Harley-Davidson plans to shift some motorcycle production away from the US to avoid the "substantial" burden of European Union tariffs. Last week, the EU imposed retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including bourbon, orange juice and motorcycles. The measures are a response to new US duties on steel and aluminium imports. Wisconsin-based Harley-Davidson said
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Uber told London court ‘we needed to change’ in licence appeal
Taxi app firm Uber has told a court it accepted its London operating licence should not have been renewed last year over safety concerns but says there has been "wholesale change" since then. Westminster Magistrates' Court is considering if Uber is "fit and proper" to hold a licence in the capital. Last
Canada is changing where cars are imported
Funding green-lighted for vehicle-processing centre at Port of Nanaimo. Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau on Wednesday announced an investment of more than C$6.3 million for a project at the Port of Nanaimo, on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, that is expected to change the way cars
Trump greets EU trade reprisals with threat of steep auto tariff
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to escalate a trade war with Europe by imposing a 20 percent tariff on all U.S. imports of European Union-assembled cars. Trump posted his threat on Twitter the day European Union reprisals took effect against U.S. tariffs on European steel and aluminum. The EU targeted
Largest Land Rover Parade sets a new Guinness World Record (Video)
Nigeria’s Automobile Policy Lead to 20% Drop In Revenue From Car importation – NPA
The Nigerian Ports Authority said on Thursday that revenue on car importation into the country dropped by 20 percent this year, a fallout of the Federal Government’s Automobile Policy. The Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman, revealed this to the House of Representatives Committee on Ports, Harbours/Waterways when she appeared before the committee
Lateness of Customs to Apapa Examination Bays worry Clearing Agents
Lagos - Clearing agents operating at the Apapa Port in Lagos have accused the Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of lateness to the examination of cargoes. This is coming after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo recently accused customs officers of not coming to office on time for examination of cargoes, thereby
Port of Cork building new container terminal
Operations are expected to commence by 2020. The Port of Cork announced Tuesday it has launched an 80 million euro (U.S. $92.5 million) container terminal development project in Ringaskiddy. Port of Cork Chairman John Mullins said the development at Ringaskiddy will replace the existing container terminal at Tivoli. The development includes the
UK to end diesel, petrol cars sales by 2040
Britain still plans to end the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 and will set out more detail as soon as this week, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday after a report suggested the plans were being watered down. Reuters reports that the Prime Minister, Theresa May’s Conservative government said
Nigeria Plans Western Rail Line to Cover 9 States, Federal Capital
Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, said Nigeria's rail line would cover Western corridor of the country traversing nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja spanning a total of 1,402 kilometres. Amaechi at the Forum of China-Africa Transportation Convention in Beijing, China entitled, 'Better Transportation, Better World,' yesterday, said