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The Upply x Ti x IRU European road freight rates index for Europe shows that spot rates fell by 2.4 index points in Q4 2022 vs Q3. …

European automakers and associations urged policymakers for stronger counter-measures to boost domestic industry in response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), but warned that the region should not respond with protectionism. …

Business group Logistics UK is urging government to prioritise the needs of the logistics industry, as Parliament continues to debate the Retained EU Law bill. …

IRU is in contact with its members in Türkiye and Syria following yesterday’s devastating earthquake, offering its deepest condolences to the victims and support to help coordinate relief efforts. …

Germany’s Vay has become the first company to deploy a vehicle without a human being inside on a European public road, a milestone the startup says paves the way for a remote-controlled mobility service within months. …

Sales of electrified cars plunged in Germany in January as government incentives to encourage buyers were scaled back. Tesla bucked the downward trend by boosting volume through price cuts. …

This latest edition of ACEA’s Economic and Market Report covers the full year of 2022, providing a detailed overview of passenger car registrations, as well as production, both in Europe and in key markets around the world. …

The Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries proposed the use of container ships to export new cars in order to support automobile exports, as some car producers have cars to sell, but no way to ship them. …

Insufficient pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) space is driving some Chinese car-makers to use containers to export their automobiles. …

Members of IRU’s Commission on Social Affairs (CAS) gathered in Brussels and virtually to discuss key issues facing the road transport sector. …

Another car carrier caught fire over the weekend, 4-5 February, the latest in a series of incidents that are spooking seafarers and insurers alike. …

Investment of €800m in Mexican production site for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. …

Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi are looking at new projects as part of their reshaped alliance including a common 800-volt EV architecture in Europe, and new vehicles for India and South America. …

Russia’s largest carmaker, Avtovaz, has said it will take over the former Nissan plant in St Petersburg and put it back into operation in 2023. Nissan pulled out of St Petersburg shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. …

The business environment for German automakers and their suppliers improved significantly in January 2023, a survey published by the Ifo economic institute showed. …

BMW has once again found its way to the rails with a new dedicated car train between Germany and Belgium. The new service, operated by Medway, runs from the German Regensburg, via Aachen to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. …

From January 30, new energy vehicles transported in China will no longer be included in the category of dangerous goods. …

The owners of London Gateway have announced a multi-million pound investment in new rail infrastructure at the port terminal. …

At the TRAN meeting which took place earlier this week in Brussels, CE Delft presented a new study prepared for the European Parliament on  …

Successfully reaching the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal and its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (SSMS) requires a substantial shift of traffic onto the railways. …