Transportation and logistics

Transportation services and infrastructure are a powerful underpinner of economic growth in India. Rail and road are the dominant passenger carrying services, while water transport is a major player, along with the other two, when it comes to freight ...

The strategic location of Poland at the heart of Europe creates vast opportunities for development of the transportation sector. In 2017 the sector accounted for 6% of the country’s GDP, generating 6.5% of all employment in Poland. Moreover, ...

In the third quarter of 2018, total passenger traffic in China saw a slight decrease of 1.3% y/y to 4.7bn persons, due to declined passenger traffic in the highway subsector. In Q3 2018, highway passenger traffic slid by 4.8% y/y to 3.5bn persons, as ...

The Indonesian transportation sector plays an important role in Indonesia’s economic development. At current prices, it accounted for about 5.4% of Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017. Despite being the world’s largest ...

The transportation and storage sector is one of the most important service sectors in the Czech economy. Its gross value added (GVA) amounted to CZK 258bn in 2017 and its share of the total GVA was 5.7%. The sector’s share of the services GVA ...

In the second quarter of 2018 the total passenger traffic continued to decline, going down by 3.5% y/y to 4.4bn persons due to decreased passenger traffic in the highway subsector. In Q2 2018, highway passenger traffic fell by 6.8% y/y to 3.3bn ...

The railway sector has been playing a vital role in China’s social and economic development. The country relies on railway freight, including that of natural resources such as coal, or metal ores. Dynamic urbanisation and socioeconomic changes, ...

China’s aviation sector is of key importance to the national economy, reflecting its increasing level of modernisation and robust growth. China’s vast territory and its geographical location assign the aviation sector a role that other ...

The performance of the Colombian transportation sector is closely linked to the country’s overall economic performance. In 2016 and 2017 the GVA of the sector remained almost flat following the slowdown of economic activity in the country. ...

China’s passenger traffic decreased for the ninth consecutive quarter, falling by 5.4% y/y to 4.5bn people in the first three months of 2018. The decline came as the highway subsector, which accounted for 78% of the total traffic, registered a ...