A Marine Evacuation System (MES), consisting of a slide or chute where passengers can evacuate straight into waiting life rafts, can often be found on modern high speed crafts and passenger ships, where weight, space and evacuation times must be kept to a minimum.

Actisense has released the new NGW-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway. This product has already generated huge interest throughout the marine leisure industry, recently winning the British Marine Electronics Association (BMEA) New Product of the Year category for 2009. 

Another 50 Inca-yellow Mercedes-Benz Actros 2031 S semitrailer trucks were handed over to the owners of the Nigerian beverage logistics company Nnabugwu Transport Ltd.

Arik Air has expanded its regional services with the launch of flights between Abuja and Accra (Ghana), Banjul (Gambia) and Dakar (Senegal).

Ethiopian Airlines has ordered 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, bringing total orders for the A350 XWB family to 505, not even three years after launch of the programme.