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Ukrainian Transport News
Transport News of CIS Countries
News of Foreign Transport Complex
SUW-2000 - New Decision for Railway Communications
Ukraine and Poland have started the experiment on operation of technology SUW-2000 - systems of automatic regulation of distance between wheels of freight and passenger cars allowed to carry out transition from a track of 1435 mm on a track of 1520 mm and conversely.Vladimir Sen'kov
Bridge between Europe and Asia
On May 29-30, 2003 in Mukachevo (Zakarpatye region) on initiative of the Carpathian fund of transport infrastructures development "Transport" the 8-th International Conference of Forwarding Agents "East - West - East" have passed. In this event almost 70 transport-forwarding organizations from 14 countries of southeast Europe and the CIS have taken part.Pridneprovskaya Railway: summer 2003
Increasing of passenger traffic volumes during summer has already applied to Pridneprovskaya railway. The chief of passenger service tells about features of service operating, organization of transportation process and other aspects of Pridneprovskaya rail activity.Anatoly Grjazev
Crane Equipment of Container Terminals
According to forecasts of leading transport business experts, the container traffic volume in 2006 only in the Asian region may make 180-181 million TEU, transportation of containers through ports of Europe (up to 68-69 million TEU) and America (up to 65-66 million TEU) will considerably increase. Ukraine having every reason to be the "transit" country is obliged to find "the niche" in this constantly growing freight traffic.Anatoly Grjazev
Anniversary of Neva's Giant
Annually 15-17% of cargo volumes of the Russian ports is a share their leader - "Seaport Saint-Petersburg" noted together with sea capital of Russia the 300-anniversary.Seeking a High Speed Freight Market
The growth in premium express parcels business offers the potential for high speed trains to win traffic from air and road. But despite repeated proposals, logistical issues and the high investment required have so far conspired to prevent progress.Austria's New Transport Policy
Austria's new minister of transport, Hubert Gorbach, regards transit traffic and the country's relationship to the EU as personal priorities. Furthermore, he intends to secure Austria's future as a location for logistics investment.Bouyant
Air France has had a difficult year but its airfreight division under the stewardship of Marc Boudier is in good shape. For this business year, its added value products, its IT and the new long range pure cargo planes give Boudier reason to believe that margins at Air France's cargo arm will recover.More Uplift Ahead
There is optimism after quite a long take-off run: Not only demand for airfreight but also its yields will rise soon, promises the "Global Airfreight Outlook" published recently by Lufthansa Cargo.Hapag-Lloyd Stays on Course
In spite of adverse conditions, the Hapag-Lloyd Group achieved "excellent results" last year. Michael Behrendt and Gunther Casjens were correspondingly satisfied when they recently gave a press conference in London.
Two British Ports Operators Compared
Two of the largest British port operators, Associated British Ports and Forth Ports pic, recently presented their annual results.
Fishing For Containers
Fierce competition has broken out between several major ports on the Arabian peninsula. Each of the players in this market would like to establish itself as the key transhipment hub in the region.
Sprinting Toward Olympia
In the run-up to the Summer Olympic Games to be held in Athens in 2004, numerous major infrastructure projects have been initiated over the past few years in Greece. One of the most spectacular is the new Rion-Antirion Bridge (near Patras) spanning the Gulf of Corinth.
Fercam Invests in Security
At a cost of EUR 10 million, the Italian transport operator Fercam plans to acquire 100 new trucks with state-of-the-art assistant systems for maximum safety. At a company training course that was focused on safety on the roads and active accident prevention, the drivers received instruction in the use of the active driving security systems.Natalia Mjaken'kaja, Elena Khmel'nitskaja
Overall Aims
The theme of several round-table discussions passed in April-May with participation of representatives of small and average business, experts of Customs Service of Ukraine, representatives of mass media was the problem of customs procedures simplification and necessity of introduction of transparent technologies on border.Sofia Yatsentyuk
Is It Come True?!
Since June, 15 the Ukrainian frontier guards and customs officers in common carry out experiment on frontier of Ukraine.
First Rail Transportation on Tunnel with ТТ Club Participation
Irina Kalinina
Е-component of business
Examples of use of programs of business-process management on transport, news in the world of е-business, last developments, features of web-sites of the transport companies.