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
Month: May 2018
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
Shanghai to Los Angeles in 5 hours?
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
Boeing meets Nigeria over national carrier
Maritime organization approves Bering Strait shipping routes
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) An international agency that sets standards for marine safety has approved two-way shipping routes into the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait. The International Maritime Organization, an arm of the United Nations, accepted routes proposed by the United States and Russia for safe navigation in the water between
Fiat Chrysler recalls 5.3 million vehicles for cruise control defect
Washington (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is recalling more than 5.3 million vehicles in North America over a defect that could prevent drivers from deactivating cruise control, the company said on Friday, warning owners not to use the function until they get software upgrades. The Italian-American automaker said no injuries
After deal with U.A.E., Delta to re-launch U.S. flights to Mumbai
Today, Delta Airlines released plans to re-launch its nonstop routes between the United States and Mumbai, following a gap period in which the carrier withdrew its flights to the region when Delta says it was “forced to exit the market after subsidized state-owned airlines made service economically unviable.” This news follows an
South African Civil Aviation Authority Suspends SA Express Operating Permits
PRESS RELEASE Johannesburg - The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has suspended SA Express's Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) as well as the airline's Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) approvals. In addition, the SACAA has also suspended the Certificate s of Airworthiness (CoA) of nine (9) of the twenty-one (21) aircraft being