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Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group, has published its Annual Review 2023. …

Germany is set to spend less than half of the funds originally planned on the modernisation of its ailing railway system, report business daily Handelsblatt and other media outlets. …

Stellantis has no plans to move production of the electric Peugeot e-208 to France from Spain despite a push from the French government for more locally made cars, CEO Carlos Tavares said in an interview published on Wednesday. …

The Chinese car company SAIC is planning to build a plant for electric vehicles in Europe and is currently looking for a location. …

We need a safe revision of the European Train Drivers’ Directive (TDD) – this was the message from an event hosted on 5 July 2023 by Austrian S&D MEP Andreas Schieder in the European Parliament in collaboration with ETF and its …

Many European countries offer fiscal support to stimulate market uptake of electric cars, but these tax benefits and purchase incentives differ widely. …

On 5 July 1923, Siebe Koopman started his one-man company in Briltil. …

The rise of green transport starts with the end of social and environmental dumping in the transport sector. …

A survey of 2,000 UK adults found that over half of those who participated expressed strong reservations about the idea of self-driving freight vehicles on UK roads. …

German automakers' expectations are at their worst since the 2008 financial crisis because of inflationary pressures, weak economic growth in Europe and punishing competition from Tesla as well as Chinese automakers, a new survey found. …

IRU members have agreed on new positions to tackle driver shortages, decarbonise realistically, and give coach drivers’ rest time rules suited to their responsibilities. …

The UK automotive industry is calling for an industrial strategy to aid its transition to electric vehicles (EVs). …

The UK has followed the European Union in including shipping in the kingdom’s expanding emission trading scheme (ETS). From 2026 domestic shipping will be included in the UK’s ETS. …

Last week, Bristol Port had the privilege of hosting the prestigious Association of European Vehicle Logistics Maritime & Ports Working Group Meeting, and it was a great success! …

In a letter to the EU’s main institutions, ACEA, Hydrogen Europe, and the Platform for electromobility urge decision-makers to remove barriers and swiftly adopt the revised Directive. …

Joan Calabuig, president of the Port Authority of Valencia has inaugurated this morning the conference ‘Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies in the Port Industry’. …

To be precise, in 2021, Polish-registered vehicles conducted 20,985 million tonne-kilometres of cabotage. …

British trade chief Kemi Badenoch is ramping up pressure on the EU to save electric vehicle manufacturers on both sides of the channel from being hit by new Brexit trade rules in 2024. …

In April 2023, the Italian government accepted a concept legislation to join the UN eCMR protocol. …

In an attempt to ease the burden on lorry drivers, the Tyrolean provincial government has announced the temporary lifting of the sectoral driving ban during construction work on the ROLA (Rollende Landstraße) railway infrastructure. …