Only empty berths are left:
"The Klaipėda
Bulk Cargo Terminal (BKT), which has lost millions of tons of Belaruskalij
cargo since February and laid off almost all its employees, is managed by
Ruslan Malininas since March 1, replacing Vidmantas Dambrauskas, who has been
managing the company since April 2008.
BKT notified the
Register Center on March 9 about the change of the head.
According to the
data of the Center of Registers, R. Malininas is the Chairman of the Board of
Gargždų geležinkelis, a company related to Igor Udovickis, a shareholder of
BKT.
BKT, whose quays
have been empty since February 10, plans to lay off 142 workers by the end of
May. The company has informed the Employment Service that it is suspended
indefinitely due to government decisions and has no capacity to handle other
bulk cargo.
Belaruskalij's
transit from the border with Belarus to Klaipeda port has been going on for
more than a decade, ending on February 1, after the Liberal Conservative Lithuanian Government confirmed that
the agreement between Lithuanian Railways and Belaruskalij, which was valid
until the end of 2023, was not in the country's security interests.
Last year,
sanctions were imposed on the Belarusian company by the United States and, more
recently, by the European Union.
Udovickis' 65%
stake in BKT was transferred from Latvia to Switzerland earlier this year, the
Siena investigative journalism center reported. Belaruskalij owns 30% of BKT
shares, and I. Udovickis himself owns another 5%.
VŽ wrote that
about 30 people out of 146 laid off are already being offered work in other
companies in the city. "
We villagers cannot support a maritime state.
Komentarų nėra:
Rašyti komentarą