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European shipowners today welcome the EU’s proposed Net-Zero Industry Act. The Act can be step-change in efforts to enhance Europe’s security and to support the energy transition of European industry. …

Representatives of the main EU institutions will discuss at a technical meeting on 2023 March 17 a compromise text, obtained by EURACTIV, on the mechanism for monitoring and responding to the semiconductor supply crisis in the upcoming C …

The German federal transport minister Volker Wissing sends mixed signals to the industry. On the one hand, he appears to have a new railway renovation concept that will be completed by 2030. …

The ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports is entering its 15th edition, with the theme “Nature restoration projects in ports benefitting the local community”. …

The European Parliament doesn't like the look of Germany's proposed backroom deal with Brussels to save the combustion engine. …

Today, the Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. …

Austria has already supported the European Union's agreement on a law to phase out new sales of CO2-emitting cars from 2035 and sees no reason to withdraw its backing for the deal now, Austrian Climate Minister, Leonore Gewessl …

Coming together for their biannual meetings, IRU’s EU passenger and goods transport members have adopted key sector positions aimed at reducing pollutant emissions and decarbonising corporate fleets. …

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, have completed the first bunkering to an LNG-fueled pure car and tr …

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) laid out on Wednesday the details of a planned all-electric car costing under €25,000 ($26,790), part of the German carmaker's push to derive 80% of VW passenger brand sales in Europe from all-electric ve …

The EU will provide a total financial support of €188.8m to 26 projects. The objective is to help delivering a transport network which is environmentally sustainable, in line with the ambitious objectives laid out in the EU Green Deal. …

Responding to the Spring Budget, RHA Director of Public Affairs & Policy, Declan Pang, said: …

The German government tried to defuse a growing conflict with the EU by proposing changes to green transport legislation in a letter sent Wednesday to the European Commission, according to an official who has seen the letter. …

Eurotunnel is launching FIRST, a new subscription service to give priority to trucks that want to hop on the rail freight shuttle to cross the Channel Tunnel between France and the UK. …

In the quest to reduce emissions from operations and comply with the ever stricter regulatory framework, maximising vessel utilisation is one of the keys to success. …

Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan criticized Germany, Italy and other European countries that are seeking to weaken the EU's plan to ban the sale of new vehicles powered by fossil fuels. …

The new Effort Sharing Regulation reduces the allowed maximum level of greenhouse gas emissions in member states from transport, buildings and agriculture until 2030. …

BYD Auto delivered its first fully electric passenger car to the UK in March but the Chinese vehicle maker has ruled out building a manufacturing plant in the country because of Brexit. …

IRU’s Secretary General has outlined solutions to key challenges facing the road transport sector at the global road transport trade union conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa. …

Transport ministers from Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Monday discussed their push to change proposed European Union Euro 7 emissions limits. …