• Transport

    OBG examines all aspects of local transport infrastructure, including sea, air and land. Our analysis within the transport sector reviews the major projects under way and planned, such as airport expansions, port plans, public transit systems, road construction and rail networks.
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The mineral wealth of Mongolia, a vast and isolated land, has brought the world to its doorstep. The country’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, and production from and investment in its two largest mines should see GDP growth continue to climb.

The New Year has started out on a turbulent note for Sabah’s air transportation sector, with some fearing that recent developments may spell hard times ahead for investment in the state and its tourism sector. Yet a possible partnership with neighbouring Brunei Darussalam’s national carrier may hold a solution to Sabah’s air travel troubles.
Already a key conduit for both European and Asian trans-shipment activity, Egypt is working to gain a greater slice of lucrative regional trade as more land-based freighters look to the country as an alternative entry point to Gulf and African markets.
Further progress towards the construction of a national rail network, along with long-awaited expansions in the port system, are highlighting Oman’s potential to become a lynchpin for commercial transport in the GCC. A special body will be set up within the Ministry of Transport and Communications to facilitate the installation of a new rail network in the Sultanate, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi, the transport and communications minister, said.

Faced with ever-growing congestion in the movement of people and goods across the archipelago, the government is clear that improving and diversifying Indonesia’s logistics network stands at the heart of its efforts to boost economic growth above 7%. Air passenger traffic has continued to grow, with the large domestic market flocking to the growing...

Domestic passengers have been the main drivers of growth in air transport for the past decade – more than 52m Indonesians were expected to fly domestically in 2011, around half of which on a single low-cost operator, Lion Air, which also runs Wings Air. Sustained competition in the low-cost segment has continued to keep rates low, while rising...

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