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MANUFACTURING-
Morocco has developed a program to invest USD 8.8 bn in the railway sector over the next few years, Al Jazeera quotes Moroccan Transport Minister Abdessamad Kayouh as saying during a session at the House of Representatives. The country plans to build 1.3k-km-long new lines for high-speed trains and 3.3-km lines for regular trains to connect 43 cities in total.
ALSO- Localizing railway carriage production is on the cards: Morocco plans to build a railway carriage factory with funding from the state-owned and operated National Railways Office (ONCF), The factory will help meet domestic demand as well as export to other African countries. No timeline or investment ticket have been disclosed.
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RAIL-
Kuwait receives bids for railway project study: Kuwait’s Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) has received four prequalified bids for a tender for the study, design, and preparation for the first phase for its portion of the GCC railway, Arab Times reported. The consulting study tender will be implemented over 12 months, while the implementation will take 30 months.
LOGISTICS HANDLING-
Chefaa and USAID to boost pharma access: Pharma-delivery platform Chefaa has inked an agreement with USAID Business Egypt to digitize the country’s pharma supply chain to help boost healthcare access, according to a press release (pdf). Under the agreement, the two sides will support 250 pharmas by “enhancing their digital presence, building pharmacist capacity, and improving their supply chain and logistics.”
OTHER STORIES WORTH KNOWING THIS MORNING-
- Qatar Airways launches Doha-Nepal route: Qatar Airways started operating daily flights yesterday on the Doha-Bhairahawa-Kathmandu-Doha route, with a flight landing in Nepal’s Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA). (The Rising Nepal)
- Iraq + UAE get new weekly feeder service: Singaporean shipping firm Pacific International Lines (PIL) is launching a new weekly feeder service, dubbed as the Iraq Feeder Service (IQF), between Iraq’s Umm Qasr Port and the UAE’s Jebel Ali Port starting 15 November. (Statement)
