Situated on some of the most important trade routes in the world and positioned to capitalise on raw resources of energy and minerals flowing to Asia from Africa and the Middle East, as well as exports out of the region, Sarawak is poised to take advantage of the massive flow of goods steaming past its doorstep. More than half of the world's...
As Sarawak is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by the South China Sea and from the rest of Borneo due to limited road connectivity, air travel is the primary means of transport for most of those travelling to and from the state. By far the busiest airport serving Sarawak is Kuching International Airport (KIA), its only international airport...
The state’s once underdeveloped transportation infrastructure is transitioning from a maligned weakness to a position of strength as improvements to air, sea and land connections continue to ease the flow of goods and people within Sarawak and abroad. For an island state whose inland waterways also still serve as the primary conduit for moving people and cargo internally, water transportation...
Saleh bin Nasser Al Jasser had an exceptionally busy week in June 2014. On June 19, 99% of shareholders attending an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) gave their approval to what Al Jasser described as the biggest corporate merger in Saudi Arabian history between the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Vela International, a...
The aviation sector in Saudi Arabia is growing rapidly. In 2013 annual passenger numbers topped 68m for the first time. In the decade since 2003, the Kingdom’s four main airports – Jeddah, Riyadh, Medina and Dammam – have all recorded annual double-digit passenger growth. Medina, expanding most rapidly, achieved an average annual growth rate...
While construction teams can expect to be busy building railways across Saudi Arabia for the next few years, the vast majority of internal freight transport in the Kingdom is currently carried by road. Goods bought by companies and consumers, whether they be imports or domestically produced, are shipped along the country’s 59,000 km of...
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