News about transport

Bombardier to expand into Kazakhstan market Bombardier, a Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company, plans to expand into the Kazakhstan market.
27 January 2014 15:56
British expat leaves job after Singapore 'poor people' remark A Singapore-based British wealth adviser who set off a firestorm by publicly insulting Singaporeans who have to rely on public transport has "parted ways" with his former employer, the firm said Saturday.
25 January 2014 14:00
Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure: IEA Executive Director Kazakhstan should develop oil and gas transport infrastructure and take a hard stance of pricing talks in the region: Maria van der Hoeven.
21 January 2014 13:48
Kazakh-Iran economic and trade cooperation to ease tension in the region Iranian Deputy Minister Valiola Afkhami visited Astana to meet with his Kazakhstani counterpart at the 3rd sitting of the Kazakh-Iranian Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation.
11 January 2014 12:08
350 buses to be equipped with wheelchair lifts 350 public buses are going to be equipped with wheelchair lifts in Astana.
28 December 2013 11:12
European Society for Quality Research awards Almaty Subway again Almaty Subway has won another award from the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR).
27 December 2013 13:53
Yermegiyayev speaks of Bus Rapid Transit cost The head of Astana EXPO-2017 National Company Talgat Yermegiyayev has commented on the cost of Bus Rapid Transit for Astana.
10 December 2013 20:52
60% of Almaty public transport to become ecologically-friendly in Q1 2014 60% of public transport will become ecologically friendly by the end of the 1st quarter of 2014 in Almaty, Mayor Akhmetzhan Yessimov said.
03 December 2013 16:28
Despite rising demand, Brazil ethanol sector struggles Hobbled by rising production costs and low prices, Brazil's ethanol sector is in crisis, with many sugar mills closing despite rising demand.
01 December 2013 15:19
No Light Rail Transport for Astana Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev believes that Light Rail Transport project by French Alstom is overly expensive for Astana, so the city will get a bus rapid transit network instead.
28 November 2013 15:09
Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 November 2013 13:20
New tariffs set for KazTransOil pipeline oil pumping Kazakhstan Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies (Anti-Monopoly Agency) has approved new tariffs on oil pumping through the KazTransOil pipeline.
27 November 2013 17:53
Rosneft to transit crude to China across Kazakhstan Late October Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said that Rosneft was negotiating oil transits across Kazakhstan to China via the Kazakh-Chinese Atasu-Alashankow pipeline.
12 November 2013 15:15
Turkey fulfils sultan's dream with opening of Bosphorus rail tunnel Turkey will on Tuesday unveil the world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents, fulfilling a sultan's dream 150 years ago, but also fuelling recent anti-government sentiment for such mega projects.
28 October 2013 13:40
Transport engineering emerges in Kazakhstan Transport engineering has become one of Kazakhstan's industries thanks to the state-run Program of Accelerated Industrial-Innovative Development: Akhmetov.
02 October 2013 10:46
French motorists top league of unpaid fines in London Foreign motorists owe almost £2.8 million ($4.5 million, 3.3 million euros) in unpaid parking fines in central London.
29 September 2013 21:36
Boeing to end C-17 military aircraft program in 2015 Boeing announced Wednesday it would end production of its C-17 military transport aircraft in 2015, citing a difficult environment amid government spending cuts.
20 September 2013 10:31
Jumpy caterpillar shies the Sun: study The larva of a Vietnamese moth has devised a unique form of transport -- constructing a leaf cone and thrashing about inside to make it jump.
21 August 2013 15:38
Nazarbayev calls for development of communications between Turkic Council's member-states Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is taking part in the 3rd summit of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States.
16 August 2013 18:44
Chaos as huge fire guts Nairobi airport A devastating fire shut down Nairobi's international airport for much of Wednesday in a "major crisis" that forced the cancellation or diversion of scores of flights at east Africa's biggest transport hub.
08 August 2013 11:36
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