"Philip Morris Lietuva"
Economy

Philip Morris launches EUR 40mn investment project in Lithuania

On 23 December, Philip Morris announced the launch of a new LTL 137 million (EUR 40 million) investment project to expand its factory in Klaipėda. The expansion and modernisation of the factory, which is already set to start this year, will increase production capacity by 40 percent. All extra production will be exported, primarily to the highly quality exigent market of Japan. The investment will create 40 new jobs at the factory and provide more orders for local Lithuanian service suppliers and business partners. Currently, more than 90 percent of Klaipėda-based factory production is exported to around 60 global markets, Invest Lithuania said. […]

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Society

EUR 6.7m cocaine shipment busted in sea container in Lithuanian port

Lithuanian customs officers on Friday detained a huge shipment of smuggling drugs in the port city of Klaipėda – three sacks containing a total of 116 kg of cocaine were discovered in a sea container. […]

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Economy

Klaipėda concludes record-breaking cruise ship season

Cruise ship season ended in Klaipėda on Friday with cruise liner Astor, sailing under the flag of Bahamas, docking at the port. […]

Klaipėda Seaport
Economy

Klaipėda Seaport handled 17.8m tonnes of cargo January-June

The aggregate throughput of Klaipėda Port and at Būtingė Terminal in January-June 2014 totalled 21,1 million tons of seaborne cargo: 3,3m tons were handled at Būtingė Terminal (the year-on-year change was -24,7 percent or -1 085,5 thousand tons) and 17,8m tons were handled in Klaipėda Seaport (the year-on-year change was +2,9 percent or +494,0m tona), Port of Klaipėda informs. […]

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Culture

Klaipėda Sea Festival to be opened by President Grybauskaitė

On Friday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will pay a visit to Klaipėda on the Baltic coast, where she will open the Sea Festival and will attend its events. The traditional festival is being hosted by Klaipėda for the 55th time. […]

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Culture

Klaipėda opens 55th Sea Festival

On Wednesday, an exhibition entitled “Wind in the Sailyards” is opening in Klaipėda, featuring works by graphic artist, book illustrator Šarūnas Leonavičius from the collection of the Lithuanian Sea Museum and the personal collection of the artist. […]