A new colour code system for public bus transportation in the Brunei–Muara district has been unveiled by the Motor Transport Licensing Authority. Under the new system, purple buses will be changed to six different colours that...
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Infrastructure finance review
Read MoreThe Changi Airport Group has appointed a consortium to undertake the development of Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 (T4). The consortium consists of SAA Architects Private Limited (lead agency), Benoy Limited, AECOM Singapore...
Read MoreSingapore Airlines has raised its stake in Virgin Australia to 19.9 per cent by paying about S$185 million. It had previously held a 10 per cent stake. Other major stakeholders of Virgin Australia are Air New Zealand (about 19...
Read MorePSA International reported that its net profit rose by 10.7 per cent to reach S$1.3 billion in 2012. Its domestic terminals handled 31.3 million TEUs of container traffic in 2012, an increase of 6.4 per cent, compared to 2011....
Read MoreJilin Midas Aluminium Industries Limited (Midas), a subsidiary of Singapore-based Midas Holdings Limited, has secured orders worth S$17.3 million from France-based Alstom Transport to supply train car body module components for...
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Our People, Our Future Together was the theme of the recently concluded 22nd ASEAN Summit held at
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Smart business models for intelligent infrastructure needed
Read MoreSingapore LNG Corporation’s new LNG terminal on Jurong Island has received its first commercial cargo. It will be equipped with two storage tanks and jetties, and will have an initial throughput capacity of 3.5 mt per year. The...
Read MoreFrance’s oil and gas firm Total has signed a final agreement to sell its gas network and storage unit, Transport Infrastructures Gaz France (TIGF), to a consortium comprising Italy’s gas grid operator – Snam Rete Gas...
Read MoreThe Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is planning to borrow around $220 million to refinance its investment in a power project in Singapore. The company is considering various options, including an outright bank loan or a bond...
Read MorePLDT has completed the sale of its business process outsourcing (BPO) business. The business that was owned by PLDT through its subsidiary, SPi Global Holdings, was sold for over $300 million to a CVC Capital Partners-controlled...
Read MoreThe Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has been rejected during the pre-qualification round for acquiring two nationwide telecommunications licences in Myanmar. According to Myanmar’s Telecommunications Operator...
Read MoreThe Laguna Water Corporation, a subsidiary of Manila Water, has signed a PHP 500 million term loan with the Development Bank of the Philippines to fund its modernisation and expansion plans. Further, as per the agreement, Laguna...
Read MoreThe Manila Water Company is planning to spend PHP 1.9 billion on the construction of a 12 km sewer network and relief line project that will benefit residents of Taguig, Makati, and other nearby cities. The Taguig North Sewer...
Read MoreDOTC and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) are likely to invite bids for PHP 434.5 million worth of contracts to enhance night landing operations at eight airports in the country. These contracts cover the...
Read MoreOptimal Infrastructure Development, Inc., a unit of San Miguel Corporation, has bagged the contract to build and operate the 7.5 km elevated Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway. The company offered an upfront payment...
Read MoreThe Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of DOTC has extended the interim maintenance contract of MRT 3. Consequently, the interim maintenance contractor – the JV between Philippine Trams Rail Management and Services Corporation (PH...
Read MoreDOTC has solicited proposals for the provision of magnetic tickets for MRT 3. The PHP 25 million project will entail the supply of 4.252 million magnetic tickets: 2.252 million single-journey tickets and 2 million stored-value...
Read MoreThe Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is reviewing the offer of procuring second-hand light rail vehicles from Spain’s Metro de Madrid for the Philippines’ 17 km Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3. As a result, DOTC...
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