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The Council of the EU yesterday adopted a new emissions trading system for road transport (ETS II). The system will apply to road transport fuel suppliers starting 2027, unless oil and gas prices are exceptionally high. …

Europe’s legislators must synchronise their green ambitions if they are to have any hope of migrating the continent’s trucking community to sustainable fuel vehicles, it was claimed this week. …

Car carrier Apollon Leader is the first of its kind to join the Green Award programme. Also, the ship’s owner, Japanese Mitsubishi Ore Transport Co. Ltd., was recently certified, together with its bulk carrier Santa Isabel. …

MAN Truck & Bus has developed and launched several safety systems to improve road safety for commercial vehicles. These include advanced driver assistance systems, emergency braking systems, and lane departure warning systems. …

Shippers can sometimes be called to the rescue financially by shipping companies in the event of incidents on a ship, in the name of the principle of general average. A greater risk today than in the past. …

Currently, there are 15 court cases pending against the Mobility Package at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with all hearings taking place in Luxembourg over the past two days. …

The Danish Energy Agency issued a recommendation that the no-sailing zones around the leakage points on Nord Stream 1 and 2 be lifted, as the resulting gas clouds from the potential gas blowout do not pose a danger to ships in the area. …

BMW will produce a second electric model at its factory in Regensburg in 2023. The fully electric iX2 will follow the iX1 that has been coming off the lines in Regensburg since 2022 autumn. …

Valenciaport and Burgos are already working on the study of a direct rail connection linking the main container port of Spain and the Mediterranean with the import/export companies of the province of Burgos. …

The Council today adopted five laws that will enable the EU to cut greenhouse gas emissions within the main sectors of the economy, while making sure that the most vulnerable citizens and micro-enterprises, as well as the sectors exposed …

Logistic Investment Kft announced at a press conference that the new safe HGV park will be located at the 112th kilometre of the M1 motorway, which connects Austria to Budapest and is one of the busiest international transit routes in Hu …

The Report on the Cooperation Practices, Possibilities and Challenges between Member States, Specifically in Rela …

Global sales of electric cars are set to surge to yet another record this year, expanding their share of the overall car market to close to one-fifth and leading a major transformation of the auto industry that has implications for the e …

Mini is considering building electric cars in North America in the future to gain access to US subsidies. …

Russia’s largest vehicle maker, Avtovaz, will shut down assembly at its Togliatti plant for at least three weeks at the end of 2023 May because of a new wave of supply disruptions. …

Road transport operators have welcomed plans to revise Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) regulations to better accommodate what have been described as the continent’s “abandoned” truckers. …

Disruption to the production of vehicles and a tightening of ro-ro capacity resulted in a 5.6% drop in vehicle handling at the US ports of New York and New Jersey in 2022, compared to the previous year. …

At the turn of 2023, the UK Department of Transport introduced new rules on cabotage and combined transport. …

As the global maritime industry embarks on a decarbonization journey, a recent survey conducted among industry stakeholders has revealed that the path towards decarbonization will be complex, with a wide range of fuels in the mix through …

Participants of 2023 April 24's public hearing in the European Parliament on “Future challenges for the rail infrastructure” heard from the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies’ (CER) Executive Director Alb …