Coal rich region Xinjiang gets new rail service 
China Railway Urumqi Group has established the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway that connects the coal-rich northeast Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwest China with wider areas in the east. The first train, carrying 3,700 t of coal, ran along the 435.6 km track in week... more
More autonomous trucks on trial in Australian mine
Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active... more
Qatar Airways ends successful 2018 investing in China
As part of its strategy to invest in the strongest airlines around the world, Qatar Airways completed an on-market purchase of certain A and H shares of China Southern Airlines on 28 December 2018. This investment results in an aggregate holding of approximately 5% of the... more
Icao looks back on "moderate" 2018
After the sharp pick-up in airfreight growth during the inventory restocking period in 2017, air cargo traffic growth moderated in 2018. That coincided with the softening demand drivers impacted by trade tension and declining import and export orders. Preliminary figures... more