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Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and closer regional cooperation are creating new opportunities for the South Caucasus, particularly in logistics and international transportation, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, Report informs. Speaking at the "Future of Europe" summit organized by Euronews in Brusse…
INDIA: The 23.3 km Pune Metro Line 3 (Pink) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video link on November 3, with passenger services scheduled to start the following day. Developed by a joint venture of Siemens and Tata under a PPP agreement, the elevated line with 23 stations is intended to halve travel …
Trade between Azerbaijan and Italy totaled $9.1888 billion in January–September 2026, up 3.1% from the same period last year, Report informs, citing the State Customs Committee. Azerbaijan's exports to Italy rose 3% to $8.7899 billion, while imports from Italy increased 6.6% to $398.9 million. Italy accounted for 24.6…
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has cost Europe €127 billion due to higher fossil fuel prices, Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, amid fears of a re-escalation of conflict in the region, Report informs referring to Rapporteur. Speaking at an event in Brussels, the European Commission president said that the sur…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Amik Sayadyan as military attaché at the country"s embassy in China. According to Report , citing Armenian media, the relevant decision was published on the government"s official portal. Sayadyan has been appointed to the position for a three-year term. He is sched…
A new wave of cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigeration systems has hit Europe, just weeks after a similar large-scale attack in France. According to Report 's European bureau, the incidents have affected several countries across continental Europe, as well as Ireland. Speaking at a briefing in Brussels on Nove…
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Kazakhstan's KazMunayGas (KMG) have discussed increasing the volumes of Kazakh oil transported through Azerbaijan, SOCAR said in a statement, Report informs. SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf met with Chairman of the Management Board of KazMunayGas Askhat Khassenov today. Th…
Italy’s draft budget law for 2027 allocated €5.43 billion to the national rail network over the next two years. The funds will be sent to infrastructure manager RFI, with the Terzo Valico project getting the largest share of the funds with €1.6 billion. According to article 77 of the bill, the ‘Services’ part of the p…
Union Pacific led the way on the North American containerised rail freight front over the three months to October, amid all the noise surrounding its pending acquisition of Norfolk Southern – but it was not alone in enjoying a bountiful summer. In general, North American intermodal operators benefited from an upswing …
Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) management has met with representatives of major freight customers to discuss infrastructure upgrades, fleet expansion, digital services and future cooperation, the company told Report . The meeting aimed to brief business partners on ADY's freight operations and results, hear their proposals…
Californians head for the polls today to decide on Charter Amendment PRT – a package of changes affecting Los Angeles’s airports, harbour, and Department of Water and Power, including new workforce disclosure requirements for leases at the port. The measure would require applicants for certain new Harbor Department le…
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari says efforts to bridge the gap between the US and Iran are ongoing with both countries studying proposals presented for a possible resolution to the conflict, Report informs referring to Al Jazeera. Al-Ansari said all GCC states agree that the US-Iran conflict must not…
Growing ecommerce imports are reshaping Latin America’s air cargo networks, but have yet to resolve the region’s directional imbalance, with LATAM Cargo reporting that declining industrial shipments are offsetting some of the gains. Speaking to The Loadstar at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami last week, LATAM Cargo gr…
A study on the history of Alagoz, an Azerbaijani village in present-day Armenia left depopulated following the expulsion of its Azerbaijani residents in the late 1980s, has been published under the "Sites of Memory of Western Azerbaijan" project. Report informs that the article appeared in Perished Civilization . The …
All the mainline operators look set to resume Suez Canal transits for their Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean services. Taiwan’s Evergreen will join its Ocean Alliance partners in doing just that this week, while Yang Ming and South Korea’s HMM will join their Premier Alliance partners restarting Suez crossings…
UK: Organisations across the UK rail and metro sectors have until 23.55 on November 13 to submit entries for the next Rail Business Awards , which will take place on March 11 2027 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Established as the first national awards for the UK railway sector, the prestigious Rail Business Awards recognise …
Bread-and-butter deal-making, typically in the $250m-$1bn range, is surging. As you may have noticed Yesterday, DeskOne highlighted another M&A trifecta coming our way, right after ‘Merger Week Delight: Scan + OIA; Boluda + Samskip; Contship + Tarros‘, from a few days ago. And the deal struck down under by US-based AI…
Adani Ports raised its guidance on growth that increasingly comes from outside India; walked away from Associated British Ports; has reportedly made a binding offer of about $3.3bn for European terminal operator EVOS; and has set up a company in Oman as the Port of Salalah prepares to change operator – with the US cas…
Concern is rising among cargo owners and logistics providers that a strike at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex could turbo-charge the congestion there. About 250 watchmen, who perform security-related duties at container terminals at the twin ports, are poised to walk off the job at 5pm Pacific time on Wednesda…
Customs says it has certified $127.7 billion in unlawful emergency-duty refunds. Court records reveal an impressive processing system, a nearly $1 billion banking-information bottleneck and a legal divide that still leaves some importers waiting. The United States has built a remarkably efficient machine for returning…
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are planning a joint intermodal terminal at the Baku International Sea Trade Port. In addition, the two countries want to launch regular high-capacity ferry services between the ports of Alat and Kuryk, dubbed “Superferry” in Azerbaijan. Both projects target freight on the Middle Corridor. Th…
SPAIN: Renfe has introduced a new safety directive for high speed operations, requiring trains to halt and proceed at a maximum speed of 40 km/h under visual supervision after cab signalling failures. The decision follows the fatal Urda collision that killed at least 69 people. Most Spanish high speed lines are equipp…
AUSTRALIA: The Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority has announced the preferred bidder to rebuild Sunshine station as part of Stage 1 of Melbourne’s long-planned Airport Rail Link. It has also committed to starting Stage 2 works in 2028, leaving the final stage without a timescale. The airport rail project is b…
The opening of Portugal’s new Évora–Caia line has slipped once again, this time to 2028, and the first casualty is already known. MSC has reportedly suspended the daily Medway freight service between the port of Sines and Seville, taking around 50,000 containers a year to a Spanish port instead. “Unfortunately, we fou…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that the Russia-Ukraine war could end in the coming months. According to Report , citing BELTA, he made the remarks at the 4th Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. "The war in Ukraine will end in the coming months. This is my personal opinion. That's i…
Maersk is launching a block train between Haparanda, on the Swedish–Finnish border, and APM Terminals Gothenburg. The service offers businesses in Finland and Northern Sweden an alternative to the conventional feeder route across the Baltic Sea. The first train is scheduled for 5 November. Logistics giant Maersk is ta…
The targets for the Caspian Bridge project envisage guaranteed annual cargo volumes of 8 million tonnes, with capacity expected to increase to 10–12 million tonnes in the future. According to Report , citing Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport, the discussions took place at a meeting between Transport Minister Nurlan S…
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has picked the lowest cost of the routes it studied for part of Norrbotniabanan, a missing link in the EU’s core rail network along the northern Baltic coast, three months after the government ordered it to rein in costs on the line’s unbuilt northern section. The Swedish transport administration …
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has laid the foundations for more than 180 projects in Garabagh, MP Vugar Bayramov said during today's plenary session of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Report informs. Bayramov noted that following Azerbaijan's victory in 2020, the country had launched large-scale restoration and recon…
The first train has run on the reinstated Limerick-Foynes Freight Line, ahead of the 2027 restoration of rail access to Ireland’s Port of Foynes. The two-car passenger unit operated during testing over a public holiday weekend at the end of October. It was the first train to traverse the route since its decommissionin…