Trucks parked at a Navistar manufacturing plant in Escobedo, Mexico Trucking companies are bumping up orders for new big rigs, anticipating that 2018 will be a banner year for shipping demand. Trucking fleets ordered 32,900 Class 8 trucks, the kind used on long-haul routes, in November, according to ACT Research, which compiles
Transportation
Cape Town to get new number plates
London hails electric cabs for a fare to a “different world”
FILE PHOTO: An electric cab belonging to the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) is seen in London, Britain, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - London’s black cab has gone electric - and it’s just hit the roads. Wi-Fi, USB charging and even a sunroof are among the new
Nigeria’s used-car market Disrupted by Technology
Imported Vehicles The Guardian -Technology is fast becoming a major influencer of the already thriving used-car market in Nigeria, hence disrupting the entire value chain of auto business in the country. Nigeria spends an estimated N1.2 trillion on the importation of vehicles as recent statistics has shown. Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), Nigeria’s professional
Self-driving taxis are coming to the Street Japan
Japanese government gives the go-ahead to piloting self-driving taxis on public roads with a view to launching them by 2020 Nissan is bringing self-driving cabs to the streets of Japan Yokohama (CNN) - Nissan announced Tuesday that it plans to test autonomous taxis in March near its headquarters in Yokohama. The company
South Africa to hike petrol, diesel prices in December
Train fares will go up by 3.4% in January
Fuel queues return to Lagos amid supply hiccups
New York City tackles its ‘sagging’ air cargo industry
JFK airport, New York New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) handled more cargo than any other airport globally until 1990. A quarter of a century later, JFK’s ranking has fallen to 22nd globally, according to Air Cargo World’s, “Top 50 Cargo Airports” ranking. Yesterday, the city’s Committee on Economic Development held hearings
Iran inaugurates new extension to its main Arabian Sea port
Shahid Behehshti port of Chabahar A newly built extension to Iran's main Arabian Sea outlet, the strategic Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman, which more than triples its capacity and poses a challenge for a port under construction in neighbouring Pakistan was inaugurated on Sunday, December 3, 2017 by Iranian President Hassan