RIGA - Baltic ports, like any other, depend on the railways. Rail cars bring the dry and liquid bulk cargo for transfer to ships, and return to the hinterland with imports. Unfortunately, relationships between the rail companies, the middlemen and the port managers often tangle and make for an intricate web of interests. Often, as in Ventspils, they clash dramatically. In the most recent feud the two main actors are Latvian Railways (LDZ) and Kalija Parks, the Ventspils-based exporter of potassium chloride, a major component of fertilizer. The recent fight between the two was ignited by Bel...
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