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The European Commission on June 1st, 2023, presented five legislative proposals to modernise EU rules on maritime safety and prevent water pollution from ships. …

The World Port Climate Action Program (WPCAP) will be extended with a new focus on shore power, new fuels and green shipping corridors. …

Despite the optimism on the side of Deutsche Bahn (DB) last week, the negotiations with labour union EVG seem to have reached rock bottom. …

Stellantis will invest €160m ($176m) to prepare its factory in Rennes, western France, to build the next Citroen compact SUV, which will be mostly sold as a full-electric vehicle when it is launched in 2025, the automaker …

Toyota will produce its first BEV model in the US in 2025. It will be a completely new model: a three-row, battery electric SUV. …

Dutch contract car manufacturer VDL Nedcar will cut 1,800 jobs in 2023 as it struggles to replace its canceled production deal with BMW, owner VDL Group said. …

After 4.5 years of exceptional contributions and hard work from all partners, the closing conference of the SkillSea project concluded yesterday in Brussels.  The EU-funded SkillSea project brought together the maritime in …

Glasgow has long held the title of having the most polluted street in the country. Before the pandemic, concentrations of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide on Hope Street in Glasgow averaged 50% more than the safe legal limit. …

The supply of lithium batteries for electric vehicle (EV) production could bottleneck from 2025 as demand for EVs outstrips the available capacity for battery production. …

United European Car Carriers (UECC), the leading provider of sustainable short sea Ro-Ro transportation in Europe, reached a significant milestone on May 25th, 2023, as their state-of-the-art LNG Dual Fuel vessel, Auto E …

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The decision came after an NLF meeting regarding how to boost the Fair Transport Scheme. …

The alarm was sounded by Nikola Grbić from the Association for internal and international transport for Republika Srpska, who spoke to Bosnian media outlet BHRT. …

The Methanol Institute, a global trade association for the methanol industry, has published the first comprehensive guide to methanol as a marine fuel to help stakeholders across the industry access the information they need to support d …

Two new features have been added to the Intelligence Platform: fuel prices for compressed natural gas and an interactive map to view all driving restrictions along a trip. …

As Chinese automakers including BYD and Nio look to expand in Europe, the region’s incumbents are divided over how Brussels ought to respond. …

A new report from the Global Maritime Forum has identified 373 pilot projects globally focusing on ship technology, fuel production, bunkering, and infrastructure solutions that can immensely help shipping’s transition to a zero-emission …

Readers may recall that the Commission ruled that drivers need not provide documentation to prove that their weekly rest has or had been spent in suitable accommodation outwith the cabin. …

The Chinese manufacturer Great Wall wants to build cars in Europe in the future and is also looking at Germany. But other countries in Eastern Europe are probably also in the running. …

France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire joined automaker calls for the European Union to walk back upcoming anti-pollution regulation for car emissions that would significantly add to the cost of making combustion-engine cars. …