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Shipping associations are putting pressure on IMO to drastically amend its Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) instrument at the September 2024 MEPC, saying that currently it has “unintended consequences”, contradictory to its aims …

The Port Authority of Valencia is committed to hydrogen research through the signing of an agreement with CNH2 (C.N.E. …

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF), the European social partners for maritime transport, join forces to launch today the ‘Seafarers Go Digital’ initiative. …

The Audi Q8 E-tron is the sole model built at the plant, which built about 50,000 vehicles a year and employs about 3,000 people. …

First-half deliveries of full-electric cars were up 22% at BMW, but fell 25% at Mercedes and were flat at Audi. …

BCA has announced a further significant expansion at its Thurleigh, Bedfordshire facility, already one of the largest combined Remarketing, Logistics, Defleet and Refurbishment centres in Europe. …

Mercedes-Benz's forecast that 50% of sales would be either full-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2025 is looking increasingly unlikely. …

Italy has officially ratified e-CMR, the digital protocol to the United Nations CMR convention for international road goods transport. …

The prospect of European tariffs cut 20-30 percentage points off China's growth in exports of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in recent months, an official at a leading Chinese auto industry body said on Monday, 8 July 2024. …

BYD is set to add Turkey to the growing number of countries where it is opening plants including Hungary, Thailand and Brazil. …

EU governments’ efforts to harmonise rail rules across the EU have been slow and uneven, according to a new report by the EU agency for railways (ERA), resulting in cross-border incompatibilities that are hampering rail use. …

SAIC is demanding a hearing with the EU after receiving the highest tariff increase of 36.7%. …

Fast chargers enable quick recharging of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). They are critical in supporting long-distance travel with BEVs and alleviating range anxiety. …

A document lays out the European Commission's case for tariffs on EVs built in China, with a top rate of about 48%. …

LBM bunkering operations kick off UECC’s ‘Green Gas Month’ and reinforce LBM availability today, 4 July 2024. …

Nissan's CEO has said the two automakers are open to working together in any region, both in Japan and overseas. …

The provisional duties will apply as of 5 July 2024, and definitive duties could begin in November 2024. …

On 4 July 2024, nine months after the initiation of an ex officio anti-subsidy investigation, the European Commission has imposed provisional countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China. …

Sallaum Lines’ subsidiary Sallaum Terminal is investing €20m ($21.6m) in its operations at the port of Antwerp to expand capacity and streamline logistics processes. …

Chinese automakers have captured a growing slice of a market vital to Europe’s industrial stability and future jobs. …