By Lilys Njeru Traffic Jams the Cause of Sleepless Nights for Nairobi Residents In 2012, former president Mwai Kibaki inaugurated Thika Road, an eight-lane superhighway meant to ease the relentless traffic congestion that had come to define the route, but six years later, residents are back to unbearable traffic. People whose arrival
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Alibaba doubles down on logistics with $1.4B investment in Chinese courier ZTO
Alibaba is doubling down on logistics after it led a $1.38 billion investment Alibaba is doubling down on logistics after it led a $1.38 billion investment in Chinese courier firm ZTO Express alongside Alibaba logistics affiliate Cainiao. ZTO went public on the NYSE in 2016 raising $1.4 billion from what was the year's largest IPO
Freight train robberies on the rise in Mexico
Thieves were believed to have caused this derailment in the early hours of the morning of September 27, 2017 in Querétaro. ...thieves block rail tracks Freight train robbers in Mexico are increasingly blocking tracks or loosening rails to stop trains and steal the contents. The federal rail agency said Monday the number of cargo
Malaysia Cancels Multi-billion-Dollar Rail Project to Singapore
Mahathir Mohamad, center, on May 28. Photographer: Joshua Paul/Bloomberg Malaysia is cancelling a project to build a high-speed rail link between its capital, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, and will talk with its southern neighbor about any compensation Malaysia has to pay, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. Mahathir, the 92-year-old who
Bloody Weekend As 10 People Killed in Cape Town Taxi Violence
Authorities in South Africa are monitoring various transport interchanges and high-risk areas in Cape Town after a surge in taxi violence left 10 people dead over the weekend. The bloodshed is understood to be related to a battle over taxi routes. A detective-led task team is probing the incidents. The most recent involved
Kenyan Govt Orders South Africa Buses as Dar Buys in Nairobi
Kenyan fabricator of passenger vehicle bodies Labh Singh Harnam Singh (LSHS) has been hired to build high-capacity buses for Tanzania government's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services as Nairobi prepares to import the same from South Africa next month. LSHS managing director Daniel Maundu said the firm was working on the first
America has a massive truck driver shortage.
Daniel Gollnick is a truck driver in Melrose, Wis. He makes $45,000 a year, less than he would like, but he is home every night. (Daniel Gollnick) Here’s why few want an $80,000 job. America has a massive shortage of truck drivers. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, increased driver pay 15
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Shipowners lament inability to access $2bn CVFF
Lagos - Local operators in the shipping industry have decried the inability to assess the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, which they say must have risen to over $2bn. The CVFF is derived from two percent of the contracts awarded under the Cabotage regime. It was designed to enable indigenous shipping companies
