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On 15 December the Dutch railway company is introducing a new schedule with hundreds of extra trains. Today, there are about 5.500 rides a day, with the new timetables there will be some 400 more. Freight trains will be longer, […]
Mercedes has just organized the first test drives with the e-Vito, which can reach a distance of up to 150 km with only one charge. However, like electrically-powered passenger cars, the price tag is considerable, and versatility is limited. Lower […]
The Brasschaat municipal administration is working on a regulation that prohibits trucks from parking within the city boundaries due to the number of vehicles that are causing problems. Parking is allowed According to Mayor Jan Jambon (N-VA), residents are increasingly […]
From 23 September, the Helicus company will start a regular drone transport service once a week between 21 hospitals from Antwerp and the surrounding area. The crewless aircraft will transport tissue, samples, medicines, and blood. And from December, all the […]
Deutsche Post DHL, the German postal service, couldn’t find an appropriate electric delivery van on the market for its parcel deliverers. That’s why it started to build one itself, the StreetScooter. Due to a lack of supply, the Post Office […]
Air ticket prices in Belgium have risen by almost 30% since 2010. That is nearly twice as much as the 15,6% increase in total accumulated inflation or general price increase. The figures are taken from a report by the Price […]
French airline Air France has announced a new partnership with Paragon ID for the introduction of new connected luggage tags. By using radiofrequency technology, handling companies will be able to track any tagged bag precisely. In theory, this should reduce […]
Airplanes have never been so full of passengers, yet airlines are encountering difficulties. In one year, Ryanair lost nearly 33% of its market value while Lufthansa lost 36%. Easyjet dropped by 41%, and IAG (British Airways, Iberia & Vueling) decreased […]
Question marks arise around the French ‘péage’ toll road system of privately maintained user-paid highways. Users find the system too expensive, and reports show the margins for the operators are high. According to critics, the latter indicates that the French […]
Because the water level is too low, the Ghent-Terneuzen canal has to restrict shipping, a first this year for a vital waterway link in Western Europe. The channel is crucial for the Ghent economy. It connects the port of Ghent, […]
The Rhine, the backbone of river freight transport in Western Europe, is once again at risk of drying up. At Kaub, a key landmark near Frankfurt, the water level dropped by half (to 1,5 meters) in less than a month. […]
With the Al-Dafna, one of the giant LNG tankers in the world docked in the port of Zeebrugge on Sunday. The arrival of the Q-Max LNG tanker is symbolic of the substantial increase in the supply of liquefied natural gas […]
SNCF CEO, Guillaume Pepy, explains why international commercial growth is good for the French rail company. By 2025, it wants half of its turnover to be coming from abroad to better counter increasing competition at home. Mr. Pepy counts on […]
Anyone who has to travel to Zaventem airport by car or public transport will now be able to obtain real-time information on journey times in advance. The Brussels Airport Smart City Dashboard provides vital information about traffic to and from […]
The new Brussels government presented its declaration of general policy on Wednesday. With mobility at the center, the Vervoort III government wants to reduce the number of car commuters by half in ten years and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. […]
It’s good news. During the first semester of 2019, the average time of traffic jams in Belgium has reduced compared to the previous year. Touring, which published those numbers in its Mobilis barometer, points out to an increase in ‘soft […]
The conflict between Belgian passenger and freight rail operators, on the one hand, and rail infrastructure administrator Infrabel, on the other, is escalating. “The biggest obstacle in resolving our mobility problem lies with Infrabel,” the rail operators say. The right-wing […]
Train freight companies and road transport companies want 30 million euros a year from the government to support a modal shift from road to rail. This should help remove 750.000 truck rides a year from traffic and ease congestion. Rail […]
After parting with coach company Ouibus and selling chauffeur transport platform LeCab to Snapcar, French SNCF concentrates on rail activities. On Wednesday, it announced the purchase of its IDVroom carpooling branch by Klaxit. “What got us interested in IDVroom is […]
During the yearly meeting of the Airline for Europe Association (A4E), CEOs of Europe’s major airlines rage against the recently announced French eco-tax on flying. According to them, it will lead to a reduction in investment for cleaner flight capabilities. […]
In April, the French railway company, SNCF, has tested a remote-controlled train in the Paris’ surroundings. The train was guided along a 4-kilometer long distance between Villeneuve-Saint-George (Val-de-Marne) and Juvisy (Essonne) and was controlled by a command post in Vigneux-sur-Seine […]
The Flemish Brabant municipality of Ternat has had it with ‘tank tourism’. Truckers leave the E40 in Ternat and come to refuel in cities next to the highway because it is cheaper there than on the highway. But these trucks […]
Pro-cycling association Gracq has calculated the real cost of cycling, including all additional but essential safety features. Thus, cycling costs the average household 300 euros per year while a car would cost up to 22 times more (6.600 euros). The […]
Volvo Cars now has a direct goods train link between the Chinese city of Xi’an and its plant in Ghent. The train is used to transport cars to and from China. Besides being more ecologically friendly, the solution is both […]
Several companies are willing to go to court to resolve the traffic issue on the A12 motorway in Wilrijk-Aartselaar. The problems are caused by a conflict-free traffic light control, which was introduced in March of this year. Aartselaar doesn’t want […]
On Tuesday, negotiators from Brussels’ six newly elected parties have started discussions on mobility. The regional Good Move plan, voted by the previous government, is still on tracks and set to continue as planned. On the other hand, the Stib/Mivb […]
The introduction of road-pricing for trucks in Belgium has rapidly made the truck fleet more sustainable. The trend is equally visible in other countries with a similar system, like Germany, with its Maut. A shift to rail or waterway transport, […]
According to a leak about road-pricing as part of the Climate Plan, the Netherlands is preparing, three types of road users will pay the bill. These are diesel car drivers, users of electric company cars, and dirty trucks. Leaking possible […]
According to the Belgian Petrol federation, last year the diesel share (78%) in the total consumption of transport fuels in Belgium was 2% lower compared to 2017. The use of gasoline, on the contrary, went up with 10%. “The figures […]
For the first time, Flanders uses remote sensing technology to measure vehicles’ emissions in real-time. Besides giving an insight into the level of harmful substances in the air, it can also be used to detect emissions fraud in trucks. Installations […]
The Mette Maersk, one of the world’s biggest container ships, has concluded its journey successfully from Rotterdam to Shanghai and back using a mixture of regular fuel and used frying fat. According to Shell, this resulted in 1.500 tons less […]
Transport organizations and the Belgian traffic safety institute, Vias, are making an urgent appeal to truckers to get rid of all rubbish on their dashboard and in front of their windshield. Number plates, flags, neon lights, and teddy bears. They […]
An extraordinary work council is being called at Brussels Airlines next Monday. Discussions will almost certainly be concentrated on what parent company, Lufthansa, has planned for the Belgian airline. The latter is supposed to be integrated into its low-cost subsidiary, […]
After the purchase of French SNCF’s Ouibus last year, the world’s leading carpooling platform expands its horizon by launching its own long-distance low-cost coach service. Belgian passengers can now jump aboard a BlaBlaBus on the Amsterdam-Brussels-Paris line inaugurated on Monday. […]
After Venice, protest is also on the rise in Antwerp against polluting cruise ships. More than 9.000 people and counting have already signed a petition against polluting cruise ships in the low-emission zone in the port city. “It is downright […]
