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Transport Infrastructure
Sep 8, 2026

BHP and union talks for Port Hedland Iron Ore Workers to continue into next week

The parties announced on Tuesday that talks between BHP, and the unions representing the workers at the Port Hedland iron ore operations of the mining giant in...

Natural Gas Pipeline
Sep 8, 2026

China's oil imports in August rose for the second consecutive month as a result of easing fuel export controls

Customs data released Tuesday showed that China's crude oil imports were up from July but down 23.4% compared to a year ago. After restricting exports of refined...

Ground Freight
Sep 8, 2026

The yen is also rising in the morning bid for Europe

Gregor Stuart Hunter gives us a look at what the future holds for European and global markets. The summer is officially over. Buckle up! Carry trades are...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 8, 2026

Singapore minister defends Singapore Airlines' investment in Air India

Singapore's Transport Minister defended on Tuesday the 'Singapore Airlines investment in Air India', stating that 'the city-state's Flag carrier must grow abroad because there are limits to...

Transportation
Sep 8, 2026

China's crude oil imports in August fell 23.4% year/year

According to?customs data?released?on?Tuesday, China's crude?imports were?down?23.4% from the same period a year earlier. Data showed that oil imports for August were 37.93 metric tons or 8.93 million...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 7, 2026

Willis Lease Finance targets Asia-Pacific growth with new Malaysian centre

Willis Lease Finance Corp, a US-based aircraft engine lessor, is targeting the soaring demand for engine maintenance in Asia-Pacific. Its CEO stated that its 'new Malaysian repair...

East Asia
Sep 7, 2026

Maguire: Southeast Asia is a key driver for China's clean tech exports.

Southeast Asian nations are the key drivers behind China's clean energy export boom. The region has made record purchases this year of grid equipment, clean power generation...

Europe
Sep 7, 2026

Poste Italiane increases Telecom Italia's offer and waives the threshold condition

Poste Italiane, an Italian financial conglomerate, increased the value of its takeover bid for Telecom Italia by EUR550 million on 'Monday. In a press release, the state-controlled...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 7, 2026

Airbus deliveries at the end of August rose by 9%

Airbus jet deliveries increased 9% in the first eight-months of 2026. The European planemaker is 'broadly on target' to meet its yearly quota, but it still has...

Western Europe
Sep 7, 2026

Bloomberg News reports that Europe's largest mobile operators are in discussions for a satellite-to-mobile venture.

Bloomberg News reported that?Telefonica, Orange, Vodafone Group, and Deutsche Telekom are in early talks to create a consortium for bidding on satellite spectrum, and offering direct-to mobile...

North America
Sep 7, 2026

NTSB updates on fatal Amazon Prime Air cargo plane accident in Miami

The US National Transportation Safety Board announced in a X post that it will be holding a press briefing on Monday at 2:00 pm EDT (20:00 GMT)...

Middle East
Sep 7, 2026

Hapag-Lloyd to improve $4.2 billion bid on Israel's ZIM

Hapag-Lloyd said that it is working with Israel to improve its $4.2 billion cash offer for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, which the German shipping company announced on...

Ground Freight
Sep 7, 2026

India's Shiprocket suffers narrower loss between April and June

Shiprocket, an Indian logistics company backed by Temasek, reported a smaller first-quarter loss on Monday. This was boosted by its core shipping business. The company's earnings are...

Ground Freight
Sep 7, 2026

North Korea and Russia Open their First Road Bridge, A Symbol of Expanding Ties

North Korea and Russia opened their first bridge on Monday in a well-choreographed show of friendship. The structure spans the Tumen River and was hailed by both...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 7, 2026

ArianeGroup examines increase in European space launch

ArianeGroup, a European rocket manufacturer, is looking at a "potential increase" in the deployment of its Ariane 6 heavy launcher. CEO Christophe Bruneau said to reporters on...

Western Europe
Sep 7, 2026

The Rhine River in Germany is falling but still above its record lows

The water levels in the Rhine River in Germany have fallen due to dry weather. Cargo vessels are now forced to sail with only part of their...

East Asia
Sep 7, 2026

China tightens up payment rules to automakers

Chinese regulators have introduced stricter rules governing automakers’ payments to suppliers. They are aiming to close loopholes, such as delays in product acceptance procedures and the use...

Transportation
Sep 7, 2026

Police officers in the eastern German state of defuse 21 explosives near power grid

Prosecutors from the German state of Saxony in eastern Germany said that they had found a total?21 explosives devices?in their investigations of attacks on the electrical grid...

Transport Infrastructure
Sep 7, 2026

Consultancies report that Ukraine's weekly exports of important grains are increasing despite high freight rates.

APK-Inform, a consultancy, reported on Monday that Ukraine's weekly wheat, barley, and corn exports increased by 80% between August 27 and September 2. This equates to?433,700?metric tons....

North America
Sep 7, 2026

China's soybean processors are facing high costs and low margins ahead of Xi’s US visit

China's private soy processors are facing a difficult fourth quarter as Brazil, the top soybean exporter, is experiencing a tightening of its inventories and because tariffs have...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 7, 2026

The worst air crashes of recent years around the world

On Sunday, five people were killed when a Boeing 767-3000 cargo plane operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon's Prime Air network overran the runway at...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 7, 2026

Major Gulf bourses edge higher despite U.S.-Iran maritime flare-up

The major Gulf stock markets rose in early Monday trading. Investor sentiment, however, remained cautious after a weekend of maritime strikes between the U.S. and Iran. The...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 7, 2026

Japanese sushi chain stops Chiikawa Rollout after Staff Caught Selling Freebies Online

After staff members stole free items to resell online, a Japanese sushi chain had to cancel its popular marketing campaign featuring cute "hamster-like" characters from the hit...

Transport Infrastructure
Sep 7, 2026

TASS reports that North Korea and Russia have opened their first road link, a sign of growing ties.

North Korea and Russia officially opened their 'first road bridge' on Monday. According to the Russian state news agency TASS, this'structure spans a river called Tumen. Both...

Transportation
Sep 7, 2026

Berlin Police investigates substation fire after series of attacks against grid

The police in Berlin said that they are investigating an incident at a transformer substation. This raises security concerns due to a recent series of attacks against...

Middle East
Sep 6, 2026

As refiners are strained by the war, they will be turning to other products.

Fuel oil for ships and power plants will be in short supply in the third quarter, as refiners are increasingly squeezed due to wars which have disrupted...

North America
Sep 6, 2026

Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crashes at Miami Airport

Officials at the Miami International Airport said that an Amazon 'Prime Air' cargo flight crashed on landing after it overran its runway. This caused all taxiways and...

North America
Sep 6, 2026

Trump administration renews Supreme Court request to limit mail-in votes

On Sunday, the Trump administration renewed its appeal to?U.S. The Supreme Court should allow a plan to limit the number of?mail-in votes ahead of November's elections for...

Asia
Sep 6, 2026

Poland suspects bird flock as possible cause of airspace violation

A large flock of birds was blamed by the authorities in Poland for a suspected violation of the airspace of the country. The alleged violation originated on...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 5, 2026

Jakarta airport suspends flight due to Ash from Anak Krakatau

Jakarta's international airport, Soekarno Haatta, suspended flight operations until 9:30 am (0230 GMT) on Sunday because of volcanic ash. Indonesia's transport ministry reported that the suspension extended...

Europe
Sep 5, 2026

Greek F-4 crashes during air show near Athens, two pilots dead, sources say

Two officials confirmed that a Greek two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed on Saturday during an airshow at Tanagra Air base north of Athens killing both pilots....

Transportation
Sep 5, 2026

Protesters in Dover, England disrupt cross-Channel travel

Police and port authorities reported that groups of masked men protesting on roads around Dover (the main hub for ferries to France) disrupted traffic on Saturday. Social...

North America
Sep 4, 2026

US Judge again blocks Postal Service’s mail-in vote restrictions

Federal Judge extended the ban on President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing new U.S. Postal Service rule that would increase the number of mail-in votes required ahead...

North America
Sep 4, 2026

US Judge again blocks Postal Service’s mail-in vote restrictions

On Friday, a federal judge in Boston extended a ban that prevented President Donald Trump from implementing any new?U.S. Postal Service rule would increase the number of...

Transport Infrastructure
Sep 4, 2026

Panama Canal defers Neopanamax draft reduction

The Panama Canal Authority on Friday postponed further a planned reduction in the maximum draft allowed for its Neopanamax locks to '14.48 meters (47.5 feet), which was...

Transport Infrastructure
Sep 4, 2026

US Senate Democrats ask Postal Service to stop work on new mail-in voting regulations

The?U.S. Postal Service was urged by lawmakers to halt the work on new mail-in voting rules. Postal Service ordered the halt to "work" on new rules for...

Europe
Sep 4, 2026

Norway will help Russians stuck in Arctic after ship seize, says government

Norway's foreign ministry said on Friday that it would provide the necessary assistance to Russians in the Arctic Svalbard Islands following the arrest of a ship carrying...

Asia
Sep 4, 2026

What is Ukraine's SBU Security Agency?

On Friday, Russia launched a drone at the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) headquarters in central Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities called it the latest in a series of...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 4, 2026

Portugal asks Air France, KLM and Lufthansa to improve their offers for TAP sale

Portugal's government asked rivals Lufthansa and Air 'France-KLM to submit better offers for a'minority stake' in the 'flag carrier TAP', starting a final round of negotiations, after...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 4, 2026

Son of Sri Lanka's ex-president arrested on corruption charges

A top court in Sri Lanka announced on Friday that the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested and remanded to a prison until September 18...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 4, 2026

UAE shares rise as PMI shows solid growth for August

The stock markets of the United Arab Emirates rose on Friday, after a survey showed that the non-oil sector in the country grew at a steady pace...

Asia
Sep 4, 2026

Chinese shipper COSCO denies that its vessels were spied on for Beijing

COSCO, the state-owned Chinese shipping company, has denied allegations that it used hidden equipment on its vessels to gather intelligence for Beijing. The claims were called "totally...

Logistics
Sep 4, 2026

Will Trump's restrictions regarding mail-in votes be in effect for the midterm elections?

The administration of President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new U.S. Postal Service rule tightening use of mail-in...

Transport Infrastructure
Sep 4, 2026

Air Tanzania will resume its flights to Russia from September 7, after a temporary halt

Air 'Tanzania announced on Friday that it will re-start flights between?Dar es salaam, and Moscow on the 7th of September. This comes after announcing a suspension for...

Transportation
Sep 4, 2026

Bild: German police investigate a new grid sabotage attack

According to the police, an attempt was made to short circuit a transformer in the electricity grid south of Duesseldorf, west 'Germany. The newspaper Bild reported this...

Transportation
Sep 4, 2026

Bild: German police report a new grid sabotage attack

According to the police, an attempt was made to short circuit an electricity grid transformer south of Duesseldorf, in western Germany. The newspaper Bild reported this on...

Transportation
Sep 4, 2026

Group says at least 37 people killed in Nigerian pipeline accident

An environmental group reported a death toll of 37 after they inhaled?fumes while trying to tamper with an oil pipeline. However, the authorities have not confirmed this...

Europe
Sep 4, 2026

German industrial orders are increasing due to large-scale orders

Sales of aircraft, ships and railway rolling stock drove the?German industrial order growth in July. The national statistics office reported that industrial orders increased by?2.5% on a...

Passenger Transportation Services
Sep 4, 2026

Air India A320 issued warning of stall when seatbelt sign off, injuring 24 investigators claim

Indian investigators reported that an Air India A320, flying from 'Phuket to New Delhi, last month, issued a stall alert when the seatbelt sign was 'off. According...

Transportation
Sep 4, 2026

Bild reports that German police are responding to new attempts at sabotage on power grids.

The newspaper Bild reported that German police responded to two new alleged attempts against Germany's electricity grid. This comes after Berlin blamed Russia for an attempted drone...