News about Transportation
The number of Europeans considering buying Chinese-branded cars has increased markedly.
Turkey has become the 4th largest deepwater drilling fleet in the world and is now independently searching for natural gas and oil in its own seas.
Today, April 12, marks the 65th anniversary of the first human space flight. On this day in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the Vostok-1 spacecraft made a historic 108-minute flight, opening the era of space exploration. Today, anyone can conquer space for a certain amount of money, and it is much lower.
On April 10, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution, which supplemented the list of international checkpoints across the Ukrainian-Moldovan state border with the automobile checkpoint “Yampol – Coseuti”.
Due to security threats related to the situation in the Middle East, the organization of this year’s pilgrimage trip for the Blessed Fire was structured as a multi-stage logistical route. It included flights, land crossings and transit through third countries.
A direct railroad route will connect Kiev and Chisinau International Airport. This was announced on Saturday, April 11, by Ukraine’s state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia.
The summer season is under threat: airports in Europe risk systemic fuel shortages if the Strait of Hormuz is not fully opened within three weeks.
On Easter night public transport of the capital will work on a special schedule, and after midnight travel for passengers will be free.
The Iasi Regional Railway Directorate said on Friday that the first test train on the European standard gauge 1435 mm gauge, namely an insulated diesel-electric locomotive, crossed the border with the Republic of Moldova via the Falciu (Romanian Railway, CFR) – Prut (Moldovan Railway, CFM) bridge to test the newly built standard gauge line on the Moldovan side, from the bridge over the Prut River to Prut station, Cantemir, Republic of Moldova.
In the period of April 7-9, 2026, working meetings of experts from the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova and the Romanian Customs Administration were held at the border customs points of Costeşti Stânca, Sculeni Sculeni and Cahul Oancea, in order to assess the implementation of the bilateral cooperation plan and to identify additional measures to optimize customs control and facilitate cross-border transport.
The Romanian Cabinet of Ministers has approved additional budgetary financing of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure for 2026 in the amount of 281.626 million Romanian lei (1.1 billion Moldovan lei) from the Budgetary Reserve Fund. This amount is meant to increase the authorized capital of the National Company “Constanta Sea Ports Authority” S.A.
The rise in fuel prices is starting to directly affect the tourism industry and transportation in Moldova. This was stated by the Patronage Association of the Tourism Industry (APIT), which appealed to the authorities to reconsider the regulation of the fuel market.
Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto has presented an unusual solution to improve road safety – but this time not for cars, but for bicycles. The company has developed an innovative bicycle bell capable of attracting the attention of pedestrians even with active noise-canceling headphones.
The two vessels were the first to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a cease-fire.
Moldova and Argentina will soon hold talks on the launch of the first direct airlines. This decision was approved today by the Cabinet of Ministers.
The State Property Agency, the founder of the port, the State Enterprise “River Port Ungheni” (Portul Fluvial Ungheni), is drafting a government decision to exempt the enterprise from paying contributions to the state budget from the net profit earned in 2025.
A direct rail line will be built between the two airports in Istanbul, Turkey, separated by the Bosphorus Strait, which will make it much easier to travel when transferring, Logos Press reported.
At the customs point “Ocnita – railway” in the presence of the heads of the Customs Service of Moldova, where the functionality of the scanning system Nuctech TMRF 6010, designed for the inspection of goods transported by rail, was analyzed.
The state expects to develop the infrastructure and increase the capacity of the Giurgiulesti International Free Port through the investments of the new owner.
Since the beginning of the conflict in Iran, gasoline and diesel prices in Germany have risen by about 20%. Experts consider the introduction of speed limits to be one solution.
