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On 2023 April 18 the Grimaldi Group took delivery of the vessel Great Antwerp at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Ulsan (South Korea). …

It now costs a record $110,000 a day to charter a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) for a year – a more than six-fold surge from pre-Covid-19 levels of $17,000/day. …

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) welcomes the messages conveyed by MEPs, the Council and the Commission during the plenary session of the European Parliament today on the topic of Safeguarding labour mobility and …

The U.S. Treasury said that Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan, Volvo, Hyundai and Rivian electric vehicles will lose access to a $7,500 tax credit under new battery sourcing rules. …

Premium electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar will start production in South Carolina for U.S. and European markets from 2024, Chief Executive Thomas Ingenlath told Reuters at the Shanghai auto show on 2023 April 18. …

In December, negotiators from the European Parliament, the Commission and EU member states reached agreement on the reformed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the EU’s carbon market and flagship climate policy tool. …

To retain its reputation as a climate leader, Europe must unequivocally embrace science-based climate targets for its shipping industry, argue Faïg Abbasov and Chiara Mingozzi. …

ZF has secured a contract with STMicroelectrics for the guaranteed supply of silicon carbide devices in the “double-digit millions” beginning in 2025. …

The G7 Ministers on Climate, Energy, and Environment have called for the shipping industry to achieve GHG-zero emissions by 2050. …

Spain is facing a shortage of drivers – and it’s likely to get worse if current trends continue. …

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on 2023 April 16 saw the departure of the first China-Europe Railway Express trains that carried domestically made commercial vehicles, adding another route to China's increasingly expanding intern …

As the worker shortage crisis in the rail industry continues, rail workers across Europe are taking action to demand better working conditions and increased investment in staff. …

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail freight connection between Budapest, Hungary, and Rijeka, Croatia. This new service is expected to benefit cargo flows in both directions. …

Although improving, air pollution remains the biggest environmental threat to human health: a silent killer that causes more than 300,000 premature deaths a year in addition to causing various illnesses such as lung cancer, strokes, asth …

The recently restored Berezyne-Basarabeasca railway line connecting Southwestern Ukraine and Southern Moldova is seeing the first freight trains transiting between the two countries. …

CINEA has received 43 project proposals by the 2023 April 13 deadline requesting almost €430m in co-funding by the fourth cut-off deadline of the CEF Transport Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) call for propo …

The Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament has unanimously adopted its position regarding the revision of the TEN-T regulations. …

Ahead of a vote on the EU’s carbon market reform, Green lawmaker Michael Bloss reassured consumers that carbon prices will not go above the €45 limit, citing a political commitment by French president Emmanuel Macron. …

As part of continuous efforts to grow its digital supply chain solutions, Wallenius Wilhelmsen has acquired the additional shares of Syngin Technology effective 2023 March 31. …

Lucid Group Inc on 2023 April 14 reported first-quarter production and delivery figures that were lower than the preceding three months, in line with its guidance of weak production this year. …