Self-driving cars are the future of automobile, at least for Uber and its numerous competitors. According to The Information, a technology-specialized American news website, the taxi-server would be under pressure from shareholders to divest the business developing self-driving cars. It […]
The European Commission sees a special role for the ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp (Belgium) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) in the further development of a trans-European transport network after the Brexit. The French oppose fiercely, accusing Europe of forgetting their […]
Since last year, transport companies can call on subsidies from the Flemish government to make their new trucks safer and more ecological. Only a quarter of the 36 million euro subsidy budget was applied for last year. Part of this […]
The Canadian start-up, Transpod, will take up residence in the small municipality of Droux in southwest France and build the longest test track for the development of the hyperloop technology. One day after Virgin Hyperloop One announced it would set […]
Alternatives to traditional taxi services are emerging like mushrooms in these Uber times. The Antwerp one-man business, Driverbuddy, is taking a different approach. They drive your car instead of their own, as a personal chauffeur, and can also take on […]
The Belgian Federal Mobility Office is checking fewer and fewer trucks on social fraud. This is partly due to the shrinking workforce, but there is also less ‘static’ control, while more interceptions with service vehicles are carried out, so that […]
Chinese freight transporter and logistics company, Shenzhen 4PX, has created a Belgian subsidiary to accompany the arrival of Alibaba at Liège Airport. Specialized in transport and logistics, 4PX will reinforce the Chinese e-commerce ecosystem in Europe. Two months after Cainiao […]
The Dutch operator, PitPoint, is granted a concession for the installation and operation of a network of charging stations for electric vehicles (EV) in Brussels. Hundred terminals will be installed in the coming months. The concession runs until the end […]
The Netherlands are struggling with an enormous shortage of truck drivers. Sector organization for small and middle-sized road transport companies, VERN, is sounding the alarm bell and proposes to send 11.000 retired truck drivers back on the road. “If we […]
Maybe Elon Musk is a fervent fan of The Beach Boys’ hit Surfin’, maybe not, but in any case, he is unstoppable. After his 500-dollar flame thrower, sold at 20.000 copies at the end of January – all of which […]
An entirely new, energy-positive city. That is the challenge Norwegian architects face in constructing Oslo Airport City, a city that will be powered entirely by renewable energy. The city will rise next to Oslo Airport, which is already considered to […]
French state-owned railway company, SNCF, has ordered 100 new TGVs (Train à Grande Vitesse), high speed trains, of the fifth generation to French manufacturer Alstom for a cost of nearly 3 billion euro. These new trains will be more comfortable […]
More and more commuters prefer to pay toll to pass through the Antwerp Liefkenshoektunnel to avoid traffic jams, leading to increasing traffic in the tunnel’s surroundings. The first six months of 2018 the number of passenger cars went up with […]
French Ecological Transition Minister, Nicolas Hulot, and Transport Minister, Elisabeth Borne, presented their new plan for clean mobility and air quality last Friday. By 2020, 14 major conurbations will create low emission zones (LEZ). Today only Paris and Grenoble have […]
The Brussels government has approved the agreement that Minister of Mobility, Pascal Smet (sp.a), has signed with JCDecaux, the French multinational known for its bus-stop advertising and public bicycle rental systems. As a result, the electric Villo! bikes will be […]
In terms of overall punctuality, 88,3% of Belgian trains were on time in 2017. This is apparent from the annual report of Ombudsrail, the Ombudsman’s Service of the Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB. This puts NMBS/SNCB in tenth position of the […]
As from Thursday, Carrefour launches a new service: it does the shopping for you and delivers the groceries at home, by electric bike and within 90 minutes (or less). Only restriction: the delivery will only be possible within a radius […]
Tiny cubic yellow robots, the size of a small washing machine, are roaming at walking pace, totally independently on the footpaths of Beijing’s residential Kafka district, on their way to deliver groceries to clients living nearby. Almost ready to take […]
On Tuesday the EU and Japan signed a new free exchange trade deal that will open both markets to one another with reduced taxes. The 10% taxes on imported Japanese cars and 3% on parts will disappear in seven years. […]
In one night, French group JCDecaux renewed its entire fleet of shared bicycles in the city of Lyon (France). 3.000 Vélo’v have been replaced and 1.000 have been added , for a total of 4.000 bicycles. The company also introduced […]
After nine years of development, pilot Raphaël Dinelli and his team will do multiple test flights with their 100% clean energy electric plane during the summer. In 2019 the team plans to do the New York-Paris flight Lindbergh did in […]
Accell Group, the Dutch bicycle manufacturer in Heerenveen (Netherlands) is taking over Vélosophy, the Dutch parent company of delivery bicycle brand Babboe. Accell already had a minority interest and now takes over the rest of Vélosophy, including premium cargo bike […]
In the near future windmills in the North Sea will be equipped with sensors to detect polluting ships passing by. Belgian government is going to invest in these specially equipped windmills to make them ‘smell’ ships with too many sulphur […]
In the Netherlands the federation of the transport sector, Transport and Logistics (Transport en Logistiek Nederland, TLN), is calling on making the use of apps while driving technically impossible. “We notice a growing number of accidents, often due to distraction […]
On the eve of the aeronautic fair in Farnborough, the most important aircraft constructors usually present their previsions for the coming 20 years, and according to Airbus, air traffic worldwide will increase with 4,4% by 2037. Impressive growth The increase […]
A first draft of a global climate deal (Klimaatakkoord) for the Netherlands has been presented on the 10th of July and it will affect everyone in the Dutch society. 300 participants, divided into 5 negotiation tables and 34 subtables, have […]
TEC, the Walloon public transport company, has invested in 55 Volvo hybrid buses in the Charleroi region, but for the moment they have consumed 25% more diesel (or 38.000 euro) than budgeted. The buses were supposed to help reduce the environmental […]
On Monday The Wall Street Journal reported on a spectacular record: in 2018 a record number of mammoth tankers will end up at the scrapheap because recycling their metal brings in more than the transport of crude oil. In 2018 […]
In Marseille, France’s biggest port, a captain of cruise ship Azura of P&O Cruises has to appear before court because he has infringed on air pollution regulations. Theoretically he can be imprisoned for one year and made to pay a […]
Belgian railway company SNCB/NMBS and the Walloon bus company TEC, have introduced the City Pass, an integrated seasonal ticket enabling travellers to combine trains and buses within the Liège agglomeration. It’s a formula that cost 45 to 50% less than […]
On Wednesday the European Parliament rejected the European Commission’s proposal on posting, driving and rest periods and the so called ‘cabotage’ in the transport sector. The ‘mobility package’ must now be returned to the Transport Committee to be reviewed. The […]
State Secretary for the North Sea, Philippe De Backer (Open Vld), wants greener shipping traffic and has signed a Plan for Sustainable Shipping, together with the Royal Belgian Shipowner Association (Koninklijke Belgische Redersvereniging, KBRV). “I even believe in CO2-free shipping […]
Belgium’s natural gas network operator Fluxys came to an agreement with EDF (Electricité De France) and Total to buy 35,76% of ‘Dunkerque LNG’, owner of the natural gas terminal of Dunkirk. Major shareholder Currently, Total and EDF own 75% of […]
More and more people with a greener conscience can compensate the CO2 gases their travel by plane is causing. But this solution can also create problems. A growing number of air companies propose their customers to pay a (very small) […]
Is expanding highways and building more roads the best solution to solve the congestion problems on our roads? Does more asphalt always lead to more traffic jams? That phenomenon even has a name: the Fundamental File Law. Essentially that law says: […]
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