transportation-sector
Russia's former transport minister starovoit has shot himself, izvestiya cites source
Daimler truck reports 5% decline in Q2 sales
Germany begins trials to reopen mosel river to shipping after accident damaged lock
Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound

France joins European push for satellite internet on trains
Date: July 4, 2025
By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -France's state-owned rail company SNCF will launch a tender soon to add satellite internet to its trains, becoming the latest European rail operator to explore space-...
French air traffic controllers' strike disrupts flights for second day
Date: July 4, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) -A strike by French air traffic controllers entered its second day on Friday, leaving many passengers stranded at the start of Europe's peak travel season. Civil aviation agency DGAC...
Low water hampers rhine river shipping in Germany despite rain
Date: July 4, 2025
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Low water levels after a drought and heatwave are stopping cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in Germany despite rain this week, commodity traders said on...
Alstom wins 2 billion euro railcar deal in new york
Date: July 4, 2025
(Reuters) -French train maker Alstom said on Friday it had received a 2 billion euro ($2.4 billion) order from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to supply M-9A railcars for the...

More than 1,500 flights cancelled on July 3-4 due to French air traffic controllers' strike
Date: July 3, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) -More than 1,500 flights have been cancelled on July 3-4, affecting nearly 300,000 passengers, due to a strike by French air traffic controllers, European industry lobby Airlines for...
Freight shipping on mosel river in Germany blocked after accident
Date: July 3, 2025
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Freight shipping on the river Mosel in west Germany has been blocked to shipping after an accident involving a passenger ship that damaged a lock, river police said on Thursday. The...
