À l’horizon 2040 
Trois marchés octroyés pour l’extension du réseau de l’ONCF, Le prochain pas dans l’extension des lignes des Chemins de fer marocains est fait. Des consortiums mixtes marocains-étrangers, également avec la participation d’acteurs coréens, s’attaquent à l’agrandissement du... plus
Seven Star-ISMS for Astral Aviation 
The Star Navigation Systems Group has signed a sales agreement with Astral Aviation of Kenya to purchase seven units of the Star-ISMS (in-flight safety monitoring system) for seven of its cargo fleet, with an option of a further three aircraft in the next twelve months. The... plus
Oman know-how for Kilimanjaro airport
Christine Mwakatobe, acting MD of the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company (KADC), and Abdul Nasser Abdullah al Yamani, VP business development, Oman Airports, have signed a MoU to develop the aviation infrastructure of the Tanzanian airport which has been in operation since... plus
ECS Group offers four new Flyone destinations
The low-cost Moldovan airline Flyone, for which ECS Group provides total cargo management (TCM) services, recently added four new destinations to its network and now operates weekly A320 flights from Amsterdam (AMS) in The Netherlands, Barcelona (BCN) in Spain, Brussels (BRU) in... plus
Lucky Aviation makes Angolans happy
Taag Angola Airlines has signed a commercial agreement with the Chinese aviation group Lucky Aviation, "valued at approximately USD 200 million." The operation is leveraged on a charter contract basis exclusively for the transport of cargo, mainly raw materials,... plus
250 trucks for bread deliveries in Zimbabwe
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation has signed a large fleet deal in Zimbabwe. With the agreement, 250 Fuso trucks will be integrated into the fleet operated by Baker’s Inn, a major brand of baked goods. The first 50 vehicles were recently delivered in a handover... plus
Driver shortages to jump to 40%
Unfilled commercial driver positions continue to increase at alarming rates across the globe, as the annual driver shortage survey by the International Road Union (IRU) shows. Surveying more than 1,500 commercial road transport operators in 25 countries in the Americas, Asia... plus
MAF now in Guinea
Guinea is the 27th country in which Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is providing air services to reach people living in remote regions. Pilot Emil Kündig from Switzerland, one of the 17 MAF resource countries, did the administrative groundwork in preparation for the... plus
Full steam ahead
According to maritime intelligence provider Sea-Intelligence, the carriers continued to generate a "very strong operating profit" in Q1/2022. CEO Alan Murphy summarised: "The combined operating profit of the global carriers (those that provide financial... plus
Freedom Bridge opens for traffic
South Sudan’s long-awaited symbol of peace and freedom is now a reality: the construction of country’s first arched steel bridge over the Nile River in Juba, South Sudan, has opened for traffic. Until now, the old Juba Bridge was the only existing bridge over the Nile River and... plus