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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces growing tensions within his coalition over his determination to push through controversial Chinese investment into a Hamburg port terminal — despite security concerns, not least from the U.S. …

The Port of Valencia is today the first port in the world to use a 4×4 truck tractor unit powered by green hydrogen to move containers within its terminals. …

The exclusive partnership will make future generations of Aurora’s flagship integrated hardware and software systems commercially scalable. …

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp set a global annual output record in the business year ended in 2023 March, just edging past its target of 9.1m vehicles as factory disruption from global chip supply woes and pandemic lockdowns eased. …

The tariffs for the kilometre charge apply to all Belgian and foreign heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of more than 3.5 tons and semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N1 with body code BC. …

A study conducted by the All Aboard Alliance has revealed 15 key pain points for women at sea. …

Efforts to decarbonise road transport often focus solely on technology and alternative fuels. …

After weeks of striking, around 60 truck drivers at the Gräfenhausen rest area in Germany have won their battle against Polish consortium Lukmaz, Agmaz and Imperia. …

The Council of the EU yesterday adopted a new emissions trading system for road transport (ETS II). The system will apply to road transport fuel suppliers starting 2027, unless oil and gas prices are exceptionally high. …

Europe’s legislators must synchronise their green ambitions if they are to have any hope of migrating the continent’s trucking community to sustainable fuel vehicles, it was claimed this week. …

Car carrier Apollon Leader is the first of its kind to join the Green Award programme. Also, the ship’s owner, Japanese Mitsubishi Ore Transport Co. Ltd., was recently certified, together with its bulk carrier Santa Isabel. …

MAN Truck & Bus has developed and launched several safety systems to improve road safety for commercial vehicles. These include advanced driver assistance systems, emergency braking systems, and lane departure warning systems. …

Shippers can sometimes be called to the rescue financially by shipping companies in the event of incidents on a ship, in the name of the principle of general average. A greater risk today than in the past. …

The letter, addressed to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has been shared by the Road Haulage Association on Twitter. …

BMW will produce a second electric model at its factory in Regensburg in 2023. The fully electric iX2 will follow the iX1 that has been coming off the lines in Regensburg since 2022 autumn. …

The Danish Energy Agency issued a recommendation that the no-sailing zones around the leakage points on Nord Stream 1 and 2 be lifted, as the resulting gas clouds from the potential gas blowout do not pose a danger to ships in the area. …

Currently, there are 15 court cases pending against the Mobility Package at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with all hearings taking place in Luxembourg over the past two days. …

Logistic Investment Kft announced at a press conference that the new safe HGV park will be located at the 112th kilometre of the M1 motorway, which connects Austria to Budapest and is one of the busiest international transit routes in Hu …

Global sales of electric cars are set to surge to yet another record this year, expanding their share of the overall car market to close to one-fifth and leading a major transformation of the auto industry that has implications for the e …

The Council today adopted five laws that will enable the EU to cut greenhouse gas emissions within the main sectors of the economy, while making sure that the most vulnerable citizens and micro-enterprises, as well as the sectors exposed …