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IRU welcomes the introduction of the transitional smart tachograph version 2. Set to become mandatory on 2023 August 21, the smart tachograph will introduce new features and facilitate the work of drivers, operators and enforcers. …

On 2023 April 18, the European Parliament adopted the final EP-Council agreement for the revised EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). …

Europe’s car industry risks jobs losses, growing inequalities and lost market share to China if it continues to abandon the lower-market segments of EVs, warns a new report from the European Trade Union Institute. …

The draft rules guide major EU transport infrastructure project towards sustainable transport, cut implementation delays and set EU transport links with Ukraine and Moldova. …

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

DNV has launched Emissions Connect, a data verification engine and data management platform designed to help the maritime industry assess and work with emissions data. …

In the first quarter of 2023, the EU car market saw a substantial increase in new car registrations, with almost 2.7m units sold. This marks a 17.9% increase compared to 2022, following solid results in the first three months. …

Rasmus Elsborg-Jensen, CEO of ReFlow, on the importance of lifecycle assessments. …

The EU is ready to launch into the global chips race — but may find itself already left in the dust.  …

A new intermodal railway terminal will open in Szeged, on the Hungarian border crossing with Serbia. …

Further doubts loom over the fate of a controversial plan to sell parts of a Hamburg port terminal to China, amid pressure for Berlin to rethink its ties to Beijing. …

French car lobby Plateforme de la filière automobile (PFA) on 2023 April 19 proposed that a state bonus for consumers buying electric cars be reserved for vehicles "made in Europe". …

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. …

Cars with internal combustion engines (ICEs) falling within the scope of the Euro 7 emission standards will make up only 10% of those on EU roads in 2035. …

The heavy goods vehicle (HGV) sector is today calling for an urgent, government-led strategy to drive uptake of zero emission trucks to meet decarbonisation targets. …

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 total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 68.7m metric tonnes in the first quarter, a drop of 4.5% compared with the same period in 2022. …

Fully autonomous driving is “basically impossible” and the technology would be better applied to manufacturing, according to Chinese battery and electric car company BYD. …

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). …

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 …