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Transport and logistics
News about the global transport and logistics industry with a focus on developments in shipping, aviation and rail particularly in relation to Hong Kong and China.
Toll booths at Tai Lam Tunnel were removed on May 31 and replaced by an electronic payment system. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong transport

Editorial | Fairer fees at end of tunnel for Hong Kong motorists following shake-up

Hopes rise for more equitable system after last such facility created under build-operate-transfer model is handed over to Hong Kong government.

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong can support taxi sector by using levies to create fund: Uber executive

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Electric & new energy vehicles

How BYD and Chinese peers are transforming Europe’s small EV market

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong minibus operators hail arrival of over 800 drivers from mainland China

Temporary scheme should be extended to steer sector to safety and plug gaps in ageing workforce, operators say.

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Minibus driver Yin Wang (left), stands alongside Ka Wo Motors manager Lee Pak-kay. The driver is among those brought in under a labour import scheme. Photo: Dickson Lee
US-China trade war

US retailers demand Chinese firms pay shipping costs as trade pressure grows

For years, US retail giants paid to ship goods from China to America. But that is changing as costs spiral amid the trade war.

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Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police launch first drone patrols in urban areas

Unmanned aerial vehicles can inspect an area the size of 13 football pitches in 25 minutes.

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China shipbuilding

Big shipowners take wind out of US sails, continue to order vessels from China

MSC executive tells forum in Oslo that Chinese shipyards can build new vessels for sector’s energy transition.

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Ships under construction at Shanghai Shipyard in April. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
United States

Salvage team bound for burning cargo ship off Alaska carrying Chinese cars

Ship carrying about 3,000 cars, including 800 EVs, has been abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after catching fire.

Ukraine war

Ukraine says it attacked Crimean Bridge, as Russia halts traffic

Kyiv’s agents detonated mines on underwater supports, targeting a key transport link between the annexed peninsula and the Russian mainland.

Donald Trump

Judge blocks Trump admin’s attempt to strip TSA workers of union rights

Judge found the Trump administration’s reasoning ‘threadbare’ and suggested the move was meant to ‘punish’ the union.

TSA officers staff checkpoints at US airports and other transportation hubs. Photo: Reuters
Vietnam

The US$67 billion question: who will fund Vietnam’s North-South express railway?

Vingroup and Thaco’s proposals to build the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City high-speed rail line both demand substantial state support.

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A passenger train at a railway crossing in Hanoi last year. Vietnam approved the new high-speed railway in November as part of efforts to modernise the country’s colonial-era railway system. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

Will Indonesia’s Whoosh extension to Surabaya be derailed by Chinese debt?

With the current US$7.3 billion rail line not projected to break even for 40 years, analysts are urging caution on an extension.

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Hong Kong transport

New toll system, cheaper fees in place as Hong Kong’s Tai Lam Tunnel handed over

Government takes control of 3.8km tunnel after consortium’s 30-year franchise ends.

Robotics

Self-driving mining trucks offer a glimpse of China’s hi-tech future

A coal mine in Inner Mongolia showcases Beijing’s determination to transform traditional industries with advanced technologies.

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The world’s largest fleet of unmanned electric coal trucks demonstrates China’s resolve to upgrade its traditional industries. Illustration: Henry Wong
MTR Corporation

Letters | How MTR can plan ahead for unavoidable service disruptions

Readers discuss the need for proactive rather than reactive crisis handling, clarifying the purpose of the penalty for disruption, and caring for teachers’ emotional well-being.

Passengers at the Tiu Keng Leng MTR station were asked to leave on March 22, when the Tseung Kwan O line had to be suspended due to malfunctions in both the power supply and the signalling system. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Intense 550-degree blaze at Hong Kong warehouse set to burn ‘for some time’

Fire at warehouse in Tin Shui Wai covers an area of 200 metres by 200 metres, with more than 200 people forced to flee the scene.

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong’s MTR Corp fined HK$19.2 million and will offer half-price fares for day

But lawmakers say penalty for five-hour disruption does not reflect seriousness of case, with one calling suspension ‘appalling’ and a ‘disaster’.

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India

Ship sinks off India’s coast, spilling oil and cargo containers

The vessel capsized off southern Kerala state, leaking fuel and releasing 100 cargo containers into the Arabian Sea.

A Liberian-flagged container ship with hazardous cargo on board is seen sinking off India’s southern coast of Kerala on Sunday. Photo: Indian Defence Public Relations Office of Mumbai / AFP
Electric & new energy vehicles

Renault leverages Shanghai operation for cars aimed at markets outside Europe

Company says Shanghai operation is working on developing models for Ampere and Renault marques for sale outside Europe.

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China travel

‘More convenient’: why China’s travellers are ditching planes for bullet trains

More passengers on busy Beijing-Shanghai route are choosing high-speed rail, which offers flexibility, comfort and stable internet access.

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France

French taxi drivers threaten paralysing access to Paris airports

French taxi drivers have blocked roads at points across the country in a row with the government about payments for transporting patients.

A Taxi light is crossed out as taxi drivers take part in a blocking operation during a nationonwide protest against proposed changes in how the state finances medical transport services, in Marseille on Monday. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong

Editorial | MTR heads have some explaining to do after latest rush-hour chaos

Misery for tens of thousands of passengers in five-hour breakdown on one of Hong Kong’s busiest rail lines.

Tiu keng Leng MTR station is seen during a suspension of service caused by malfunctions in both the power supply and signaling system on Thursday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong’s MTR Corp may face HK$19.2 million fine for 5-hour service disruption

Lawmaker Gary Zhang urges rail giant to speed up inspections using technology after Tseung Kwan O line service halt.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD overtakes Tesla in Europe for the first time as sales jump 169% in April

Shenzhen-based BYD sold 7,231 battery electric vehicles in April versus 7,165 by Tesla, according to data from Jato Dynamics.

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Nordic nations

Norway cabin owner sleeps on as cargo ship runs aground outside

None of the container ship’s 16 crew members were injured in the incident, the cause of which is being investigated by Norwegian police.

The 135m container ship that ran aground almost hitting a house in the Trondheimsfjord outside Byneset, Norway on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | In Hong Kong, delivery apps once took on a different – more physical – form

Home deliveries are far from new – lowering a basket on a rope to hawkers selling everything from food to hardware was once typical.

A busy street market in a resettlement estate in Kowloon in the 1950s. Photo: Getty Images
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese hydrogen-powered drone maker HiTS eyes Hong Kong as new hub

Company also aiming for a Hong Kong listing in one to two years, chief financial officer says.

China technology

Chinese drone maker EHang sees regular flying taxi services by 2030

EHang, which is conducting trials in Guangzhou and Hefei, will offer services in restricted corridors in these two cities by year-end.

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