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Governments and ports across the Antwerp-Rotterdam-Rhine-Ruhr Area (ARRRA) have agreed to strengthen cooperation on cross-border infrastructure, energy and logistics as the region seeks to maintain its competitiveness. …

Both chambers of the Swiss Parliament approved the LSVA reform in a final vote on 2 October 2026, completing the parliamentary stage of the legislative process. …

Shipping’s extraordinary earnings boom powered further into uncharted territory on Friday, with Clarksons Research’s cross-sector ClarkSea Index jumping another 14% to $75,658 a day, its fourth consecutive all-time high. …

Battery-electric vehicle sales surged in September across 12 major European markets, capturing a record share as higher fuel prices and affordable new models accelerated the shift away from gasoline and diesel vehicles. …

The UK new car market accelerated in September, with registrations up 12.1% to 350,518 units, according to preliminary figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).1 The result marks a 10th consecutive …

The study compares battery-electric and diesel long-haul trucks across nine EU markets: the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, France, Belgium, Poland, Spain and Italy. …

Five Dutch seaports are urging European policymakers to turn the European Ports Strategy into practical, funded measures. …

Finished vehicle logistics in North America is operating under a combination of pressures few networks have had to absorb at once. …

The start of October will be particularly important for companies operating on the Iberian Peninsula and in south-eastern Europe. Romania is replacing the existing vignette model for trucks with charges based on the distance travelled. …

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has examined whether freight forwarding liability insurance should become a greater focus of its work, acknowledging the increasingly important role freight forwarders play in managing g …

At this year’s Connecting Europe Days event in Brussels, representatives from politics, business and the transport sector are meeting to discuss the future expansion of Europe’s transport infrastructure. …

German port strike risk is a timely reminder that visibility alone does not create resilience. …

The European Union is reportedly urging the UK to raise its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. …

Shipping spent another week discovering that the same forces making it extraordinarily profitable are also storing up the ingredients for its next downturn. …

For over half a century, Britain and Europe’s automotive sectors have been pivotal to each other’s success. Even with Brexit, both sides continue to trade and invest heavily in one another’s markets, manufacturing and supply chains. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

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, …