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Transport and logistics

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.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Guo Jiakun addressed the US’ recent involvement in the conflict in Iran, among other questions, on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-Middle East relations

Beijing tells China ships in Strait of Hormuz to phone home amid safety risks

Iran has control over the shipping chokepoint that handles much of China’s imported oil, and Beijing will get daily updates from shipping vessels in the worrisome region.

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Saudi Arabia

Growing China trade prompts Hong Kong venture for Saudi cargo carrier

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong government orders report after 2 driverless buses collide at airport

Hong Kong science and tech

2 Hong Kong pilot schemes testing drones for landslide prevention operations

Drones are being used to help the Geotechnical Engineering Office with its work, including inspecting landslide sites and monitoring hillsides.

Hong Kong has on average about 300 landslides a year. Photo: Sam Tsang
Singapore

Spike in armed robberies in Straits of Malacca and Singapore ‘concerning’

There have already been 72 reported incidents this year, surpassing the 62 recorded in all of last year.

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Britain

‘Appalling mess’: UK’s high-speed rail link faces new delays

Troubled high-speed railway line connecting London to Birmingham to be delayed beyond 2033.

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China manufacturing

At Paris Air Show, China’s aviation suppliers circle for a landing

The number of Chinese exhibitors has more than doubled at this year’s show, as producers across the supply chain eye European market.

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The number of Chinese suppliers attending the Paris Air Show has more than doubled for this year’s edition. Photo: Xinhua
Belt and Road Initiative

Opinion | Israeli strikes one more challenge for new China-Iran rail corridor

Weeks before the air strikes, a new overland trade route was launched that could help Iran evade sanctions and advance its regional ambitions.

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China airliners

China’s C929 jet secures Western tech as manufacturer signs parts deals

Though supply chains and trade relations have been strained, China’s in-development widebody plane will feature components from Western firms.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global

‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.

Visitors look at a display at the booth of SemiDrive Technology at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. Photo: Getty Images
China-Russia relations

How China is driving a surge in shipping along Arctic sea routes

The route’s Russian operator is building more nuclear-powered icebreakers, as it anticipates a significant rise in voyages by Chinese companies.

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A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker crosses the Arctic passage in 2021. Russia operates the world’s only fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers. Photo: AFP
Automotive industry

Hong Kong to allow drones with higher payloads to boost low-altitude economy

Laws and regulations are being amended to promote the development of the low-altitude economy, deputy financial secretary says.

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Malaysia

‘Important step’: fatal crashes prompt Malaysia to curb speeding lorries, buses

Following a spate of accidents, the government will require all heavy vehicles to be fitted with ‘Speed Limitation Devices’ that would cap speeds to 90km/h.

Malaysia

Malaysia revokes bus owner’s permit after deadly crash

Fifteen people were killed in a predawn crash on Monday between a car and a university bus along Malaysia’s notoriously dangerous East-West Highway.

The site of a bus crash on the East-West Highway near Gerik, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia/Xinhua
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong needs route for taxis, ride-hailing firms to co-exist: lawmakers

Owners blame ride-hailing services for their taxi licences falling in value but legislators say there is more to it.

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The number of taxi licences has remained constant at 18,138 since the government stopped issuing them in 1994. Photo: Jelly Tse
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

Ride-hailing company’s global head of public policy says city can learn from how Australia adapted to platform’s entry into market.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

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

Volkswagen, Renault and other EU stalwarts prepare a slew of smaller, cheaper EVs to fight an influx of Chinese models.

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BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship are stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in September 2024. Photo: AFP
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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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.

A police drone flies above the streets of Yau Ma Tei on Friday. Photo: Jelly Tse
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.

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