Choice of transport to workplace depends on where one lives

The decisions about where to live and how to get from home to work happen simultaneously, a research has suggested. A commuter living in a part of the city with higher population density, a mix of residential and commercial land use, and good access to public transit is 13 to 14 percent likelier to use public transit than someone living further away, a new study has suggested. Zachary ...

Carriers Elevate Rates to Avoid Renegotiating Trans-Pacific Contracts

Trans-Pacific container lines got a reprieve from sliding freight rates this week when they put a general rate increase into effect on May 21, but freight rates are likely to continue to slide in the major east-west trades because some carriers continue to slash rates after repeated GRIs in an effort to gain market ...

DAT Freight Index Sees Steep Drop in April

The DAT North American Freight Indexfell 16.5 percent year-over-year in April 2013, down to 1488, compared with a record April high in 2012, according to the latest release from DAT. This is the third straight month of ...

Sent down at the Old Bailey A tour of the worlds most famous court

Few people these days get to see "dead man's walk" at the Old Bailey - where for hundreds of years convicts were led out to be executed outside on the site of the old Newgate Prison - and those that do give it little attention. Increasing numbers of workmen will soon begin passing through similarly hidden parts of the Central Criminal Court, however, as it begins a 37m ...

Pakistans Gwadar port to be connected to China via road rail and air

Islamabad: In a significant move, China today signed a pact with Pakistan which will connect the latter's strategically important port of Gwadar to it via rail, road and air routes. The crucial deal was inked during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Islamabad today.China had taken over operations at the port earlier this year, a move that had upset India.Once complete, the port, ...