Transport

Occupying a unique position along the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Thailand and Gulf of Tonkin, along with shared land borders with China, Laos and Cambodia, Vietnam is well-positioned to become a dominant regional transportation centre.

Vietnam’s domestic aviation market has recorded very strong growth in recent years, driven by low-cost carriers (LCCs) that transported 55% of domestic passengers in 2016, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). An August 2016 article by VN Express stated that budget airlines have rapidly increased their market share,...

Temperature-controlled logistics services are emerging as an important growth area in Mexico, as a result of a number of factors. One of these is that, as more countries transition to predominantly middle-class consumption patterns, global demand for, and international trade in, a wide range of temperature-controlled goods has expanded.

The Mexican railway system was privatised in 1995, with the government dividing the country into three major areas, and offering 50-year concessions to operate rolling stock and maintain the tracks in each.

Mexico’s transport sector has witnessed rapid growth in recent years. Question marks over economic integration with the US – one of the driving forces of transport growth – are introducing a period of relative uncertainty. However, the fundamentals remain positive for the sector, based on demographic growth, rising living standards, a growing...

One of the main challenges Egypt faces is the concentration of activity in Cairo, with the capital accounting for more than half of formal sector jobs in the country. Forecasts indicate that use of the city’s transportation trips will almost triple in a decade, going from 12.7m trips per day in 2011 to 33m by 2022. Commuting can be complex,...