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The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Deltalinqs have welcomed plans by TenneT and Stedin to accelerate the availability of additional electricity capacity in Rotterdam’s Europoort area. …

US President Donald Trump treated Chinese President Xi Jinping to a rare personal airport welcome Wednesday, kicking off a pomp-filled state visit aimed at smoothing superpower tensions on everything from AI and trade to Iran. …

The vehicles cross more than 60 borders via Central Asia, the Caucasus and Türkiye, the IRU said following a logistics conference in Beijing on 22 September. …

Hybrid-electric vehicles ranked as the most popular powertrain choice amongst buyers, while battery-electric cars accounted for 21.7% of new EU car registrations. Meanwhile, plug-in hybrids captured 10% of the EU market. …

European policymakers no longer view ports simply as places where containers are loaded and unloaded. …

CLdN today announced it has placed an order for two new 6,700 lane-metre RoRo vessels with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD Hyundai HI). Construction of the new vessels is set to begin towards the beginning of 2028, …

European new-car registrations rose 4.6 percent in August to 835,409 vehicles, driven by a 52 percent surge in battery-electric vehicles that helped electrified powertrains claim more than half the market for the first time. …

Center-right EU lawmakers have divided along national lines on what “Made in Europe” should mean ahead of a key debate on the Industrial Accelerator Act next week. …

Automotive Logistics recently took a detailed look into the issue of driver shortages in the North American vehicle logistics sector, examining the factors coming together to create a perfect storm for the industry – from new regulations …

The European Parliament has adopted a major reform of the EU Customs Code. …

Brent crude futures moved back above USD 100 per barrel on 9 September as renewed attacks on oil product shipping intensified concerns over Middle Eastern supplies. …

IRU has launched a new practical toolkit to help road transport companies unlock its largest untapped recruitment pool. …

The European Union has asked China to voluntarily restrict exports of hybrid cars as part of efforts to prevent a trade war, the Financial Times reported. …

Germany’s major seaports are moving closer to open-ended industrial action at a time when container terminals across northern Europe are already struggling with high yard densities, vessel delays and inland bottlenecks. …

 Renault Group is ramping up its partnership with China’s Geely with a €319 million ($340 million) investment in Brazil, where the two automakers will launch a “highly electrified” locally-built Renault model based on Geely’s GEA pl …

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD (002594.SZ), opens new tab plans to launch its first heavy-duty truck in Europe next year ​and ultimately manufacture trucks locally, a senior ‌executive said at the IAA trade fair in Hanover on Monday. …

Geely Auto is betting the full-electric E2 — which finished 2025 as the world’s bestselling small car — can replicate its Chinese success in Europe by offering more space and lower prices than the Renault 5 and Volkswagen ID Polo in a se …

In an extraordinary appearance on one stage together, the CEOs of Europe’s seven leading truck and bus manufacturers warned today, at the IAA Transportation in Hanover, that Europe’s shift to zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles is still be …

Despite his heavy tariffs on Chinese imports, Trump’s stance on Chinese OEMs has been to “let them come in”, provided the companies build the vehicles on US soil and hire US workers. …

New electrification and software jobs cannot compensate for cuts to Europe’s automotive workforce fast enough as weak production and high costs force automakers and suppliers to reduce capacity. …