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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. …

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. …

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

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

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 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. …

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 …

Germany won't hit its target of having 15 m EVs on the road by 2030 if sales develop in a linear fashion, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday, adding the right conditions could still create a tipping point for demand. …

Network4Cars proudly announces their recent collaboration with TransFollow, marking a crucial step towards digitization in the logistics sector. …

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

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. …

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. …

Tesla continues to cash in on other carmakers needing help to meet emissions standards, keeping up a lucrative business the company thought would fade away. …

The past several weeks have been truly eventful for the automotive sector in Italy, with an escalating war of words between the first right-wing government since 1948 and the country’s only volume automaker, Stellantis. …

French carmaker Renault and Chinese rival Geely expect to finalise a joint venture for their combustion and hybrid engines towards the end of February, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. …