Lagos - The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Dec. 2018 date for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan speed rail project “is non-negotiable’’. The minister said this on Tuesday at the project site in Papalanto, near Abeokuta in Ogun state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
Dar es Salam Port to Link Systems With New Installed Scanners
Dar es Salaam port Dar es Salaam - Works and Communications Minister Makame Mbarawa has directed all institutions providing logistics services at the Dar es Salaam port to harmonize their systems in linking them with the new scanners under installation. "I want you to hand over to me your work plan on how
Revealed – How Uber Drivers Are Fleecing Customers in Billing Fraud
Nairobi - Taxi-hailing service Uber's drivers are using dummy apps to extend the distance travelled by riders in order to charge them exaggerated fees, hitting Kenyan users' confidence in the automated billing system. The dummy apps, which have recently caused an uproar in Nigeria, interfere with the Uber Application's location (GPS)
Week Four – Striking Bus Drivers in south Africa Feel the Pain With No Work, No Pay
Texas becomes the latest state to get a self-driving car service
Texas will become the latest state to host a self-driving car service on public roads when Drive.ai — a Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up — launches a six-month pilot program in Frisco, Tex. this summer. Unlike Waymo or Uber, whose self-driving programs typically cover vast urban spaces, Drive.ai will begin testing its
Nissan to gradually withdraw from diesel vehicle market in Europe
The logo of Nissan Motor Co is pictured at a showroom at the carmaker's headquarters in Yokohama, Japan May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai PARIS (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Nissan will gradually stop selling diesel cars in Europe, in a further sign of weakening demand for those cars as customers worry about
U.S. Customs hopes to set e-comm standards
A two-page proposal that will be considered in June could postpone the release of a final World Customs Organization framework for another year. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is hoping to “lead and facilitate” international e-commerce standards as it is submitting to the World Customs Organization (WCO) a two-page document
Container industry may face feeder vessel shortage
SeaIntel says if charter rates for feeders increase, the pricing spread between services calling direct port-port pairs and trans-shipment products could widen. The container shipping industry faces an “impending shortage of feeder vessels,” says SeaIntel, a Copenhagen-based research firm. “We found that the phase-in of the new large vessels in 2018-2020 is
United Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo formally launch air cargo joint venture
Lufthansa Cargo and United Airlines have come to an agreement on their transatlantic partnership first announced in 2015. After nearly three years of negotiations, United Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo formally launched their air cargo joint venture (JV) last week, enabling both carriers to jointly manage sales and booking of standard and
U.S Trucking woes may be a window of opportunity for airfreight
After several years of tepid industry performance, the American freight forwarder is finally reaping the benefits of sustained global economic growth. Driven, in part, by e-commerce-related activity, the industry sees volumes continuing to grow throughout the upcoming year. But with this kind fortune comes the challenge of tight truck capacity