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January 28, 2021

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Nissan’s UK production site in Sunderland saved

Gert Verhoeven Posted On January 25, 2021

The continued existence of Nissan’s British production site has been regularly questioned in recent months due to Brexit. Today, the Japanese manufacturer announces that the assembly plant will be preserved and that there will be an expansion in battery production. […]

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British car sector will continue to suffer, despite trade agreement

Tony Verhelle Posted On January 7, 2021

Last year, the British car market collapsed: 1,63 million car sales (-29,4%) is the lowest figure since 1992, and the regress is the strongest (in one year) since… 1943. Moreover, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is not […]

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Chinese car manufacturer XPENG heading for Norway

Gert Verhoeven Posted On December 22, 2020

XPENG is a fairly young Chinese car brand that builds electric models and has just delivered its first models in Europe. The first model is the G3, a compact SUV making its debut on the Norwegian market. In China, the […]

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UNEP wants to restrain export of polluting cars

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 27, 2020

The export of old and polluting cars from Western countries is a threat to the countries of destination. Most of those cars end up in developing countries. That is what a report by the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) states. According […]

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Belgian Deldo: EU’s second largest tire wholesaler

Gert Verhoeven Posted On August 24, 2020

The family-owned Antwerp wholesaler Deldo is a top name in the world of car tires. It’s the second-largest tire dealer in Europe but few consumers know the name.”We rather not show off and prefer to operate in the shadow,” the […]

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EU Parliament votes ‘Mobility Package’ for transport sector

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On July 9, 2020

The European Parliament has voted the long-awaited ‘Mobility Package’, containing a series of directives to combat social dumping in the road transport sector in Europe. The directives also define the working framework for truck drivers. On the agenda: improvements in […]

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Aertssen Logistics: 1 000 fewer trucks on Antwerp Ring

Luc Joris Posted On June 22, 2020

With a direct train connection to Grenoble (France) the Antwerp transport company Aertssen Logistics has recently reduced the number of trucks it was sending over the Antwerp Ring by thousand, it claims. The company specializes in the storage, modification, and […]

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Dutch car industry under pressure

Tony Verhelle Posted On June 19, 2020

When we talk about the car industry, we immediately think of countries like Germany or France. But almost the whole European Union is heavily involved in the automotive industry. Take the Netherlands, some 40 000 Dutchmen (and women) work in […]

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Port of Limburg will get 175 000 trucks off the road

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On June 10, 2020

Two Limburg family businesses – logistics group H. Essers and environment and energy Group Machiels – are planning to invest 30 million euros on the site of the former Ford plant. The project they’re investing in will be called ‘Port […]

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‘Corona will have 10-year impact on French car industry’

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On June 9, 2020

According to consulting firm AlixPartners, the coronavirus hits the automotive industry in France particularly hard. It does not expect a return to growth before 2030. Even before the pandemic, the firm warned about a crisis in the industry. After a […]

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Trains to compensate for Rhine drought

Luc Joris Posted On June 5, 2020

The Belgian rail operator Lineas will be deploying extra freight trains from Antwerp to Germany this summer. The railway company expects that due to the drought, ship transport on the Rhine – the most important lifeline of the German industry […]

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Fusion of Antwerp and Zeebrugge ports becomes imminent

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 28, 2020

The negotiations about the fusion of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge are going well. Normally, this summer, the final talks will take place, and decisions will be made. “The negotiations are going on in a positive and constructive atmosphere,” […]

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Oil price temporarily below zero

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 21, 2020

The market price of a barrel of crude oil has temporarily turned negative on Monday. Due to the price drop, a barrel of 159 liters of oil was worth $-37,63 at its lowest point. This means that oil companies pay […]

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IMF: ‘oil price to remain low for years to come’

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 15, 2020

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees ‘extreme uncertainty’ about the economic recovery after the corona pandemic. The question is what impact the recovery measures will have, and there is a range of variables. The oil price, for instance, which the […]

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Freight transport by rail decreases by 20%

Gert Verhoeven Posted On April 9, 2020

Paul Hegge, the representative of the Belgian Rail Freight Forum, sounds the alarm bell as today he sees a 20% drop in demand for rail freight transport. Railway transports are the EU’s backbone for delivering essential goods. The logistics of […]

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Corona snowball effect threatens transport sector

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On March 25, 2020

Although there is still a lot of truck traffic on our roads, these are not golden times for the transport sector. The stagnation of economic life because of the corona crisis has its consequences here too. “I fear a snowball […]

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EU wants a maximum 15 minutes waiting time for trucks at borders

Luc Joris Posted On March 24, 2020

The European Commission wants to introduce so-called ‘green lanes’ or priority lanes on the main traffic axes, where trucks can cross the border within 15 minutes. As a result of border controls, traffic jams in some places in Europe reached […]

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Belgian air freight benefits from corona crisis

Luc Joris Posted On March 19, 2020

Few sectors have been hit harder by the outbreak of the new coronavirus than aviation. But while almost everyone in the sector is losing, there is also a winner. As a result of the cancellation of passenger flights, goods traveling […]

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Port of Antwerp: ‘vigilant but ensuring critical supply’

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On March 18, 2020

Lockdown or not, the Port of Antwerp is doing everything in its power to remain fully operational. The port employs some 60 000 people and is of the utmost importance for the supply of Belgium and other EU countries. “We […]

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Volkswagen summoned in Amsterdam court for dieselgate

Luc Joris Posted On March 17, 2020

Autoconcern Volkswagen has been summoned by the Dutch Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation because of the diesel scandal. That’s what the Dutch press agency ANP writes. In addition to Volkswagen, the foundation, which is committed to all registered European victims, also […]

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Tesla looking for Cybertruck factory location

Gert Verhoeven Posted On March 12, 2020

Tesla is going to build the Cybertruck, and the American EV manufacturer is looking for a new location in Central USA. The latter was ‘tweeted’ by its CEO Elon Musk. Specialists are tipping Nashville, Tenessee as a possible winner. The […]

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Oil price plummets: daily ‘profit’ of €13 million for Belgium

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On March 10, 2020

The price of crude oil crashed due to lower demand and higher production. One barrel now costs $35, a drop of 22%. It has been since the Gulf War in the early 1990s that the price of crude oil fell […]

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D’Ieteren family to invest in autonomous technology

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 19, 2020

The Leuven start-up, IVEX, raises €1,2 million in capital. It will use this to invest in its safety control software for autonomous cars. The company’s technology validates the chosen path of autonomous cars. The investors are PMV, Noshaq, Marc Jacobs, […]

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Tesla’s German giga-factory delayed by ‘illegal logging’

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 18, 2020

The felling of a part of the German forest in which Tesla’s European giga-factory is to be located has been halted. The environmental movement ‘Grüne Liga Brandenburg’ has gone to court because Tesla already felled trees without a building permit. […]

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Airbus loss, despite excellent performance and Boeing crisis

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On February 14, 2020

Despite its commercial success, Airbus recorded a net loss in 2019. This result is linked to exceptional costs, including fines in a corruption case for the A400M military transport aircraft. Faced with its American competitor Boeing, in 737 MAX crisis, […]

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