A China Northern Airlines flight from Beijing to Dalian crashed on May 7, killing all 112 passengers and crew. The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jet crashed into the sea about 10km from Dalian after the pilot reported a fire in the cabin. It was the second fatal air accident involving a mainland Chinese plane in less […]
Category: Transport & Logistics
Tianjin port is to spend Yn1.5bn in 2002 on increasing its capacity, reported Xinhua. Work this year will include the second-phase construction of a navigational channel for large vessels with a capacity of up to 100,000 tons, the building of two docks for bulk goods and the conversion of a former coal terminal into a […]
Shanghai has launched two major watercourse treatment projects as part of a plan to develop the city’s inland river shipping, reported China Daily. The 50km Dalu Waterway is currently a bottleneck, starting at the Huangpu River and ending at Harbour City in southwest Shanghai. This Yn2.4bn project involves increasing ship capacity and should be completed […]
Construction is to start this year on a 3km tunnel under the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province. The Yn1.7bn project will be built by a local investment and development corporation. When complete in four years, it will be capable of handling 52,000 vehicles a day. Officials in Guangdong are conducting a feasibility […]
The Chinese government is demanding a 50 per cent cost reduction from the German consortium Transrapid International for the building of any future magnetic levitation railways in China. Insiders told the German newspaper that it would have to at least halve the cost per track kilometre if it were to stand a chance to win […]