Budapest Public Transport Authority BKK has awarded a contract to Főmterv to design a new line to reconnect the northern and southern light rail networks in Pest on the eastern side of the Danube. The contract is worth 1.63 billion forints (US$4.8 million) and is scheduled to be completed within 890 days. The contract was…
Integration makes technology and operations management more productive and efficient BeyondTrucks, a transportation management system (TMS) provider designed to replace current legacy software and manual processes by providing enterprise fleets with an AI-driven multi-tenant platform, has announced an integration with the Platform Sciences Virtual Vehicle Marketplace. This collaboration provides fleets with advanced tools to improve…
ID 225201038 © Björn Wilesic Written by Charlotte Goldstone 10/08/2025 Growth of feeder airlines outpaces growth of mainlines, with one carrier seeing capacity increase through booming regional expansion. X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest co-feeder operator, announced its fleet grew 13% year-on-year in September, 5% more than the average liner fleet growth over the same period….
President Donald Trump defended his use of tariffs as a correction for what he called years of trade imbalance during a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-defends-tariffs-says-us-has-been-the-king-being-screwed-trade-imbalance Read also: Trump Considers Paying $2,000 Tariff: Potential Impact on Bitcoin and Stocks Trump said during the Oval Office meeting: “Was the king harmed by…
The INTERNATIONAL Railway Journal invites nominations for its fourth annual Young Railway Leaders Award. Winning candidates will be profiled in a special article in the December issue of the magazine and on Railjournal.com throughout the month of December. Winners will be judged on their experience, contribution to the industry, leadership, volunteer activity and going above…
A joint effort was launched with free access to the Trucker Path for Fleets navigation toolFor select WEX fleet customers Weeks®and Trucker Path, creators of the comprehensive, reliable mobile app for commercial truck drivers, today announced a collaboration to provide WEX customers on the road with EFS Trucker Path for Fleets, a secure truck navigation…
Global container volumes continued to defy expectations of a slowdown in August, hitting a new monthly record, according to new data released by Container Trades Statistics today. After three consecutive months in which global trade exceeded 16 million TEU, August achieved a record high. “August continued this trend of strong performance, recording 16.61 million TEU,…
Global trade has outperformed expectations in the first half of 2025, prompting the World Trade Organization to sharply revise its growth forecast upwards to 2.4% – a significant jump from its August estimate of just 0.9%. However, the bleak outlook for 2026 tempers the optimism, with the World Trade Organization forecasting trade growth to slow…
EIB Global, the European Investment Bank development arm signed an agreement to lend Costa Rica $ 250M for the electric train project to upgrade and service lines that serve capital, San José, and provide Tram-Train services. EIB says that its first loan to Costa Rica will take infrastructure on lines 1 and 2, which will…
When ships cross oceans, the invisible lines of influence that follow them no longer belong only to navies or flags. They follow the reach of terminal operators, the multinational giants whose equity stakes now extend across the main arteries of global trade. From the ports of Europe to coastal Africa, ownership of port infrastructure has…