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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. …

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. …

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

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. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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 …

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. …

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. …

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

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 …

From 2023 June 1, cargo that originates from Russia or Belarus will no longer be able to cross the border between Poland and Belarus by truck. For rail freight, the border remains open. …

Italy's subsidised HGV driver training scheme has been allocated more funding after huge demand saw the available pool of applications exhausted earlier in 2023. …

The intermodal terminal, promoted by Adif in the València-Font de Sant Lluís logistics node, will have the capacity to operate 150,000 Intermodal Transport Units (ITU) and handle up to 2,600 freight trains per year, and its two gantry cr …

The European car industry faces the biggest challenge in its 120 year history with the switch to electric cars and the threat of increased competition from China. …

New cars registered in the first four months of 2023 are on average emitting significantly more CO2 than those registered in 2022, writes public bro …

Many countries in the European Union will be celebrating Corpus Christi in 2023 June, so there will be traffic restrictions for HGVs. …