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The European Council has reached a final decision on the new EU CO₂ standards for heavy-duty vehicles. This concludes a legislative process that led to overly idealistic emission reduction targets. But more work lies ahead. …

A comprehensive digitalization of the vessel arrival process in the Port of Gothenburg is now underway. …

They signed an agreement today, 14 May 2024, to develop initiatives to improve services and the resilience of logistics chains between China and Europe. …

Brussels insists on its own evidence-based methods, but risks ending up looking weak as a result. …

The Upply x Ti x IRU European road freight rates index for Europe shows that Q1 rates fell in both the spot and contract markets. The spot rate index is down 8.2 points year on year. …

The Council today (13 May 2024) formally adopted the regulation on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, amending and strengthening the existing EU rules. …

From the beginning of June 2024 DP World will be providing an intermodal rail service for containerised car shipments between Mexico, the US and Canada. …

As EV prices have plunged, Ford's Q1 losses per car are more than double the deficit from 2023, a source told Bloomberg. …

The EV3 compact SUV may be built for European markets at Kia's plant in Slovakia. Kia's new compact full-electric SUV, the EV3, will stay close to the concept version unveiled in 2023, new images suggest. …

Current legislative changes regarding ecological freight transport in the EU Revision of the EU directives on weights and dimensions and on the Eurovignette New CO2 road fee …

Ford may build a second hybrid model at its Valencia factory as the company scales back its goal to become all-electric in Europe by 2030. …

Automotive suppliers are actively developing strategies and pre-competitive partnerships to provide sound, reliable and comparable tools to measure sustainability progress  Uncertainty in the text, legal concerns …

Suardíaz Shipping Lines has added a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) to its car carrier fleet in Europe, bringing the number to nine. …

Decarbonisation of the global maritime industry could support the creation of up to four million green jobs by 2050. …

Chinese automaker BYD will consider building a second assembly plant in Europe in 2025, its European managing director Michael Shu said on Thursday, 9 May 2024. …

German automakers fear retaliation if the European Union imposes punitive import duties on EVs from Chinese manufacturers. …

The implementation of the EU’s carbon pricing scheme for road transport is crucial to drive the business case for electric and hydrogen trucks, Martin Lundstedt, CEO of the Volvo Group, told Euractiv in an interview. …

The alliance between the two companies will guarantee the supply of eight million litres of renewable fuel over the next two years This initiative will allow Sesé’s customers to progress in their decar …

Tight Ro-Ro capacity has led to an increase in the volume of finished vehicles shipped by container but the advantages of doing so suggest a wider adoption which experts in the field say could be here to stay. …

Nio said it expects the new Onvo brand's L60 to compete with the Tesla Model Y. …