Transportation Industry News-Analytical Database

What Transportation Industry News-Analytical Database does

Transportation Industry News-Analytical Database, operating commercially as Tinn News (تین نیوز), is a privately held specialized media institution headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Founded circa 2007–2008, it is positioned as Iran's first dedicated news and analytical outlet for the transportation sector. The firm's core product is the tinn.ir digital portal, which aggregates coverage across road, rail, air, maritime, urban transit, metro, automotive, and tourism sub-sectors, and publishes approximately 50,000 transportation-related content items annually. The platform organizes editorial coverage into sections by transport mode, by all 31 Iranian provinces, and into supplemental knowledge areas including transportation law, statistics, safety, and history.

The company operates as a multi-format media group under the Tinn Media Institution (مؤسسه مطبوعاتی تین). Beyond the digital portal, offerings include the Weekly Transportation Journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل) and the Weekly Transportation and Passenger Journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل و مسافر), an Oral History Department (دپارتمان تاریخ شفاهی), a documentary production unit (Tinn Documentary Group), news services, and event organization. Distribution channels span the free-access tinn.ir website, paid institutional subscriptions to weekly print publications, and active social media presence on Instagram, Telegram, and Twitter. Strategic content partnerships with state and industry bodies — including the Civil Aviation Organization, Road Maintenance and Road Transport Organization, Iran Rail Industries Association, and the Interior Ministry — supply primary-source coverage across verticals.

The revenue model is undisclosed; pricing is contact-based for advertising and partnership opportunities rather than transparent self-service. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, investors, or funding activity, and serves a horizontal customer base of transportation industry professionals, government stakeholders, and sector-related enterprises within Iran's domestic market. No mobile app, public APIs, integrations, or proprietary technology stack beyond web content management are disclosed.

Name

Transportation Industry News-Analytical Database

Legal name

Tinn News Website (سایت اینترنتی تین نیوز)

Website

https://tinn.ir

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tinn News (تین نیوز) is a privately held Iranian specialized media platform, founded in 2007–2008 and headquartered in Tehran. It aggregates and analyzes transportation-sector news across road, rail, air, maritime, urban transit, automotive, and tourism verticals for industry professionals and government stakeholders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry News Media

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Information (51)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE)

Keywords

• Transportation industry news
• Transit sector journalism
• Logistics news analysis
• Specialized news portal
• Transport media publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tinn News is a specialized news and analytical media platform covering Iran's transportation industry, publishing approximately 50,000 transportation-related articles annually via its website tinn.ir across road, rail, air, maritime, urban transit, and metro sub-sectors. It supplements its digital portal with two weekly journals (Transportation Journal and Transportation and Passenger Journal), an oral history department, a documentary production group, news services, and transportation-sector event organization under the Tinn Media Institution.

Product overview

Transportation Industry News-Analytical Database (Tinn News / تین نیوز) is a comprehensive news and analytical media platform covering Iran's transportation sector. Its offering is structured as a unified digital news platform supplemented by periodic print/email publications and specialized service departments. The core product is the website (tinn.ir), which serves as a central hub aggregating transportation news across multiple sub-sectors including road, rail, air, sea, urban transit, metro, automobiles, and tourism. Supporting offerings include a weekly transportation journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل), a weekly transportation and passenger journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل و مسافر), an oral history department (دپارتمان تاریخ شفاهی), news services (خدمات خبری), and event organization (برگزاری رویدادها) — all organized under the Tinn media institution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Weekly Transportation Journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل): A weekly journal covering transportation topics published by Tinn Media Institution.
• Weekly Transportation and Passenger Journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل و مسافر)
• Oral History Department (دپارتمان تاریخ شفاهی)
• Tinn Documentary Group (گروه مستند سازی تین)
• Tinn Group (گروه تین)

Products and services

• Tinn.ir Online News Portal Primary digital news platform publishing approximately 50,000 transportation-related articles annually across road, rail, air, maritime, urban transit, metro, automotive, and tourism sub-sectors in Iran, with both free public access and SEO-optimized category pages covering 31 provinces.
• Weekly Transportation Journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل) Periodic print/email journal covering transportation-sector topics, distributed to institutional subscribers within Iran's transportation industry and related associations.
• Weekly Transportation and Passenger Journal (هفته‌نامه حمل‌ونقل و مسافر) Periodic print/email journal focused on transportation and passenger-transport topics, distributed to institutional subscribers under the Tinn Media Institution umbrella.
• Tinn News Services (خدمات خبری) Dedicated news and information services business unit operated by Tinn Media Institution, providing curated news content and reporting for transportation-sector stakeholders.
• Tinn Documentary Group (گروه مستند سازی تین) Documentary production group within the Tinn organization producing transportation-sector video documentaries for broadcast, partner organizations, and event programming.
• Tinn Event Organization (برگزاری رویدادها) Conferences and event-management service line operating within Tinn Media Institution, organizing in-person transportation-sector conferences, exhibitions, and industry gatherings in Iran.
• Oral History Department (دپارتمان تاریخ شفاهی) Dedicated oral-history division within Tinn Media Institution that records, archives, and publishes first-person oral histories of transportation-sector figures and events, preserving industry heritage.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Civil Aviation Organization (سازمان هواپیمایی کشوری)minorOthersCompanion organization supporting Tinn News coverage of civil aviation sector in Iran.
• Iran Airports and Aviation Navigation Company (شرکت فرودگاه ها و ناوبری هوایی ایران)minorOthersPartner organization for airport and aviation news coverage.
• Guild Association of Rail Transport Companies (انجمن صنفی شرکتهای حمل و نقل ریلی)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore strategic partner providing expertise and news content for rail transport sector.
• Iran Rail Industries Association (انجمن صنایع ریلی ایران)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for rail industry news and analysis.
• Railway Employees Savings Fund Institute (موسسه صندوق پس انداز کارکنان راه آهن)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for railway employee-related news coverage.
• Road Maintenance and Road Transport Organization (سازمان راهداری و حمل و نقل جاده ای)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore government partner for road transport sector coverage.
• Interior Ministry (وزارت کشور)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry partner for transportation policy news coverage.
• Isfahan-Shiraz Highway Construction Company (شرکت احداث، بهره برداری و نگهداری آزادراه اصفهان - شیراز)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for highway infrastructure news coverage.
• Road Safety Advocates Population (جمعیت طرفداران ایمنی راه ها)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization focused on road safety advocacy.
• Charitable Road and Transport Association (انجمن خیرین راه و ترابری)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable organization supporting transportation infrastructure.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Industry Dive: Large B2B specialized news publisher operating across multiple industries. Comparable to Tinn in business model — vertical-specific digital journalism serving professional audiences — but operates at far greater scale across many verticals.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights / S&P Global Mobility: Global data, analytics, and news provider covering transportation, energy, and commodities. Comparable to Tinn as an information provider to the transportation industry, though S&P operates at vastly greater scale and with a paid data-products model.

Direct peers

• Journal of Commerce (JOC.com): Specialized B2B news outlet covering logistics, shipping, and global trade. Comparable to Tinn's logistics and transit coverage, with a similar professional audience and multi-modal transport angle.
• Railway Gazette: Global specialized trade news outlet covering the rail industry. Directly comparable to Tinn's rail-transport coverage as a vertical-specific B2B news brand serving industry professionals and government stakeholders.
• Automotive News: Specialized automotive industry news publication covering manufacturers, dealers, and policy. Comparable to Tinn's automotive sub-vertical coverage in serving industry professionals with focused news and analysis.
• Air Transport World: Specialized aviation industry news and analysis publication. Comparable to Tinn's air-transport coverage, serving airlines, airports, and regulators with industry-specific journalism.
• Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide: Specialized maritime and shipping industry news portal. Directly comparable to Tinn's maritime coverage in terms of vertical focus, trade audience, and online-first news delivery.
• Land Line Media: Specialized news outlet covering the trucking and road freight industry. Comparable to Tinn's road-transport reporting in serving drivers, fleet operators, and regulators in a defined vertical.

Regional players

• Iran Wire: Iran-focused independent news outlet operating internationally. Comparable to Tinn in covering Iran, but with a general/political editorial remit rather than transport-specific vertical focus.
• Tehran Times: Iranian English-language news outlet covering politics, economy, and society. Comparable to Tinn only as a fellow Iranian media brand; it lacks Tinn's transportation-vertical specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TinnewsOfficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/_tinn.ir_
• Facebookfacebook.com/tinnews2
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transportation-industry-news-network-tin-

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