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Members of the European Parliament endorsed new EU rules on alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR) on 11 July. …

MEPs approved new rules on more alternative fuel stations for cars and trucks, simple and easy recharging, and on cleaner maritime fuels. …

The EU battery regulation cleared the final hurdle in its legislative journey on 10 July, as Member States voted to adopt new rules aimed at making batteries produced in the EU more sustainable and competitive. …

Weight limits for zero-emission trucks will increase under a new EU proposal that will help accelerate the uptake of electric and hydrogen trucks. …

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has been handed the prestigious World Excellence Award (WEA) for Sustainability by automotive industry giant Ford in recognition of the company’s leading role in deca …

Three legislative proposals, each with a specific impact on the rail sector, were published on 11 July by the European Commission as part of the Greening Freight Transport Package: a Regulation on the use of railway infrastructure capaci …

IRU welcomes the Greening Transport Package unveiled on 11 July by the European Commission. …

Fragmentation and too many competitors in the European logistics market is constraining industry development and making it more difficult to achieve net zero goals, according to Automotive Logistics’ new research. …

The European Commission is proposing measures to make freight transport more efficient and more sustainable, by improving rail infrastructure management, offering stronger incentives for low-emission lorries, and better information on fr …

Stakeholders in the European railway sector have expressed their steadfast commitment and support for the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC). …

Chinese carmakers are continuing to invest in ships: the latest is the Chery Automobile/JAC Motors/Anhui Port & Shipping joint-venture, which has ordered its first car-carrier newbuilds. …

Europe is facing a Chinese electric vehicles tsunami following the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel-powered combustion engine cars from 2035, Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said at an economic conference on Saturday, adding t …

Fiat parent Stellantis and the Italian government agreed on 10 July to aim to increase annual production in Italy to one million units, reversing a downward trend seen in recent year …

Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, and Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of Port of Antwerp-Bruges, met today in the Antwerp Port House. …

International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopts revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. …

Switzerland is set to replace its manual toll collection system with the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) by the end of 2024, phasing out border customs clearance terminals for the Heavy Vehicle Fee (HVF). …

Stellantis’s incoming Chief Financial Officer Natalie Knight says figuring out China is key for the automaker because of the country’s importance in the shift to electric vehicles. …

Copenhagen Malmö Port(CMP) has become ECG's latest member! …

The European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (EU MRV) dataset for shipping’s European CO2 emissions for the year 2022 has just been published, with the data highlighting some significant year-on-year changes from 2021 desp …

Switzerland is set for a major change in its toll collection system as the existing method of collecting Swiss tolls, known as the Performance-related Heavy Vehicle Fee (LSVA), will be completely overhauled by the end of 2024. …