(Ecofin Agency) – In a bid to boost free trade under the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), several models have been proposed to revamp the railway system. These proposals aim to address existing transportation hurdles and enhance intra-African trade efficiency. In Late December, South African trade […]
Year: 2024
This year is the 20th anniversary of the AustralAsia Railway, which connects South Australia and the Northern Territory. On January 17, 2004, an inaugural Adelaide-to-Darwin freight train rolled across the embankment to the new East Arm Port after a 2979-kilometre journey from Adelaide. On February 2, the first transcontinental […]
Term sheet allocates Kamoa-Kakula up to 240,000 tonnes of annual capacity for export of copper products along the Lobito Corridor from 2025. Lobito Corridor passes through Ivanhoe’s Western Foreland licences and within five kilometres of Kamoa-Kakula. Lobito Corridor will transform economic and social development of the DRC, as well as […]
University of Birmingham spin out MoniRail has been awarded a prestigious contract by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Innovate UK. The award, a prestigious SBRI: Quantum Catalyst Fund (Phase 2) contract, will enable MoniRail and its partners Transport for London (TfL), Imperial College London, University of Sussex, […]
Companies from Qatar and the UAE have expressed their intention to bid for Iraq’s first elevated metro in the capital Baghdad, an official has said. Bidding was due to start on Monday for the $2.5 billion metro project and other planned rail line linking Najaf and Karbala in central Iraq, […]
Libyan Railways Implementation Authority invites International Federation of Railways to participate in November workshop Libyan Railroads announced Thursday that its chairman, Saeed Salem Al-Kilani, had signed on the same day in Benghazi a memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Investment in the eastern based Libyan government, Ali Al-Saidi, and […]
In a bid to revamp the National Train Service, the FG under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu has acquired new trains for the Lagos-Kano rail service. The trains which will run on existing rail tracks will have stops at Ibadan, Osogbo, Offa, Ilorin, Mokwa, Minna, Kaduna, Zaria […]
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council has expressed concern over the vandalism and theft of railway tracks connecting the Inland ports in the country. The council’s Executive Secretary, Pius Akutah, raised the concern on Tuesday while inspecting the Funtua Inland Dry Port, Katsina State ahead of its inauguration. According to him, the […]
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has charged the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), to immediately get back to work and complete the Aba- Port Harcourt section of the Eastern Railway (Port Harcourt to Maiduguri Line), or risk a protest against what it termed a shoddy job. […]
By Elaine Clark Rail Forum is delighted to launch a suite of rail themed lessons aimed at Key Stage 3 students. Developed to reach students all across the UK, iRail aims to raise awareness of the vast array of careers available and inspire the next generation of rail professionals. The […]