News from Brussels - 2020-12-11
The European Commission has set out new targets for decarbonising transport, highlighting that aviation and waterborne transportation face greater decarbonisation challenges because of a lack of marke...
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The EU today charted a course for aviation and shipping out of the Covid crisis without fossil fuels...
Read moreNews from Brussels - 2020-12-11
Food shortages, tailbacks and congested ports: as talks with Brussels remain unresolved three weeks before leaving the EU single market, the UK is preparing for a chaotic “no-deal...
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The European Commission presented today its ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy' together with an Action Plan of 82 initiatives that will guide our work for the next four year...
Read moreMembers Corner - 2020-12-10
The inauguration on 9 December of the new shore power facility in Kiel means that Stena Line now have the possibility to connect 14 vessels at seven terminals with on-shore electricity during port sta...
Read moreMembers Corner - 2020-12-10
DFDS is part of a partnership that was granted €20m EU funding for the development of automated driving systems for heavy vehicles...
Read moreLand Transport - 2020-12-10
Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil may be something of a mouthful, but it could be on the lips of every carbon-aware freight manager in the country, thanks to testing by DB Cargo UK...
Read moreNews from ECG - 2020-12-10
In order to know the current state of play of national legislations referring to car transporters, in 2016 ECG decided to assemble relevant articles from the legislations of the EU Member St...
Read moreLand Transport - 2020-12-10
The European Commission’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, published on 9 December, will fail to achieve 2050 carbon neutrality targets as it is based on a distorted “tank-to-...
Read moreAutomotive Industry - 2020-12-10
Automakers are worried that the next round of European Union emissions standards will increase compliance costs to the point where it is unprofitable to build cars that do not have a plug-in hybrid or...
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We share the objective of more sustainable and smart transport for the future but don’t forget pragmatism! The NLA-BGL-FNTR Common Office in Brussels welcomes the European Commission’s...
Read moreNews from Brussels - 2020-12-10
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) takes note of the EU’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Package, published by the European Commission on 9 December...
Read moreAutomotive Industry - 2020-12-10
Volkswagen Group is launching a sales model in China that will see the automaker open showrooms in city centres for electric vehicles and offer fixed prices, departing from the conventional sales syst...
Read moreNews from Brussels - 2020-12-09
Hauliers driving emissions-free trucks will get at least half off road tolls in the EU under a new tolling system given the go-ahead by Transport Ministers on 8 December...
Read moreAutomotive Industry - 2020-12-09
Production of the German T6 van will be moved to the Turkish Ford plant...
Read moreAutomotive Industry - 2020-12-09
Honda halted production at its Civic plant in the UK as congestion at ports trying to cope with Brexit-related demand delays delivery of components...
Read moreMembers Corner - 2020-12-08
DB Cargo Polska in cooperation with Adampol S...
Read moreAutomotive Industry - 2020-12-08
The European Union will aim to have at least 30m zero-emission vehicles on its roads by 2030, as it seeks to steer countries away from fossil fuel-based transport, according to a draft EU documen...
Read moreMembers Corner - 2020-12-07
One of the big announcements in recent months has been the automotive industry’s implementation of the electronic freight transport information (eFTI), set to be enforced by August 2024...
Read moreMembers Corner - 2020-12-07
DFDS invested in the start-up biofuel company MASH Energy in 2019 because we want to replace fossil fuels with sustainable ones...
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