Estonian Port of Tallinn council approved long-term strategy which sets a goal of almost doubling revenues to EUR 160mn in 2020, with EUR 80mn pre-tax profit. The company plans to invest EUR 292mn in the following 8 years, with total company’s assets value at EUR 680mn as of end-2020. The strategy estimates for goods volume to increase by 46% comparing to 2012 till end of 2020 to 43.2mn tonnes. Number of passengers in the port would increase by 20.7% from 2012 figures to 10.7mn passengers in 2020.
Ghana has issued its first timber legality licences, making it the first country in Africa and only the second in the world after Indonesia cleared to export timber to the European Union, reports ... more
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