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Capacity pressures are set to continue in automotive logistics in the coming years, while the near-shoring of car production and the increasing number of electric vehicles (EVs) coming off assembly lines will drive change in supply chain …

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said the company will need all of its Italian factories to hit its long-term production goal there, in conciliatory remarks that may ease tensions between the automaker and Rome. …

The global shipping regulator, the UN International Maritime Organisation, has set a target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for the industry, and now needs to develop climate regulations by 2025 that make it possible to reach that t …

Mercedes-Benz Group on Thursday 15 January said it had sold its stake in Russian truckmaker Kamaz in a transaction that was completed this month after securing all necessary regulatory approvals. …

Continental is cutting around 7,150 positions in its struggling auto unit to make the business more competitive for the complex shift to electric vehicles and digital offerings. …

IRU welcomes today’s European Parliament Transport Committee vote on vehicle weights and dimensions. …

Italy has been working for months to attract another automaker to the country alongside Fiat-owner Stellantis, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Wednesday 14 January . …

An industry known for its volatility has entered a new period of extreme swings in earnings. …

Finncanopus, the second of Finnlines’ two hybrid freight-passenger Superstar vessels, was named in Naantali today. Finnlines’ €500 m Green Investment Programme has thus been completed. …

To ensure safer maritime journeys in Europe, the Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement to revise the 2009 directive on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector. …

The Port of Immingham was proud to welcome the CMA CGM Indianapolis vehicles carrier on its maiden voyage. …

The French government on Tuesday 13 January cut by 20% a subsidy higher-income car buyers can get for purchasing electric and hybrid vehicles in order to keep from overrunning its budget to boost the number of electric cars on the road. …

INFORM, Aachen based optimization specialist, is expanding their business relationship with AUTO1 Group, Europe’s leading digital automotive platform for buying and selling used cars. …

The French government is halting for the rest of this year a program to subsidize low earners leasing an electric car, after demand far exceeded initial plans. …

Stellantis said on Monday 12 January it will invest €103 m ($111.02 m) at its Szentgotthard facility in Hungary to increase production capacity of electric drive modules that will help the automaker grow its electric-vehicle portfol …

Tesla announced the production interruption itself in mid-January. Model Y production in Grünheide was interrupted between 29 January and 11 February. …

DNV has highlighted current and upcoming maritime regulation developments for the 2020s decade. …

The European ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have recorded a 9% increase in the number of finished vehicles handled in calendar year 2023 to 3.56m. …

A recent war of words between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has exposed a tough new reality: Europe's one-time homegrown national automakers have become global players ready to exploit …

A recent war of words between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has exposed a tough new reality: Europe's one-time homegrown national automakers have become global players ready to exploit …