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THAILAND-BANGKOK-MONORAIL LINE-TRIAL RUN

(231122) -- BANGKOK, Nov. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 shows the Pink Line monorail in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's second monorail mass rapid transit line began a public trial run here in the country's capital on Tuesday ahead of its commercial operations planned for next month. Accommodating travel demand in northern Bangkok, the Pink Line spans 34.5 km across 30 stations, interconnecting with several intra-city rail lines, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand. (Photo by Tim Santasombat/Xinhua)

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-MONORAIL LINE-TRIAL RUN

(231122) -- BANGKOK, Nov. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 shows the Pink Line monorail in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's second monorail mass rapid transit line began a public trial run here in the country's capital on Tuesday ahead of its commercial operations planned for next month. Accommodating travel demand in northern Bangkok, the Pink Line spans 34.5 km across 30 stations, interconnecting with several intra-city rail lines, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand. (Photo by Tim Santasombat/Xinhua)

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-MONORAIL LINE-TRIAL RUN

(231122) -- BANGKOK, Nov. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 shows the Pink Line monorail in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's second monorail mass rapid transit line began a public trial run here in the country's capital on Tuesday ahead of its commercial operations planned for next month. Accommodating travel demand in northern Bangkok, the Pink Line spans 34.5 km across 30 stations, interconnecting with several intra-city rail lines, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand. (Photo by Tim Santasombat/Xinhua)

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Egypt to raise Suez Canal transit fees by 5-15 pct in 2024

STORY: Egypt to raise Suez Canal transit fees by 5-15 pct in 2024 DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Egypt plans to raise transit fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal by 5 to 15 percent starting on Jan. 15, 2024, according to a statement released by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Monday. Transit fees for crude oil tankers, petroleum product tankers, liquified petroleum gas carriers, liquefied natural gas carriers, chemical tankers and other liquid bulk tankers, containerships, vehicles carriers, cruise ships, and special floating units will rise by 15 percent, it said. Meanwhile, transit fees for dry bulk vessels, general cargo vessels, and roll-on/roll-off vessels will increase by five percent, according to the statement. It added that the new transit fee increases did not apply to containerships departing from ports in northwestern Europe and sailing directly to ports in the Far East. The

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Egypt's Suez Canal achieves revenue of $144 billion over 67 years since nationalization

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal achieves revenue of $144 billion over 67 years since nationalization DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Suez Canal STORYLINE: Chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, said on Wednesday that since its nationalization on July 26, 1956, the canal has facilitated the transit of approximately 1.071 million ships, with a total net tonnage of 31.599 billion tons. Over the course of more than 67 years, the strategic waterway was able to achieve huge revenues that exceeded 143.864 billion dollars, remaining one of the most important foreign exchange resources for the public treasury of Egypt. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE ELECTRIC BUSES-LAUNCH

(230524) -- LAGOS, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 23, 2023 shows a Yutong electric bus at a launch ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. Chinese bus maker Yutong on Tuesday launched the first electric mass transit buses targeting public transport in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, as the country prepares for the gradual shift from internal combustion engine-powered vehicles to sustainable electric vehicles (EVs). The project is a collaboration between the Oando Clean Energy Limited, Yutong's partner in Nigeria, and the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority to start proof-of-concept with two Yutong electric buses on the Bus Rapid Transit road in Lagos. (Photo by Li Peng/Xinhua)

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NIGERIA-LAGOS-CHINESE ELECTRIC BUSES-LAUNCH

(230524) -- LAGOS, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guests pose for a group photo at a launch ceremony for Yutong electric buses in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 23, 2023. Chinese bus maker Yutong on Tuesday launched the first electric mass transit buses targeting public transport in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, as the country prepares for the gradual shift from internal combustion engine-powered vehicles to sustainable electric vehicles (EVs). The project is a collaboration between the Oando Clean Energy Limited, Yutong's partner in Nigeria, and the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority to start proof-of-concept with two Yutong electric buses on the Bus Rapid Transit road in Lagos. (Photo by Li Peng/Xinhua)

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Suez Canal sets new transit record

STORY: Suez Canal sets new transit record DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, announced that the Suez Canal on Wednesday saw a record-high number of daily transits made by ships. Rabie said that a total of 93 ships passed through the Suez Canal from both directions on Wednesday, with a total net tonnage of 4.4 million tonnes. Linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, the Suez Canal was officially opened for international navigation in 1869, serving as a lifeline for global seaborne trade. About 12 percent of the world's trade passes through the man-made canal. According to data from the SCA, the canal posted a record-high annual revenue of 8 billion U.S. dollars in 2022 from the passage and transit of 23,851 ships. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Egypt's Suez Canal earns record revenue of 7.9 bln USD in 2022

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal earns record revenue of 7.9 bln USD in 2022 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:08 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie 2. various of Suez Canal and ships STORYLINE: Egypt's Suez Canal registered a record-breaking revenue of 7.932 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, the chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced Monday. "The revenues of 2022 are the highest in the SCA's history," Osama Rabie told the parliament in a public session. The revenue for 2021 was 6.333 billion dollars. More than 23,000 ships carrying 1.4 billion tonnes of cargo passed the navigation course in 2022, up from 21,700 ships in the previous year, he said. Wael Qaddour, the SCA's former deputy chairman, attributed the record revenue to the high demand for oil as maritime energy transport depends greatly on the canal. Qaddour expected the revenues to keep rising in the coming years as the transit fees will be increased by

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Mobile ticketing services in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - New Jersey Transit's mobile ticketing program is shown on a smartphone in New Jersey on June 1, 2014. Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York announced its plan to provide mobile ticketing for the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road on April 28, 2014.

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Kawasaki Heavy gets order for Washington subway cars

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an illustration of subway cars Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to sell to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the United States. Kawasaki Heavy said May 28, 2010, it has been unofficially awarded an order worth about $880 million to deliver 428 subway cars.

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Tokyo subway holds disaster drill

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Teito Rapid Transit Authority hold an earthquake-fire drill with the Tokyo Fire Department on Feb. 26 on an underground track between Kinshicho and Oshiage stations on the Hanzomon Line. The drill scenario was changed to include a fire following the Feb. 18 subway disaster in South Korea.

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Tokyo subway workers mark 7th anniversary of AUM gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station workers at Kasumigaseki Station on the Hibiya Line of Teito Rapid Transit Authority offer a silent prayer at the station in central Tokyo on March 20 for the 12 victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the subway.

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Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Yamazaki (R) and Ichiro Yamazaki (C), whose daughter Tomomi was among five people killed in a subway derailment, offer flowers at a cenotaph in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on March 8, the first anniversary of the accident. Yasutoshi Tsuchisaka, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the subway operator known as Eidan, accompanied them. The cenotaph was erected by Eidan near the site of the accident, in which a subway car derailed and plowed into an oncoming train near Nakameguro Station, killing the five and injuring 64.

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Subway head resigns over March derailment

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Terashima, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, operator of a Tokyo subway network, bows at the Transport Ministry on June 27 after apologizing and announcing his resignation over the March 8 derailment of a subway train near Nakameguro Station on the Hibiya Line. The derailment left five passengers dead and 36 others injured.

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Buses for women only introduced in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), a state-run bus operator, introduces May 30 10 routes for ''The Lady Bus,'' buses for women only, in the Thai capital, a move mainly aimed at preventing sexual harassment. One in every three buses on the 10 routes on the 30th, 31st and 1st of each month running between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. will be reserved for women. The only males allowed must be sons of passengers and aged less than 15 years, BMTA official Tanapol Petsawee said.

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Egypt's Suez Canal to raise transit fees in 2023

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal to raise transit fees in 2023 DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Ossama Rabiee speaking 2. various of vessels crossing the Suez Canal STORYLINE: The Suez Canal's transit tolls will increase by 15 percent for all types of vessels and 10 percent for dry bulk and cruise ships starting next year, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced in a statement on Saturday. The authority said rising energy prices, freight rates, and daily charter rates for ships, predicted to continue next year, are the main reason for raising transit tolls along the vital canal connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. "The (tolls) increase is inevitable and is a necessity in light of the current global inflation, which translates into increased operational costs and the costs of the navigational services provided in the canal," SCA Chairman Ossama Rabiee said in the statement. He said the SCA adjusted the to

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Traffic passing through Suez Canal per day reaches all-time record

STORY: Traffic passing through Suez Canal per day reaches all-time record DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Osama Rabie speaking 2. various of vessels crossing the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairperson Osama Rabie said on Saturday that the traffic passing through the canal per day reached an all-time record in the waterway's history, with 89 ships crossing from both directions without waiting, carrying a total net tonnage of 5.2 million tons of cargo. A statement by the authority said the number of ships transiting the canal from the north direction amounted to 44 ships with a net tonnage of 3 million tons, while 45 ships crossing from the south direction in the new navigational course of the canal with a total net tonnage of 2.2 million tons. Rabea also said daily transit rates through the Suez Canal witnessed a significant increase after the new Suez Canal project had been opened, as th

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Egypt's Suez Canal hits record high monthly revenue in July

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal hits record high monthly revenue in July DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a aboard reading: "Welcome to Safe Egypt and its Secure Canal" 2. various of vessels crossing the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Tuesday that the canal recorded its highest ever monthly revenue in July, reaching 704 million U.S. dollars, in addition to the highest monthly transit and highest net tonnage. According to a statement by the authority, Osama Rabie, head of the SCA, said this increase in revenue is up from 531.8 million U.S. dollars during the same month in the previous fiscal year. In July 2022, 2,103 vessels crossed the canal, compared to 1,670 vessels in July 2021. Moreover, 125.1 million tonnes of cargos were shipped through the canal, up from 105.8 million tonnes in July 2021. Rabie pointed out that this July also witnessed a significant jump in the transit rates of various types of ship

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Egypt's Suez Canal records all-time high revenue of 7 bln USD in 2021/22

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal records all-time high revenue of 7 bln USD in 2021/22 DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:07 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Monday reported record-breaking revenue of seven billion U.S. dollars for the fiscal year 2021/2022, up 20.7 percent from a year earlier. "The income is the highest figure ever recorded and is over a fifth higher than the previous fiscal year's 5.8 billion U.S. dollars in transit fees," said SCA Chairman Osama Rabie, adding some 1.32 billion tons of cargo were shipped through the canal in the fiscal year, which ended on June 30. Ongoing global crises have proved the importance of the Suez Canal in guaranteeing the sustainability of global supply chains, he added. The Suez Canal is a major lifeline for global seaborne trade since it allows ships to travel between Europe and South Asia without navigating around Africa, thereby reducing the sea voyage distance

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LRT built by Chinese, Egyptian companies starts trial run in Egypt

STORY: LRT built by Chinese, Egyptian companies starts trial run in Egypt DATELINE: July 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the electrified light rail transit (LRT) system in Egypt 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese) LIAO LIQIANG, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) MOHAMED NOSIR, LRT train driver STORYLINE: Egypt's first electrified light rail transit (LRT) system jointly built by Chinese and Egyptian companies started its trial run on Sunday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took the first ride of the LRT at its inauguration ceremony. The LRT project is the fruit of a 1.24-billion-U.S. dollar contract signed in August 2017 between Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) and the consortium of China Railway Engineering Corporation and AVIC International Holding Corporation (CREC-AVIC INTL Consortium). The rail project connects the New Administrative Capital (NAC) being constructed east of Cairo with surrounding distant new ci

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Egypt's Suez Canal increases tolls for laden and ballast vessels

STORY: Egypt's Suez Canal increases tolls for laden and ballast vessels DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said it increased canal tolls for laden and ballast vessels by up to 10 percent from March 1. The decision, the SCA said, was in line with the significant growth in global trade, the improvement of ships' economics, the development of the waterway of the Suez Canal, and the enhancement of the transit service. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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EGYPT-ISMAILIA-SUEZ CANAL-REVENUE-NEW RECORD

(220103) -- CAIRO, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vessel is seen on the Suez Canal in Ismailia Province, Egypt, on Jan. 3, 2022. The revenues of Egypt's Suez Canal reached 6.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, the highest in the canal's history, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. A total of 20,694 ships passed through both directions of the canal, compared to the transit of 18,830 ships in 2020, an increase of ten percent. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ISMAILIA-SUEZ CANAL-REVENUE-NEW RECORD

(220103) -- CAIRO, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vessel is seen on the Suez Canal in Ismailia Province, Egypt, on Jan. 3, 2022. The revenues of Egypt's Suez Canal reached 6.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, the highest in the canal's history, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. A total of 20,694 ships passed through both directions of the canal, compared to the transit of 18,830 ships in 2020, an increase of ten percent. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ISMAILIA-SUEZ CANAL-REVENUE-NEW RECORD

(220103) -- CAIRO, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vessel is seen on the Suez Canal in Ismailia Province, Egypt, on Jan. 3, 2022. The revenues of Egypt's Suez Canal reached 6.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, the highest in the canal's history, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. A total of 20,694 ships passed through both directions of the canal, compared to the transit of 18,830 ships in 2020, an increase of ten percent. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ISMAILIA-SUEZ CANAL-REVENUE-NEW RECORD

(220103) -- CAIRO, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vessel is seen on the Suez Canal in Ismailia Province, Egypt, on Jan. 3, 2022. The revenues of Egypt's Suez Canal reached 6.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, the highest in the canal's history, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. A total of 20,694 ships passed through both directions of the canal, compared to the transit of 18,830 ships in 2020, an increase of ten percent. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-ISMAILIA-SUEZ CANAL-REVENUE-NEW RECORD

(220103) -- CAIRO, Jan. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vessel is seen on the Suez Canal in Ismailia Province, Egypt, on Jan. 3, 2022. The revenues of Egypt's Suez Canal reached 6.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, the highest in the canal's history, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. A total of 20,694 ships passed through both directions of the canal, compared to the transit of 18,830 ships in 2020, an increase of ten percent. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Tokyo subway workers mark 7th anniversary of AUM gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station workers at Kasumigaseki Station on the Hibiya Line of Teito Rapid Transit Authority offer a silent prayer at the station in central Tokyo on March 20 for the 12 victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the subway.

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Tokyo subway trains collide, 3 killed, 31 hurt

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigate the derailment of a Tokyo subway train on an above-ground track March 8. The train collided with another running on the opposite track, killing three passengers and injuring 31. The collision occurred at 9:01 a.m. about 150 meters northeast of Nakameguro Station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, on the Hibiya Line operated by Teito Rapid Transit Authority, also known as Eidan. The tail car of the southbound eight-car train, which was about to arrive at the terminal station on the line, derailed on a curve just after leaving a tunnel.

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Kawasaki Heavy gets order for Washington subway cars

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an illustration of subway cars Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to sell to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in the United States. Kawasaki Heavy said May 28, 2010, it has been unofficially awarded an order worth about $880 million to deliver 428 subway cars. (Kyodo)

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Washington metro train manufactured by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy

Photo taken in Maryland, the United States, in April 2021, shows a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority subway train manufactured by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

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Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Yamazaki (R) and Ichiro Yamazaki (C), whose daughter Tomomi was among five people killed in a subway derailment, offer flowers at a cenotaph in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on March 8, the first anniversary of the accident. Yasutoshi Tsuchisaka, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the subway operator known as Eidan, accompanied them. The cenotaph was erected by Eidan near the site of the accident, in which a subway car derailed and plowed into an oncoming train near Nakameguro Station, killing the five and injuring 64.

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Subway head resigns over March derailment

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Terashima, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, operator of a Tokyo subway network, bows at the Transport Ministry on June 27 after apologizing and announcing his resignation over the March 8 derailment of a subway train near Nakameguro Station on the Hibiya Line. The derailment left five passengers dead and 36 others injured.

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Buses for women only introduced in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), a state-run bus operator, introduces May 30 10 routes for ''The Lady Bus,'' buses for women only, in the Thai capital, a move mainly aimed at preventing sexual harassment. One in every three buses on the 10 routes on the 30th, 31st and 1st of each month running between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. will be reserved for women. The only males allowed must be sons of passengers and aged less than 15 years, BMTA official Tanapol Petsawee said.