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WT Terminal, a company operating in the Port of Riga, has launched a solar power plant to cover part of its electricity needs from environmentally friendly sources. 480 solar panels with a capacity of 220.8 kW have been installed on the roof of the warehouse complex. The project, which was launched in 2023 with the support of the ALTUM program and Citadele Bank, will help reduce the company’s energy dependence and increase its efficiency, especially in the energy-intensive timber processing process.

Four modern STS harbour cranes arrived at the T3 terminal in Baltic Hub in Gdansk on 27 October 2024. These powerful machines, fully assembled, arrived from China and are the first of seven cranes that will increase the handling capacity of Baltic Hub by 1.5 million TEU in 2025.

The Port of Klaipeda is expanding and will begin developing a new 100-hectare area in the south of the harbour. The construction permit has already been received, and the project will be implemented in four stages.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has announced that the country’s first deep-sea port in Anaklia will receive its first vessel by 2029, possibly even earlier. Construction work has already begun, and the official opening ceremony took place on October 22. In the first stage, the Belgian company Jan De Nul will deepen the seabed to create conditions for receiving large-tonnage vessels.