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The Romanian rail industry has had enough of it. The government’s plan to establish a new state rail freight operator is likely in breach of EU competition rules. Private rail association OPSFPR has now taken to the European Commission to lodge a formal complaint, as it would not be the first time Romania breaks these rules.

This Aviation Strategy must implement the recommendations of Mario Draghi to aid the sector’s transition to net zero. Europe’s airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, and civil aeronautics industry* have set out a list of policy recommendations addressed to the European Commission — alongside an update to their flagship decarbonisation roadmap, Destination 2050 — A Route to Net Zero European Aviation. 

In this edition of Apollo in the Spotlight, we are excited to feature Pramila Bhimpure, co-founder of Grampus Shipping & Logistics Pvt. Ltd., based in Pune, India.

UNIFE has issued a stark warning that EU member states could be leaving billions of euros in rail funding on the table if they do not complete “necessary milestones and targets” by August 2026 – the deadline for the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Its message to EU countries? Engage with the Commission, and quickly…

The container shipping industry faces major changes as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd launch their Gemini Cooperation on Saturday, February 1, 2025. This new partnership aims to deliver industry-leading reliability of over 90% through an innovative hub-and-spoke network.

Trade for March-loading Russian oil in top buyer Asia has stalled as a wide price gap between buyers and sellers emerged in China after costs for chartering tankers unaffected by U.S. sanctions jumped, according to traders and shipping data.

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet—the first civil supersonic jet made in America.

Kazakh producers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are facing a deficit of wagons to export their product to Europe. As Poland is demanding more and more proof of the origin of the LPG, hundreds of wagons from Kazakhstan are supposedly getting stuck on the Belarusian border.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Panama during his first overseas trip in the post, a source told Reuters on Thursday, as President Donald Trump makes a push for the United States to take back the Panama Canal that has angered the Central American country.

The Port of Long Beach set a new record in 2024, handling 9.6 million cargo containers without any disruptions or backlogs.

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Thurs 23 Jan) announced its record Summer schedule for Dublin with 123 routes, including 1 new route to Rabat (Morocco’s sunny capital), as well as extra flights on 18 existing popular routes, like Faro, Ibiza, Malta, Milan, and Valencia.

Among sweeping changes brought in by the new Donald Trump administration, a new chairman of regulator, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), has been announced while Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan has been ousted with her deputy appointed in an acting role. In 2022, Fagan became the first woman to lead a branch of the US military.