FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco By Jane Lanhee Lee The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and on Thursday Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in
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The e-commerce boom makes warehouses hot property
The warehouse king battles a master of the universe In the late 1990s Hamid Moghadam, an Iranian-born property developer, made a $5m bet on Webvan, an American online grocer. It was a bust. Webvan was one of the most spectacular casualties of the dotcom crash. More galling still, Mr. Moghadam turned down
Uber launches mask verification as part of new safety measures
Bolt launches Operation in Port Harcourt
Bolt (formerly Taxify), the leading on-demand transportation network platform in Africa, has launched operations in Port Harcourt. The expansion brings Bolt’s cities in Nigeria to a total of eight. The service is already well established in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Owerri, Benin City, Calabar and Uyo. After successfully launching in seven
WACT Lifts Onne Port in Port Harcourt with $10m Facility Upgrade
Onne Port, Port Harcourt, Nigeria The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) has launched two new Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHCs) worth $10 million (N3.6billion) for the discharge of cargoes at the terminal. This followed the increased vessel traffic experienced at eastern ports due to the recent diversion of cargoes because of the traffic
Gokada achieves 99.8% safety record
Motorbike hailing service, Gokada, says it has achieved 99.8 percent safety record since it officially commenced operations in 2018. According to the firm, this translates to a 0.02 percent incident rate per ride. Its Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ayodeji Adewunmi, said the firm remained committed to promoting safety, fast and efficient transport as
Dockworkers’ industrial action cripples activities at Lagos ports as negotiation continues
Commercial activities at the Lagos Port Complex remain crippled by the ongoing industrial action embarked on by members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) over non-payment of wages and bonus by the management of international oil companies. The strike was embarked on at the instance of the executive
Africa Posts Fastest Growth in Cargo Freight
Loading platform of air freight to the aircraft African carriers in May 2019 posted the fastest growth with an increase in demand by eight percent, compared with the same period a year earlier, a period other regions recorded weak growth. This was in continuation of the upward trend in FTKs (measured in
Lime scooter riders are being injured by ‘sudden excessive braking,’ company says
A Lime scooter stands available for rent in Washington. (Luz Lazo/The Washington Post) The company says anyone riding its scooters should exercise extreme caution. Lime, one of the world’s largest electric scooter companies, is urging riders to be extra cautious while operating its devices because of a technical “bug” that can cause
Activities Pick Up At Lagos Airport, Abuja After Saturday’s Polls
Business Activities upbeat at border towns also Twenty four hours after the conclusion of Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos State, flights operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) are yet to fully normalize. At the private terminal (MMA2) yesterday, the departure halls was quiet with few passengers arriving and departing. Daily