ZAIRE-TRANSPORT: Air Disaster Points To Chaos On The Ground

There are parts of Zaire where central government does not reach such is the vastness of the country and so appalling its transport network.

AFRICA-AVIATION: Hard Landings

Africa's state-owned airlines are no different from most of the continent's public enterprises. They are mainly grossly inefficient, loss making and neck-deep in debt.

AFRICA-AVIATION: Hard Landings

Africa's state-owned airlines are no different from most of the continent's public enterprises. They are mainly grossly inefficient, loss making and neck-deep in debt.

ENVIRONMENT: High Speed Trains Slowed By Ecological Red Light

World experts on high-speed train travel gathered in the French 'railway capital' of Lille, Friday, to develop plans for a hi-tech rail network to cross Europe -- raising NGO fears that environmental problems are being side- stepped.

GULF-TRANSPORT: Traffic Accidents Abound in Land of Plenty

Petrodollars, fast cars and lavish lifestyles have all combined to bestow the United Arab Emirates with the dubious distinction of having one of the highest death rates due to road accidents in the world.

SHIPPING-ASIA: Fear of New Wave of Piracy in South China Sea

Fears of a new wave of piracy attacks in the South China Sea are growing in the wake of a week-end hijacking of the Panamanian-registered 'Hye Micko' while carrying a cargo of cigarettes to Cambodia.

MERCOSUR-TRANSPORT: Hydrovia Raises Many Heads

The "hydrovia" waterway project, planned for the Paraguay-Parana rivers of the Southern Cone, has been given the green light by the countries concerned but now faces opposition from environmentalists.

AFRICA-TRANSPORT: AIR TANZANIA WORKERS OPPOSE REGIONAL AIRLINE

WORKERS OF THE STATE-RUN AIR TANZANIA CORPORATION (ATC) SAID THURSDAY THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THE FORMATION OF THE AFRICAN JOINT AIR SERVICES (AJAS), A NEW THREE-NATION CARRIER, WOULD PUT ATC OUT OF BUSINESS.

TRANSPORT-EUROPE: More Checks on ‘Ro-Ro’ Ferries Urged by Brussels

Transport ministers from the 12 countries of the European Union want an urgent and thorough review of safety standards on the 'Roll-on/Roll-off' passenger and vehicle ferries.

NIGERIA-TRANSPORT: HELLRUN EAST

THE CONDUCTOR WARDS-OFF A GROUP OF PASSENGERS TUGGING AT HIS SHIRT OVER THE DELAY IN THE MINIBUS STARTING ITS JOURNEY EAST TO PORT HARCOURT, ABOUT 700 KMS AWAY.