Czech Republic Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Long-drawn out efforts to privatise Ruzyne, Prague's International Airport, may come to nothing. In March 2010, the Czech lower house (Chamber of Deputies) overruled a presidential veto on a law banning privatisation of the airport. The vot...
June 2010 $ 530

Iran Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

The main issue affecting Iran's freight transport network or just trade in general is the threat of further sanctions from the international community. Further sanctions would hamper international companies dealing with Iran and could serve...
June 2010 $ 530

Philippines Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Although the financial recovery is underway, these are hard times for Philippine Airlines (PAL), one of the country’s main passenger and freight carriers. It is currently negotiating with its trade unions over a plan to cut costs, outsource...
June 2010 $ 530

Poland Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

As the Polish economy recovers there seems to be plenty of action in the railfreight sector. Germany's DB Schenker has being doing particularly well, with its Polish subsidiary (DB Schenker Rail Polska) winning a big contract to import Russ...
June 2010 $ 530

Indonesia Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Report SummaryIn the second quarter of 2010, the railway consortium of Indonesia's state-owned mining company PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam was talking with two China-based private equity funds about potential funding ...
July 2010 $ 530

Taiwan Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Report SummeryThe skies above Mainland China and Taiwan are getting busier. The Beijing and Taipei governments in June committed to increase the number of cargo-only flights between the two countries from 28 to 48 per week ...
July 2010 $ 530

South Korea Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Airfreight operators in South Korea are benefitting from a strong recovery. In April 2010, Korean Airreported record results for Q110. Operating profits for the company increased to KRW220.2bn(US$197.6mn), a rise of 3,300% compare...
July 2010 $ 530

India Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Although on track for good growth this year, India's freight transport industry is not without its problems.The country's infrastructure development received another blow in late April following the announcementby the ambitious mi...
July 2010 $ 530

Kuwait Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Freight transport and logistics companies have had to deal with the twin threats of sluggish trade andnegative press over the quarter, with Kuwait's total trade for 2010 set to grow by just 1% year on year (yo-y) according to our ...
June 2010 $ 530

Mexico Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Q210 saw hopes of an end to a long-running dispute between Mexico and the US after the latter'scancellation of a cross-border trucking programme between the two countries. The programme, whichallowed Mexican trucks to operate free...
June 2010 $ 530

Belgium Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

A collision between two Belgian commuter trains on February 15 2010 just south of Brussels, which left a toll of 18 dead and 171 injured, has put the spotlight on the combined issues of safety and bureaucracy. Experts attributed the crash t...
May 2010 $ 530

Brazil Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

At the end of March 2010, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced the Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento II (PAC II), a second growth acceleration programme to run between 2011 and 2014, and beyond. There are question mar...
May 2010 $ 530

China Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Consolidation moves have been the order of the day in China’s strongly recovering aviation and airfreight market. China Eastern in March took a controlling stake in rival airline Great Wall. The merger followed a series of ties between Chin...
May 2010 $ 530

Panama Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

The Panamanian government has moved to nationalise toll roads. The decision has more to do with what was seen as poor performance and construction delays by the operating companies than with ideology. In March 2010, the government agreed wi...
May 2010 $ 530

Malaysia Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

According to Malaysia's trade and industry minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, the country needs to improve its transport infrastructure and lower its logistics costs if it is to develop a competitive services sector. In the recent World B...
May 2010 $ 530

Vietnam Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

In early March, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved VND350trn (US$18.09bn) for the construction and development of the road system in the country. The funds were approved under the development scheme for 2020 and the long-term...
May 2010 $ 530

Egypt Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

In February, the World Bank approved a US$280mn loan for the expansion of the second terminal building in Cairo's international airport. The aim is to make Cairo into a regional hub, enabling it to capture growing traffic between Asia, the ...
May 2010 $ 530

United Arab Emirates Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

In March 2010 the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) further tightened its regulations, demanding that airlines have a minimum insurance cover of US$1.1mn. The new insurance rule means that from July 1 2010, if companies do not p...
May 2010 $ 530

Australia Freight Transport Report Q3 2010


By Business Monitor International

Australia's port and rail operator Asciano Group registered an increase in net profit to US$73.72mn in July to December 2009, compared with a loss of US$87mn in the same period a year ago. However, the group's revenue dropped 4.4% year-on-y...
May 2010 $ 530

Japan Freight Transport Report Q2 2010


By Business Monitor International

Bankrupt airline Japan Airlines (JAL) was reportedly ready to partner US carrier Delta Air Lines (Delta) in mid-January, according to reports cited by the Journal of Commerce (JOC). The partnership is likely to form part of a major restructuring p...
February 2010 $ 530

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