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Toyota invests in flying taxi
Luc Joris Posted On January 17, 2020


Car manufacturer Toyota invests 394 million dollars in Joby Aviation, an American start-up that wants to make flying taxis. “Aviation is a long-term goal for Toyota,” says CEO Akio Toyoda in a press release taken over by De Morgen. “With […]


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Colruyt to let your ‘neighbor’ deliver your groceries
Joris Van Roy Posted On January 15, 2020


Belgian grocery discounter chain, Colruyt, is setting up an experiment with ‘neighbors’ delivering groceries to other ‘neighbors’, minimizing this way the ecological footprint of home delivery. The idea is to provide a platform where someone from your district goes shopping […]


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Ryanair becomes Europe’s largest airline
Félix Bouland Posted On January 14, 2020


With 152,2 million passengers transported in 2019, the Irish low-cost airline, Ryanair, becomes the largest passenger air transporter of Europe. It sits just ahead of the German Lufthansa Group, which transported 145 million passengers last year. Ryanair is still affected […]


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Iron powder: resource for battery of the future?
Gert Verhoeven Posted On January 13, 2020


Researchers at the Technology University Eindhoven want to use iron as a fuel because no CO2 is released during combustion, and the powder can be endlessly recycled. Iron powder like a charged battery Professors Niels Deen and Philip de Goey […]


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TLV: ‘JBC using private drivers for return delivery is illegal’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On January 9, 2020


According to Transport and Logistic in Flanders (Transport en Logistiek Vlaanderen, TLV), the idea of the Belgian fashion chain, JBC, to have parcels returned by commuters is illegal. The professional association that represents 1.500 Flemish transport companies considers juridic actions […]


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Booming business: driving and flying on used deep-frying fat
Luc Joris Posted On January 3, 2020


The East Flemish family company, Quatra, collects 65.000 tons of used deep-frying oil annually, which is used as fuel for cars and will soon also be used for airplanes. “In ten years’ time, we have become the biggest in Europe.” […]


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Car still Belgians’ favorite means of transport
Félix Bouland Posted On December 31, 2019


In spite of growing alternative transport solutions, the car remains the Belgian’s favorite transport means as it’s used in more than six trips out of ten. For intercity commuting, the train gets the lead with 56% of shares. For the […]


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Empty EU cars commuting between Brussels and Strasbourg
Luc Joris Posted On December 31, 2019


A large proportion of the 105 cars driven from Brussels to Strasbourg for the monthly plenary session of the European Parliament make this journey without passengers. Nico Semsrott, a German cabaret artist elected in May as an MEP on behalf […]


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Musk: ‘Vegas tunnel operational in 2020’
Félix Bouland Posted On December 30, 2019


In a tweet, eccentric Tesla boss, Elon Musk, declared that The Boring Company should have finished its first commercial tunnel under Las Vegas in 2020. Connecting the new Convention Center to the Strip, it should be operational next year. It […]


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737 Max nightmare continues for Boeing
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On December 26, 2019


Half of the surveyed passengers still wouldn’t fly the 737 Max, Boeing’s disaster plane. The company is now working on numerous creative measures to restore customer confidence. But new ‘disturbing’ emails threaten to throw a spanner in the works. Flemish […]


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‘Parcel carpooling’ start-up Hytchers finds niche in returns
Félix Bouland Posted On December 26, 2019


Belgian carpooling-like parcel delivery start-up, Hytchers, has broadened its offer to specialize in eco-friendly parcel returns. The young Brussels company just signed contracts to take charge of returning parcels for electro chain Vanden Borre, telecom operator Proximus, shoe store chain […]


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Belgian climate plan counts on European clemency
Luc Joris Posted On December 19, 2019


Federal Minister for Energy, Marie Christine Marghem (MR), was pleased with the agreement she reached on Wednesday with the regional climate ministers on the objectives and measures in the National Energy and Climate Plan. After approval in the Consultative Committee, […]


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Increasing kerosene consumption hinders Wallonia’s CO2 objectives
Félix Bouland Posted On December 17, 2019


With the growth of e-commerce and low-cost flights, Liège Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport see their amount of kerosene increase. In total, airplanes arriving at and departing from Wallonia emit around 1,43 million tons of CO2 per year, or […]


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Fuel prices to increase in Luxembourg and Germany in 2020
Luc Joris Posted On December 17, 2019


From next year on it will be less advantageous to refuel in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Gasoline will be 1 to 3 cents more expensive per liter, diesel 3 to 5 cents, the government has announced. With this price […]


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Dutch 32-meter-long super trucks to reduce CO2 by 27%
Gert Verhoeven Posted On December 17, 2019


Super trucks with a length of 32 meters will soon be on display in the Netherlands, now that the RDW (Road Traffic Service) has given permission for an extensive test with the super truck, which can reduce CO2 emissions by […]


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Oosterweel: 5-day truck transport replaced by 5-hour ship trip
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On December 12, 2019


On Wednesday, the first river-vessel has arrived at the new mooring platform on the river Scheldt. The platform is specially built for the Oosterweel works – Europe’s biggest road construction works – in Antwerp. In the next four years, tons […]


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‘Green Deal’ wants Europe to be climate-neutral in 2050
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 11, 2019


Today, Ursula von der Leyen and Frans Timmermans, President and Vice-President of the European Commission, will present their ‘Green Deal’. Some policies and propositions have already leaked, we give a short overview of what is already known. “The Green Deal […]


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Bpost sells CityDepot
Luc Joris Posted On December 10, 2019


Belgian public post company, Bpost, sells distribution company CityDepot to BD myShopi, known as a distributor of advertising leaflets. The companies involved announced this on Monday. Bpost is divesting the company it acquired in 2015, due to its strategy of […]


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Flemish Climate Plan lacks ambition
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 10, 2019


At the last moment, the Flemish Minister for Energy and Environment, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), can go to the climate conference in Madrid with a Flemish Climate Plan. But from all sides, the plan gets criticism for its lack of ambition. […]


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CMA-CGM aims at 22 ships on ‘cleaner’ LNG by 2022
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 6, 2019


The French shipping company, CMA-CGM, announced it signed a ten-year contract with French oil giant, Total, to supply its nine LNG-propelled containerships it is building for next year. The world’s first in this category and the largest one, named after […]


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Rinspeed shows ‘MetroSnap’ at CES
Tony Verhelle Posted On December 4, 2019


Rinspeed, the Swiss engineering company, founded by Frank Rinderknecht, will be showing a smart modular concept, ‘MetroSnap’, at the 2020 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. The company demonstrated the ‘Snap’ and the ‘microSNAP’ already at the CES […]


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5-year delay in Antwerp Oosterweel project
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On December 4, 2019


The works on the Oosterweel link to complete the Antwerp ring road will only end in 2030, not in 2025. The Court of Audit concludes this and project manager Lantis, formerly BAM, confirms. This means that traffic jams will continue […]


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Paralyzing strike forces French toward alternative mobility
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 4, 2019


The massive strike announced for Thursday 5 December that is going to paralyze France probably for days, forces the French to alternative forms of mobility. Ride-sharing, car-sharing, private buses, e-scooters, and bicycles are likely to profit most of the chaos. […]


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Brussels’ meals on wheels to use cargo bicycles
Félix Bouland Posted On December 3, 2019


The Belgian Home-Care and Service Center (CSD) has started to deliver meals to the housebound on cargo bicycles since October 15th. In partnership with Brussels’ cooperative Urbike, the project aims to replace the twenty-five vans with special cargo bikes to […]


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More collaborative economy platforms offer transport services
Luc Joris Posted On December 2, 2019


You have to transport something but you don’t have the right vehicle? The collaborative economy can be of service for you. This collaborative economy platform, approved by the Federal Public Service Finance, gives individuals who offer their service the opportunity […]


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Magnette’s EV proposal provokes many reactions
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 27, 2019


The proposition of federal informer Paul Magnette (PS) to make only EV company cars tax-deductible from 2023 onward is provoking many reactions, from all kinds of parties. The environmental organization Bond Beter Leefmilieu (BBL) applauds the initiative. Mathian Bienstman of […]


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Belgian energy sector and shipping focus on hydrogen
Luc Joris Posted On November 25, 2019


Seven leading Belgian players – Deme, Engie, Exmar, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp, Port of Zeebrugge and WaterstofNet – will work together to transport hydrogen by ship from all over the world. Hydrogen, a ‘greener’ alternative to natural gas or fossil […]


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Flibco launches new door-to-gate shared shuttle to Charleroi Airport
Félix Bouland Posted On November 20, 2019


Luxembourg bus company, Flibco, launches a whole new service that brings passengers from their door to the Charleroi Airport terminal. The shared shuttle service called Door2Gate claims to be cheaper than a taxi and always on time. In two weeks, […]


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World’s first: regular service with unmanned barges
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 19, 2019


Belgian sand transport company De Cloedt Group is starting a regular service with unmanned canal barges, remotely controlled to transport 240.000 cube meters of dredgings on the canals connecting Ypres with Newport. A world’s first in inland shipping, says the […]


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25-year-old Eurostar working toward ‘greener’ trains
Félix Bouland Posted On November 15, 2019


As Eurostar celebrates 25 years of operation, the high-speed train company wishes to become greener. From January 1st, 2020 onward, the company will plant a tree whenever one of its trains leaves a station, and its trains won’t be serving […]


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Adina Valean appointed as EU Commissioner for Transport
Luc Joris Posted On November 15, 2019


MEPs from the Commission on Transport and Tourism judged Adina Valean fit for the post of European Commissioner for Transport on Thursday, after hearing the Romanian for three hours in the European Parliament. Valean succeeds the current European Commissioner for […]


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Flanders to measure traffic emissions on the road
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 13, 2019


The smart kilometer tax didn’t survive in the recent Flemish coalition agreement, but there are some policy documents that put up to reduce traffic emissions. In a note, the new Minister of the Environment, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), says she wants […]


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Nine countries call on EU Commission for a flight tax
Luc Joris Posted On November 8, 2019


On the initiative of the Netherlands, nine EU countries are calling on the European Commission to draw up a legislative proposal for a European air passenger tax. “In comparison with other means of transport, aviation is insufficiently taxed,” the Finance […]


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AB InBev’s ‘beer train’ to ease congestion in Antwerp
Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On October 29, 2019


AB InBev has opened a new train connection in the port of Antwerp for the transport of its Stella Artois beer. The train runs from Katoen Natie’s warehouse on the right bank of the river Scheldt to the DP World […]


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Company fleets pushed toward electric
Félix Bouland Posted On October 24, 2019


Accounting for half of France’s car sales, companies’ fleets will play a vital role in the market’s future CO2 reduction. With the EU’s 95 grams/km limit lurking ever closer, carmakers are widening their EV van offer to switch that important […]


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