A section of the Ibadan-Kaduna Rail project. The federal government of Nigeria on Tuesday signed $6.68 billion contract agreement for the Ibadan-Kaduna segment of the Lagos-Kano rail line with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The information is in a statement by Yetunde Sonaike, the Director, Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation in Abuja. Mrs.
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DHL, Rail Cargo Group, expand China’s ‘Belt-Road’ plan with new Chengdu-Vienna route
Left to right: Erik Regter (Member of the Board RCG), Thomas Kowitzki (Head of China Rail, Multimodal Europe, DHL Global Forwarding), Thomas Kargl (Member of the Board RCG), Christoph Wahl (Managing Director Austria, DHL Global Forwarding) and Clemens Först (Spokesperson of the Board RCG) In a deal spanning six countries and
Asia-Pacific carriers experience robust cargo growth, higher yields, in 2017
With major manufacturing economies in the Asia-Pacific region benefitting from increased trade activity, the area’ airlines reported a robust 9.6 percent jump in international air cargo traffic as measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) for the year, according to preliminary aggregated financial performance figures released over the weekend by the
UPS to create over 500 jobs with new UK delivery center
LONDON (Reuters) - Delivery firm UPS opened a new package sorting and delivery facility in south-east England on Monday, creating hundreds of jobs in one of the U.S. company’s largest infrastructure investments outside the United States. The new hub, located 25 miles east of central London, is expected to employ over
Schiphol reports cargo decline in first quarter, despite rise in Chinese, Latin American trade
Shop2Me by Moov Africa opens U.S Online Shopping to Nigeria
...Shop the U.S from Nigeria with Naira and Shop2Me pays, gets the goods and brings to you in Nigeria. Shop2Me, an online shopping and delivery service has been launched by Moov Africa, a fledging logistics services provider. The platform which has been on for a while was formally flagged off in Lagos at
Walmart ends grocery delivery deal with Uber and Lyft
In 2016, Walmart announced that it would begin testing grocery delivery in conjunction with Uber and Lyft. Today, however, Reuters reports that those partnerships have come to an end, which was confirmed by Walmart and Uber. TechCrunch first reported in 2015 about Uber’s plans to launch a merchant delivery system, wherein goods from retailers would be
How Deutsche Post DHL falls short of analyst expectations in Q1
The mail and logistics company’s revenues for the quarter were driven down by negative currency effects and the sale of Williams Lea Tag. Deutsche Post DHL Group’s consolidated net profit for the first quarter of 2018 tumbled 6.2 percent year-over-year to 631 million euros (U.S. $748 million), according to the company’s
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
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