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Galina Nesvet
Russian-Ukrainian commission: questions and answers
On March 07, 2003 in Moscow the 8th Mixed Russian-Ukrainian commission on cooperation has completed the work.
Long Way to Europe
Transsiberian highway, unclaimed for long years of the Soviet Union, today finds the second breath. It gives the opportunities to look at economic cooperation of the East and the West in a new fashion.
The Interrupted Flight
Sergey Korzinkin was the participant of tragic flight Kharkov - Isfahan of January 23, 2002. Those hard days newspaper wrote "the best...... flower of aircraft... elite of airplane construction branch of Ukraine and Russia...was lost".
Natalia Mjaken'kaja
To Fly to Not Fly
The experiment on development of internal passenger transportations began in the summer of the last year under the initiative of the Ministry of transport of Ukraine, heads of airlines and the airports. Experiment proceeding now, but already as the program, enables to use the fastest transport - aircraft.
Vyacheslav Konovalov
Ukraine Masters the Next Helicopter
"Yuzhmash" (Dnepropetrovsk) has declared the intentions to produce domestic helicopters. It's planning to begin with easy multi-purpose helicopters for agriculture works, needs of power departments and the Ministry of Emergency Measures.
Anatoly Grjazev
Future of Port Cranes
The prompt silhouettes of portal are the most typical feature of domestic seaport. These machines processing many hundred millions tons diversified general and bulk cargoes remain the basic reloading equipment of Ukrainian, Russian, Baltic and other foreign ports of the world.
Natalia Mjaken'kaja
Dreams and Realities
Unfortunately, countrymen already so got accustomed to inconvenience in public transport that they consider it as a norm. Old buses, a plenty of people in them, and even their full absence, does not surprise anybody. Probably the decision of these problems is coming soon. Performance of "The rural bus" program will allow considerably improving the quality and convenience service of passengers in countryside.
Vladimir Sen'kov
It Is Difficult to Be a Carrier!
On March 26, 2003 in Lvov the expanded meeting on problems of passenger automobile transportations was held. In this event more than hundred regional carriers, power structures, heads of a state traffic inspectorate, Gosstandart, branch trade union have taken part.
Valentine Mogila
Problems of Creation of Regional Transport Systems
Efficiency of passenger auto transport functioning and acceleration of rates of its development in conditions of the market are achievable by optimization of available resources using. However this way has a number of difficulties constraining the decision of social and economic problems of passenger auto transport of regions. This article tells about the sight on variant of the decision in the near future.
Natalia Budishevskaja
The Best Practices in Field of Transport Activity Regulation
In majority of the countries regulation of legislative base was concentrated, first of all, on measures on the further increasing of road movement safety. It has resulted in reduction of amount of failures by all types of transport, in reduction of congestion in city regions, in stimulation of the railway and combined transportations and increasing of railways competitiveness.
Boxes Bob up in France
The Port of Marseille has reason to be pleased with last year, especially with regard to container volumes. However, it remains cautious and is proceeding gradually with plans to expand the port. Meanwhile, the Port ofLe Havre announced a new record in container throughput in 2002.
UIC Study Targets Infrastructure Costs
A comparative study of infrastructure costs in Western Europe, North America and East Asia prepared for the UIC reveals that best practice can cut 40% off the average cost. The authors believe that 'vast potential' exists for further savinqs.
Italy is Slow Off the Mark
Construction of the Lotschberg base tunnel is proceeding according to plan. There are still bottlenecks on the Italian side because the infrastructure is inadequate, particularly the single track section between Domodossola and Novara.
Benelux Haulers Baulk at German Tools
Road haulers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg are adamant. They are refusing to pay twice, a "vignette" at home and road tolls in Germany.
Alexandra Vinogradova
Stop on Demand
The opportunity to exclude from structure of a train the separate cars in case of need of the profound customs control will appear with introduction in action of the new Customs Code of Ukraine.
Irina Kalinina
Virtual Mirror
Information space of the world computer network opens prospects for transport business.