Bus from Istanbul to Baku crashed in Azerbaijan

A bus owned by the Oz Hasanoglu company, traveling on the Istanbul-Baku route, crashed today at 06.00 in the Azerbaijani region of Agstafinsky, reports APA. The driver lost control of the bus, leading to the accident. The driver died, the driver's assistant and 20 passengers were taken to hospital.

The first section of the Adler-"Alpica-service' combined road starts working

The head of the Russian Railroads company, Vladimir Yakunin, has announced that the first section of the combined rail and automobile road between Adler and the mountain resort "Alpica-service" has started working, reports RIA Novosti.The launch of the road will improve traffic conditions near the airport and around the Olympic facilities.The 2.2 kilometer-long section of road has 2 interchanges and 8 bridges.

Azerbaijan receives credit from the World Ba

The World Bank and the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport have signed a credit agreement to enlarge the Baku-Shamahi-Mugan road. The World Bank is loaning $241.6 million, reports Trend.101 kilometres of the 122 kilometre-long road is planned to be rebuilt with the credit. The main aim in reconstructing the road is to double its width.11.08.2010

North-South transport corridor discussed in Armenia

Armenian Prime-Minister Tigran Sarkisyan held a session of the board of directors of the investment programme for building a North-South transport corridor. A document “Appraisal of the environmental effect of the Ashtarak-Gumri segment of the North-South corridor” and the expense budget for 2010 are due to be discussed.

Regular sea links between Russia and Abkhazia open

A regular sea link between the Russian resort town of Tuapse in the Krasnodar Territory and the Abkhazian town of Gagra has been opened, reports Vzglyad. The route will be Tuapse-Lazarevskoye-Dagomys-Sochi-Adler-Gagry. The Ibris to be used can hold 140 passengers. Passengers will go through customs in Sochi.

Rail travel between Azerbaijan and Russia resumed

Rail travel between Azerbaijan and Russia, disrupted by an explosion on the Inchkhe-Izbirbash line in Dagestan, has been resumed, a top Azerbaijan Railways official said on Friday. The explosion occurred earlier on Friday and damaged some 2 km of the line. There were no casualties.

39 people injured in traffic accident in Ankara

At least 39 people were injured in a traffic accident on Monday morning when a passenger bus crashed into a billboard in Ankara, reports Trend, citing CNN Turk website.

Russia Transport Minister to visit Armenia tomorrow

The Minister of Transport of Russia, Igor Levitin, will arrive tomorrow in Yerevan, reports NEWS.am with reference to Armenian Prime-Ministerial Assistant Aram Ananian.During his visit he will meet with Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan on the 10th of July. They will discuss the decision of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission, which took place in Yaroslavl.

Aviation management of UAE continues to fuel Iranian airplanes

The airport of Dubai (United Arab Emirates) is continuing to fueling Iranian airplanes, despite the introduction of new US sanctions against Tehran, RIA Novosti reports, citing France Press.The Iranian information agency ISNA cites spokesman of the Iranian Airlines Union, Mehdi Aliyari, that the airports of the UK, Germany and the UAE have refused to fuel Iranian airplanes due to the US sanctions.

Iran is incensed by airports refusing to fuel its airplanes

Iran willnot fuel planes on its territory that belong to the countries that refuse to fuel Iranian planes, according to the member of the Iranian parliamentary commission for national security and exterior policy, Khishmatulla Falakhatpishe, Trend reports, citing ISNA.He added that the planes of countries such as the UK, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates often carry out transit flights through Iran and that they should remember about the actions Iran may take in response.

Airports stop fueling Iranian airplanes

The airports of UK, Germany and United Arab Emirates stopped fuelingairplanes belonging to Iranian air companies due to new sanctionsagainst Iran, Gazeta.ru reports, citing Ynet.news. The Iraniansecretary of the air company guild, Mehdi Aliyari, said that theairplanes are either fueled in Iran or carry out forced landings inother countries.

Aeroexpress to operate Siemens trains at Olympics-2014

The Aeroexpress company, which transports passengers by rail to Moscowairports from train stations, will operate the suburban Desiro trainsat Olympics-2014 in Sochi, the senior vice-president of ‘RussianRailroads’, Valentin Gapanovich, told journalists on Tuesday inMoscow, Interfax reports.

Iran increases car production

The deputy director general of ‘Iran Khodro’ for production issues,Khoseyn Tadjari, said that in the first quarter of this year thecompany produced over 169,000 cars of various trademarks, which is 32%more in comparison with the same period last year (128,000), Iran Newsreports.

Conference of railroad agencies of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan

A conference of representatives of the railroad agencies of Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia has taken place regarding the construction of the common Resht-Astara railroad (Iran) - Astara (Azerbaijan), Trend reports. The length of the railroad will be 175km, 168km of them belonging to Iran and 7km to Azerbaijan.

100 billion rubles to be spent on construction of dual carriageway leading to Sochi resort

Construction of a dual carriageway leading to Resort Avenue in Sochiwill cost 100 billion rubles, the head of direction of roadconstruction on the Black Sea coast, Vladimir Kuzhel, toldjournalists, ITAR-TASS reports.The road will be built in three stages: the first, the transportcrossing over the Agura river to Zemlianichnaya Street, started thisspring and will be finished in 2012, The second and third – will becompleted by 2013.

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad to open in 2011-2012

Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Transport Musa Panakhov commented on the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad route, saying that it is going according to schedule, 1news.az reports.He said that the construction is progressing at increased speed to finish the main part of the railroad before the winter cold sets in. The route is to be launched in 2011, and is expected to be fully operational in 2012.

Highway between Armenia and Georgia to be closed for repairs

Part of the Vandazor-Alaverdi highway will be temporary closed closed from June 22nd, due to the repairs on the 34th kilometer stretch near the settlement of Dzorgaget, News Armenia reports.The road will be closed for 10 days, alternative roads will function during the period of repairs.

Georgia plans to make transit transportation easier

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Georgia has signed a cooperation memorandum with the International Road and Transport Union (IRU), Georgia times reports.The memorandum's aim is to simplify transit through the territory of Georgia.

Iran prohibits Tu-154

Iran is going to prohibit the Russian passenger aircraft Tu-154, ITAR TASS reports. The prohibition will come into force on June 23rd. All Iranian companies will have to abandon using this model of aircraft.

Port of Sochi will stop cargo reception from September 1st

The port of Sochi has started constructing a passenger terminal,putting a stop to foreign cargo reception, RIA Novosti reports, citingthe Russian deputy minister of transport, Victor Olerskiy.Cargo reception will still be carried out in the ports of Tuaps,Gelendjik and Novorossiysk. There will be additional alternative portsin the autumn. Olerskiy said that the port Caucasus is constructing aterminal for horizontal loading-unloading. There will be atransport-logistic center built next to the terminal.

Biggest airport in South Caucasus to be built in Poti

The biggest airport in Transcaucasia is planned to be built in Poti. The project is being carried out by the Arabic company Ra's al-Khayma Investment Authority Georgia., BusinessGeorgia reports. Construction of the airport will begin this summer and will be finished by 2013

Nakhchyvan will connect Turkey and Iran

Turkey andIran will have a railroad connection through theAzerbaijani city of Nakhchyvan, the Turkish Minister of Transport andCommunication Binali Yildirim stated at the opening of the newinternational terminal of the airport in Iglyr, 1news.az reports,citing Haberler.com.

Kuban approved establishment of road investment fund

The governor of Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachov, approved establishment of the federal road fund proposed by the government on May 19th. The fund will build and reconstruct roads, accumulating minimal finances for road network upkeep, Yuga.ru reports.

Ferry communication restored between Georgia and Ukraine

Ferry communication has been restored between the Ukrainian port of Ilyichevsk and the Georgian city of Batumi, Rosbalt reports. The Ukrainian ferry "Greisfald" will make weekly sailings.An increase in trade and tourism between the countries is expected. The ferry is built to hold 130 passengers and 50 cars. It will depart from Batumi on Saturdays and sail back on Tuesdays.

Iran plans to develop national car industry

The Deputy Minister of Industry and director of the Organization for Development and Modernization of Industry (ODMI), Seyed Majid Khedayat, said that Iran is planning to make 3 million cars annually, one of the three types of car produced in Iran will be exported, Iran News reports.Khedayat emphasized the necessity of creating national brands in the car industry. He noted that at least half of the exported vehicles will have the national label.

Rikotskiy tunnel in Georgia closed for reconstruction

Reconstruction has begun of the Rikotskiy tunnel, located 142 km awayfrom the Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze highway, News Georgia reports.Work will be carried out by the Chinese company ‘Sinokhidro’. Theagreement between the company and the Georgian road department wassigned in Tbilisi in April this year.

Russia, Turkey discuss establishment of joint logistic center

Russia and Turkey are discussing a possible new logistic center forthe shipment of goods cargoes to replace the port at Sochi, Russianvice-premier Igor Sechin said, Interfax reports.He said that after the 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi will concentrate onpassengers and it could be replaced by a Turkish port.He also noted that it is not of great importance for Russia whichTurkish port will substitute Sochi, as they all have moderninfrastructures.

"Sibir" airlines receives permission for flights to Tbilisi

The Georgian transportation department has given permission to theRussian air-line company "Sibir" to carry out Moscow-Tbilisi-Moscowflights , ITAR-TASS reports.The company will carry out charter flights from July 1 until September.

Rail service to operate between Turkey, Iran and Pakistan

A railway between Iran, Turkey and Pakistan will be opened this August, reports Trend, with reference to the Press TV and agency FARS.

Israel stops flights to Turkey

Israel has banned all flights of its air companies to Turkey.According to the head of the association of Israeli tour operators,Yossi Fatael, the full ‘embargo’ will remain in place for the nextthree weeks, Turprom reports. Turkey is one of the main spheres forthe Israeli market.