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The European Commission presented the European Green Deal, the most ambitious package of measures that should enable European citizens and businesses to benefit from sustainable green transition.
Source: European Commission
January 23, 2020
A European Green Deal
The European Commission is organising an information and networking day on the 2020 LIFE call for project proposals.
Source: European Commission
January 23, 2020
Save the date – EU LIFE information and networking day
Air pollution is one of the most severe and complex environmental challenges impacting humans and ecosystems. The urban population, in particular, is still suffering from high levels of air pollution that are considered harmful for health according to European and World Health Organisation (WHO) standards.
Source: European Commission
January 21, 2020
EU supports projects for cleaner air
Following the launch of the European Green Deal, this LIFE PlanUp conference will discuss the progress made towards the EU’s mid- and long-term climate and energy objectives. It will also take stock of the preparation of National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) across EU Member States.
Source: European Commission
January 21, 2020
LIFE PlanUp conference - EU Green Deal and NECPs
Increasing technology innovations are making big waves across industries, and logistics and the supply chain may be one of the most impacted sectors.
Source: Transmetrics blog
January 16, 2020
Top 10 Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Trends in 2020
Doing last-mile logistics correctly leads to repeat business and loyal customers, but final-mile processes involve more than just a truck and driver.
Source: Inbound Logistics
January 9, 2020
Optimizing the Last Mile
The scope of this study is to find the real-world savings achieved in total CO2, NOx and PM10 emissions from the adoption of national policies and European legislation for the period 2010- 2017 for the new registered fleet based on appropriate scenarios developed for this study. In addition, a forecast of the relevant benefits until 2020 was also made.
Source: Eionet Portal
November 7, 2019
ETC/ATNI Report 12/2019: The impact of vehicle taxations system on vehicle emissions
95% of shippers and 99% of 3PLs agree that analytics are a necessary element of 3PL expertise but only 26% of shippers and 27% of 3PLs are satisfied with current analytic capabilities.
Source: eyefortransport
November 5, 2019
New report finds major analytics gap for 3PLs and shippers
The 2019 Horizon Transport info day will take place on Monday, 7 October 2019 from 09:30 to 15:00 CET in Brussels.
The event will present upcoming funding opportunities of approximately €356 million under the Mobility for Growth (MG), Automated Road Transport (ART), Green Vehicles (GV), and Next Generation Batteries (BAT) calls.
Source: European Commission
August 22, 2019
Horizon 2020 Transport info day
The first of these projects is the Horizon 2020 project called "Buyzet". This developed zero-emission procurement plans for each of the consortium's cities. The second project, which has also recently concluded its activities, is SULPiTER (supported by Interreg's Central Europe Programme). The project examined logistics and transport in seven European cities in order to identify best practices in the field of urban goods distribution.
Source: Eltis
August 22, 2019
Two EU-funded projects conclude their work on urban freight distribution
CEF Transport is seeking to mitigate the negative environmental impact of road transport by promoting, through its grants, the shift to alternatives fuels for road (be it for freight or for passenger transport).
Source: European Commission
August 21, 2019
Greener lorries thanks to CEF support
Cities using, or planning to use, the Euro 6 standard as the basis for their low-emission zones (LEZs) will not deliver the air quality improvements they expect, AIR (Allow Independent Road-Testing) has warned.
Source: City Logistics
July 29, 2019
Euro VI trucks are compliant with legislative emissions limits
The European Commission has published details as to how it intends to put its Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety into practice.
Source: European Commission
July 25, 2019
Road safety: European Commission sets out next steps towards “Vision Zero” including key performance indicators
BVV’s International Transport & Logistics Trade Fair is a major event in Central and Eastern Europe’s fair calendar and takes place every two years.
Source: BVV Trade Fairs Brno
July 24, 2019
Transport and Logistics 2019: International Fair for Transport and Logistics
During EU Green Week – Europe’s biggest environmental event – the LIFE programme announced the winners of the 2018 LIFE Awards. The three winners come from Italy (Nature category), Spain (Environment category), and Greece (Climate Action category).
Source: European Commission
May 27, 2019
EU celebrates best projects for nature, environment and climate action
The EU Sustainable Energy Week is the biggest event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. Sessions organised by the European Commission and energy stakeholders focus on sustainable energy issues, debate new policy developments, best practices and sustainable energy ideas.
Source: European Commission
May 20, 2019
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019
Transport Research Arena (TRA) is the foremost European transport event that covers all transport modes and all aspects of mobility. TRA offers a great venue for researchers, policy makers and industry representatives to get together and contribute to the discussion on how research and innovation can re-shape the transport and mobility system. The conference provides a unique opportunity to hear about mobility trends in different parts of Europe, learn from achievements in industry as well as share best practices of policies and deployments.
Source: TRA2020
April 16, 2019
Transport Research Arena 2020 (Helsinki, Finland)
Technology already grants permission of the mass production and use of the autonomous/semi-autonomous trucks. A number of companies develop autonomous drive systems longer than decade. Some of them have even released fully operational products to the market.
Source: Business Insider
April 16, 2019
Who is liable for self-driving vehicles?
The European Parliament and the Council today reached provisional agreement on a Regulation setting, for the first time in the EU, strict CO2 emission standards for trucks.
Today's deal follows the agreement reached in December on new CO2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020.
Source: European Commission
March 28, 2019
Clean mobility: Putting an end to polluting trucks. Commission welcomes first-ever EU standards to reduce pollution from trucks
The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council on the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action, as part of the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027.
The funding will focus on protecting the environment and mitigating climate change, supporting a clean energy transition with increased energy efficiency and a higher share of renewables in the energy mix. This will be one of the tools enabling the EU to meet its climate goals and seek to become climate-neutral by 2050.
Source: European Commission
March 22, 2019
EU budget for 2021-2027: Commission welcomes the provisional agreement on funding for the environment and climate action
The European Parliament today agreed on CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans in the EU for the period after 2020 – a significant step towards decarbonising and modernising the European mobility sector and put the EU on track to become climate neutral. As a result of the new rules, in 2030, emissions from new cars will have to be 37.5% lower and emissions from new vans 31% lower, compared to 2021.
Source: European Commission
March 15, 2019
Clean mobility: Commission welcomes European Parliament adoption of new CO2 emission standards for cars and vans to reduce pollution and improve air quality
The European Commission is proposing to invest €421 million in 69 key projects that will improve mobility for citizens and businesses alike. The projects selected aim at promoting digitalisation, making roads safer, and fostering multimodal connections in line with the ‘Europe on the Move’ initiatives.
Source: European Commission
March 8, 2019
Connecting Europe: Commission is proposing to invest €421 million for safer, smarter and greener transport infrastructure
Prague public transport services are fully integrated – all the lines (operated during the day and also during the night) no matter the transport companies use the very same (short/long) term transfer tickets (coupons). This is very comfortable for the customers.
Source: New Atlas
March 1, 2019
Nikola presented concept of the third model of hydrogen-electric hybrid truck
Prague public transport services are fully integrated – all the lines (operated during the day and also during the night) no matter the transport companies use the very same (short/long) term transfer tickets (coupons).
Source: PID Lítačka
January 31, 2019
„PID Lítačka“ – the platform, the smart card and the mobile app
For four decades, Intermodal Europe has been the most important business platform for professionals involved in the container, transport and logistics industry. By delivering a highly targeted audience, the free to attend exhibition and conference brings together the world's leading suppliers and industry experts to network, do business and be inspired .
Source: Intermodal Events
November 01, 2018