Following Stena Line's move from Nynäshamn to Norvik as part of its service to and from Ventspils, the company's Stena Flavia has inaugurated the port's ro-ro operations.
Stena Lagan and Stena Mersey will undergo lengthening, by 36 metres, in the Turkish Sedef shipyard in Tuzla, after which they'll be employed across the Nynäshamn-Ventspils service.
As of 13 August the company's ro-paxes Stena Gothica and Urd will also make a Thursday evening call to the Port of Karlskrona on their way from Latvia to Germany.
The Latvian stevedore Jaunzeltiņi and the Icelandic manufacturer of timber pallets Tandrabretti ehf have partnered to ship sawn timber from Latvia and Belarus through the Port of Riga.
The Estonian ferry line's Silja Serenade, usually serving the Helsinki-Stockholm link, will be plying between the two capitals from 26 June till 15 August, with departures every other day.
Tallink Latvija AS, part of Tallink Grupp, has notified the Latvian Employment Agency and the group's Latvian crew members and shore personnel that it is commencing a collective redundancy process involving around 550 Latvian employees.
