal ice-free port on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important Lithuanian transportation hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West. Klaipėda is a multipurpose, universal, deep-water port. Nineteen big stevedoring companies, ship-repair and shipbuilding yards operate within the port and all marine business and cargo handling services are rendered. The annual port cargo handling capacity is up to 40 Mt. The port operates 24 hours a day, seven days a"
"16.13 million tons of cargo were handled at the port, increasing to over 31 million tons in 2010. About 321,000 international passengers transhipped the port of Klaipėda in 2010, on ferries servicing Kiel and Mukran in Germany, Åhus in Sweden, and Copenhagen and Fredericia in Denmark. The port of Klaipėda is also the leading port among the Baltics by handling of containers (382 th. of TEU in 2011). The World Bank is sponsoring improvements at the port: The following table is a snapshot of ships within the port on December 9, 2006. Port of Klaipėda The Port of Klaipėda is"
"Yazaki, Indorama Ventures, General Electric Oil&Gas, Albright and others. As of April 2018, Klaipėda FEZ encompassed 29 investors from 16 countries with a total yearly revenue of 1bn Euros, and total exports accounting for 720M Euros. There are more than 100 companies operating within the area of Klaipeda FEZ with more than 5400 employees. 7,3% of Klaipeda's working population work within Klaipeda FEZ. The first steps for the establishment of the zone were undertaken in 1996. In 1997, a management company was selected after reviewing five proposals. The Klaipėda FEZ is managed by ""Klaipėdos LEZ Valdymo Bendrovė"", a private limited"
"factory opened in Paredes de Coura, also in the same region of the country. The Kyaia group employs over 500 factory workers. Foreva Foreva - Comércio de Calçado, S.A. is a Portuguese company that manufactures shoes. It is one of the most important and well-known shoe companies of Portugal, and its stores are mostly located in shopping malls all over the country, including the Azores and Madeira. It is part of the Portuguese group Kyaia, since 2005. Its suppliers and factories are mainly in Northern Portugal, in particular Guimarães. Foreva was founded in 1984. Its first store opened in Lisbon."
"several manufacturing plants in and around Paços de Ferreira, the core of Portugal's major industrial operations of IKEA). In 2001, the gross agricultural product accounted for 4% of the national GDP. Traditionally a sea-power, Portugal has had a strong tradition in the Portuguese fishing sector and is one of the countries with the highest fish consumption per capita. The main landing sites in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), according to total landings in weight by year, are the harbours of Matosinhos, Peniche, Olhão, Sesimbra, Figueira da Foz, Sines, Portimão and Madeira. Portuguese-processed fish products are exported through several companies, under"
"2014, Transnistria—being de jure part of Moldova—enjoyed the tariff-free exports to the EU. As a result, in 2015, 27% of Transnistria's US$189 million exports went to the EU, while exports to Russia went down to 7.7%. This shift towards the EU market continued to grow in 2016. The leading industry is steel, due to the Moldova Steel Works (part of the Russian Metalloinvest holding) in Rîbnița, which accounts for about 60% of the budget revenue of Transnistria. The largest company in the textile industry is Tirotex, which claims to be the second largest textile company in Europe. The energy sector"
"Port of Limassol The Port of Limassol is the largest port in Cyprus, located in the city of Limassol, Cyprus. The Port of Limassol is one of the busiest ports in the Mediterranean transit trade and the largest port in Cyprus. Although a title held by Port of Famagusta for centuries, Limassol Port has now become the principal seaport in Cyprus. This was largely a direct result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 leaving the port of Famagusta within occupied territory and inaccessible to Greek Cypriots. The port is the largest and busiest harbour on the island, capable"
"Sea. Port of Świnoujście The Port of Świnoujście (in Polish generally ""Port Świnoujście"") is a Polish seaport in Świnoujście, Poland at the Baltic Sea located at the Świna strait, on Wolin and Usedom islands. The port has passenger terminal. In 2006, cargo traffic in the seaport was equaled 9,241,500 tons, and it comprised 15.3% of all cargo traffic in Polish seaports. In 2007, to the port entered 4619 ships of gross tonnage more than 100. The Port of Świnoujście and the Port of Szczecin are managed by one authority. Both ports create one of the largest port complexes at the"
"answer given by Algirdas Šemeta on 7 August 2012, on behalf of the European Commission about the Free Port of Trieste: Annex VIII to the Treaty of peace with Italy of 10 February 1947 stipulates in its Article 1 that the port of Trieste shall be a customs free port. Article 5(2) of Annex VIII provides that in connection with importation into or exportation from or transit through the Free Port, ""the authorities of the Free Territory shall not levy on such goods customs duties or charges other than those levied for services rendered"". [emphasis added] The port economy is"
"in the EU. This proportion is determined by the London Fisheries Convention of 1964 and by the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. In Fraserburgh, Scotland, the fishing industry creates 40% of employment and a similar figure in Peterhead. They are the EU's largest fishing ports and home to the pelagic vessel fleet. It is often in areas where other employment opportunities are limited. For this reason, community funds have been made available to fishing as a means of encouraging regional development. The market for fish and fish products has changed in recent years. Supermarkets are now the main buyers of fish"
"Port of Świnoujście The Port of Świnoujście (in Polish generally ""Port Świnoujście"") is a Polish seaport in Świnoujście, Poland at the Baltic Sea located at the Świna strait, on Wolin and Usedom islands. The port has passenger terminal. In 2006, cargo traffic in the seaport was equaled 9,241,500 tons, and it comprised 15.3% of all cargo traffic in Polish seaports. In 2007, to the port entered 4619 ships of gross tonnage more than 100. The Port of Świnoujście and the Port of Szczecin are managed by one authority. Both ports create one of the largest port complexes at the Baltic"
"Klaipeda (Lithuania) and the Baltic Sea. Its main intended role comes as being a component of this east-west navigable shipping route. The Vistula-Oder waterway runs through the Brda River (tributary of the Vistula river), linked to the Bydgoszcz canal: two water locks are located in the city. Further sections of the waterway runs via the canal to Nakło nad Notecią through 14 water locks. In Nakło, the waterway uses Noteć and Warta rivers, before reaching the Oder river. Several large harbors and berths are available en route: Bydgoszcz, Nakło, Ujście, Czarnków, Krzyż Wielkopolski, Gorzów Wielkopolski and Santok. Assumptively, navigation between"
"Hungary, Ukraine and Bosnia. The Port of Trieste is a trade hub with a significant commercial shipping business, busy container and oil terminals, and steel works. The oil terminal feeds the Transalpine Pipeline which covers 40% of Germany's energy requirements (100% of the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg), 90% of Austria and more than 30% of the Czech Republic's. The sea highway connecting the ports of Trieste and Istanbul is one of the busiest RO/RO [roll on roll-off] routes in the Mediterranean.The port is also Italy's and the Mediterranean's (and one of Europe's) greatest coffee ports, supplying more than 40%"
"Germany or the UK. In 2017 only, 35 FinTech companies came to Lithuania – a result of Lithuanian government and Bank of Lithuania simplified procedures for obtaining licences for the activities of e-money and payment institutions. Europe’s first international Blockchain Centre launched in Vilnius in 2018. The government of Lithuania also aims to attract financial institutions looking for a new location after Brexit. Manufacturing constitutes the biggest part of gross value added in Lithuania. The food processing sector constitutes 11% of total exports. Dairy products, especially cheese, are well known in neighbouring countries. Another important manufacturing activity is chemical products."
"Foreva Foreva - Comércio de Calçado, S.A. is a Portuguese company that manufactures shoes. It is one of the most important and well-known shoe companies of Portugal, and its stores are mostly located in shopping malls all over the country, including the Azores and Madeira. It is part of the Portuguese group Kyaia, since 2005. Its suppliers and factories are mainly in Northern Portugal, in particular Guimarães. Foreva was founded in 1984. Its first store opened in Lisbon. The company expanded from then on, manufacturing more and opening new shops over the years. However, it began to have various financial"
"the country and is a major petrochemical centre, as well as the busiest port in Portugal. Maia has one of the largest industrial parks of the country, including noted wood processing and food industries. Figueira da Foz and Setúbal are major centres of pulp and paper industry. Marinha Grande is the most reputed glass making centre of Portugal. Leiria, Oliveira de Azeméis, Vale de Cambra and Viseu, have important light industries, including injection moulding and plastics. Viana do Castelo and Setúbal are centres of ship building and repair industries. Modern non-traditional technology-based industries like aerospace, biotechnology and information technology, have"
"is highly industrialized within its densely populated western half, where well developed subregions such as Ave, Cávado, Entre Douro e Vouga, Grande Porto, and Tâmega have a notable business activity and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Textiles, footwear, food processing, mechanical, electrical, electronics and chemical industries, as well as finance and construction, are some of the main economic activities. Northern Portugal and Galicia form a Euroregion, based on the common historical, cultural, linguistic and economic similarities. The Euroregion has its origins in the Galicia-North Portugal Work Community, established in 1991. This Euroregion is also backed by the Eixo Atlântico (""Atlantic Axis""), a lobby"
"coast. They are part of the EU but they are excluded from the common agricultural and fisheries policies. They are also outside the customs union and VAT area, but no customs are levied on goods exported from the Union into either Ceuta and Melilla, and certain goods originating in Ceuta and Melilla are exempt from customs charges. While nominally part of the Schengen Area (Schengen visas are valid), Spain performs identity checks on all sea and air passengers leaving the enclaves for elsewhere in the Schengen Area. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey—which form the Channel Islands—are Crown"
"Port of Helsinki Port of Helsinki (, ) is owned by the city of Helsinki and is Finland's main port, specialized in unitized cargo services for Finnish companies engaged in foreign trade. Port of Helsinki handles the largest passenger flows in Europe with diverse services to Tallinn, Stockholm, Travemünde and St. Petersburg. In 2017, Helsinki grew to become the busiest passenger port in the world with 12.3 million passengers. The Port of Helsinki oversees three harbours: Board of Directors 2018: Matti Parpala (Chair,) Pilvi Torsti (Vice Chair,) Ilpo Haaja, Mari Holopainen, Matti Kyytsönen, Julia Ormio, Antti Pankakoski, Markku Saarikangas, Tuula"
"Cimpor Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal is the largest Portuguese cement group, operating in eleven countries - Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey, Cape Verde, Mozambique, China, Egypt and South Africa, involved in manufacturing and marketing cement, hydraulic lime, concrete and aggregates, precast concrete and dry mortars. The Brazilian company Camargo Corrêa is the owner of the company. In Portugal, Cimpor has major factories in Coimbra (Souselas), Vila Franca de Xira (Alhandra), Loulé and Figueira da Foz (Cabo Mondego). Cimpor is listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange and is a member of the benchmark PSI-20 index. The company was"
"Lithuanian transport. The Port Authority is responsible for the maintenance, reconstruction and modernisation of the port infrastructure, while loading and unloading operations are managed by separate independent terminals. The port's land and infrastructure belong to the state, but some privatisization is underway. The Port of Klaipėda is the most northerly ice-free port in the Eastern part of the Baltic Sea. The port can accommodate ships of up to 250 meters in length with draughts of up to 13.5 meters. The port is served by two railway stations, and highways link Klaipėda to Moscow via Kaunas, Vilnius, and Minsk. In 1997,"
"hats and hi-viz jackets) an official guide boards the coach and directs the party to visit places that would otherwise be prohibited under ISPS. Port of Antwerp The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium, is a port in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe’s second-largest seaport, after Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper end of the tidal estuary of the Scheldt. The estuary is navigable by ships of more than 100,000 Gross Tons as far as 80 km inland. Like Hamburg, the Port of Antwerp's inland location provides a more central location in Europe than"
"the company to comply with the regulations passed by the Parliament of Catalonia in the same way as it did with the rest of the European legislation on labeling. There are currently three main factories in Europe: Germany, Malta, and Spain. Each location specializes in a particular area of manufacturing and parts that are needed to assemble a set are delivered to the destination where the items will be placed together and put in their final packaging before sale. Malta specializes in making the characters and a few accessories, Spain specializes in accessories, and Germany makes the bigger items such"