News about transport
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
EADS to decide on Airbus name change in restructuring drive
European aerospace giant EADS is set to decide Tuesday whether to change its name to Airbus, its better-known plane unit, as part of an overhaul that will also merge its defence and space units.
30 July 2013 11:38
KazTransOil to transport oil from Kashagan
The state oil pipeline company KazTransOil and KMG Kashagan B.V. have signed a transport contract.
16 July 2013 13:09
Yertysbayev on creation of Kazakhstan-Georgia-Azerbaijan trade-economic block
Kazakhstan Ambassador to Georgia believes it “very important” to develop the transport corridor of the South Caucasus that “has a huge potential”.
26 June 2013 14:32
Bike taxi to be launched in Kazakhstan in 2014
The new transport will not look anything like Asian pedicabs. Kazakhstan bike taxi is a model optimized in Berlin in 1997: organizer.
13 June 2013 16:25
Dutch duo peddle old bikes as fashion, furniture
Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year, by turning them into designer fashion items and furniture.
08 June 2013 14:12
US drops plan to allow pocket knives on flights
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), bowing to a chorus of outrage led by flight attendants, abandoned Wednesday its plan to allow pocket knives in carry-on baggage.
06 June 2013 17:29
Skirt-clad Romanian women promote 'stylish' cycling
More than 1,500 Romanian women in colourful skirts and high heels cycled through the country's main cities to promote urban biking as a "stylish and fun" way of transport.
03 June 2013 16:14
Aktau seaport to reach capacity of 18 million tons by 2020
The capacity of Aktau seaport in Kazakhstan is expected to reach 18 million tons of cargoes by 2020.
23 May 2013 21:42
Kazakhstan to increase NATO freight traffic to Afghanistan
We are now preparing to expand the transit potential for NATO freights by means of Kazakhstan's Caspian port in Aktau: Nazarbayev.
26 April 2013 13:24
Freight traffic on Zhetygen-Korgas railroad to make 2 million tons in 2013
We plan that this year the traffic volume will make 2 million tons: Askar Mamin.
25 April 2013 15:52
Pacific terminal will generate logistics revenues for Kazakhstan
Setting up a terminal in the Pacific port of Lianyungang will allow Kazakhstan to develop its logistics industry.
17 April 2013 15:08
Kazakhstan and Russia to join in grain transportation
Kazakhstan's KazTemirTrans and Russian RusTransCom (RusAgroTrans) will establish a joint company for grain transportation.
09 April 2013 16:39
Kazakhstan air companies to buy over 50 airplanes by 2020
The approximate number of planes to be purchased by our local airlines by 2020 is 56: Kazakhstan Transport Minister.
01 April 2013 17:37