Belarus considers launching own sea shipping service

Belarus considers unassisted cargo transportation by sea. The matter was discussed during a meeting between President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Head of the Belarus President Administration Andrei Kobyakov and Director General of Belarusian Potash Company Valery Ivanov.
Top on the agenda was the state of things at Belarusian Potash Company and the situation on the potash market. According to Valery Ivanov, the situation on the potash market has stabilized. Belarus has signed a contact of the delivery of 1 million tonnes of potash fertilizers to the People’s Republic of China, conducted talks with the Brazilian partners and plans to sign another contract of the delivery of 1 million tonnes of potash fertilizers to India within the next two days.
Summing up the BPC performance in January 2013, the company did better than in January 2012. On the whole, the company’s performance in Q1 2013 is expected to be much better than in the same period a year ago.