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CBER ends for liner shipping

News12 Oct 2023

The European Commission (EC) is not extending the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation for liner shipping (CBER) beyond 25 April 2024....

News25 Sep 2023

The container rail transport arm of SNCF Fret has acquired Transports Lardon to enhance its end-to-end capabilities. Separately, SNCF Fret m...

News20 Sep 2022

The Norwegian environmental technology company has come up with a new product concept for its containerised fuel cells, the TECO 2030 Power ...

News12 Aug 2022

The European Commission (EC) is seeking information from the liner shipping industry as it begins a review of its Consortia Block Exemption ...

News25 Jul 2022

South African citrus exports have fallen this year, partly because of road haulage difficulties...

News25 Jul 2022

Ten trade organisations, representing the owners and forwarders of cargo, port terminal operators and other parts of the supply chain depend...

News8 Jul 2022

The European Commission has selected the project for the electrification of the docks of the Port of Bilbao (BilbOPS) as one of the 135 Euro...

News18 Feb 2022

A new position paper, "ZeroEmissions@Berth," argues that shore power is not necessarily the best way forward, as it’s hugely expensive and...

News15 Feb 2022

At last week’s One Ocean Summit in Brest, France, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, announced that from 1 June the G...

News9 Dec 2021

The companies have submitted commitments to the European Commission to satisfy competition concerns...

News24 Apr 2021

The European Commission has fined three railfreight companies €48.5M for operating a cartel moving blocktrains on certain crossborder rout...

News13 Feb 2021

A plan to subsidise modernisation of the inland navigation fleet has to be revised to comply with EU rules...

News24 Nov 2019

The Dutch Shippers’ Council (Evofenedex) is opposed to an extension of the EU’s Block Exemption Regulation for liner shipping consortia ...

News8 May 2019

Both sides of the road transport industry are calling for action on parking areas, to increase their number, safety and security and comfort...

News3 Mar 2019

The payment was agreed on Friday, 1st March, the day the action brought by Eurotunnel against the UK government was due to begin in the High...