On 22 October ITS Ukraine visited an innovative Ukrainian company that designs and produces industry leading Ultracapacitors. Yunasko, which has a head office in Kyiv and factory in western Ukraine. They have a large scale ultracapacitor production plant currently under development in Latvia as the company expand to supply ultracapacitors for electric buses in China. For […]
On 6 November the Commission launched the second call for proposals of the Connecting Europe Facility, with more than €7.6 billion of investment to finance transport projects – €6.5 billion of which is earmarked for cohesion countries. Applicants have until 16 February 2016 to submit their proposals. More info available here
Ukraine is leading the way among emerging economies in financial sector reforms, according to the EBRD’s latest Transition report which says that the outlook for market reforms across the whole area appears to have improved. The Transition Report 2015-16 shows that many factors holding back the reform process persist. However, despite isolated cases of reform […]
Project Description THE EBRD is considering a senior secured loan to MV Cargo Ltd (the “Company”) to finance a greenfield development of a new state-of-the-art private grain terminal in the Port of Yuzhny with annual throughput capacity of up to 5.0 million tonnes of grain. The Company will implement the project in partnership with Cargill, […]
The countdown for the ITS event of the year has begun. The ITS World Congress will open its doors on Monday 5 October, kicking off a week of showcase and insight from the top players in the Intelligent Transport Systems sector. In line with this year’s congress motto, “Towards Intelligent Mobility – Better Use of […]
Elite technology innovation center, Transport Systems Catapult (TSC), has announced the opening of a ‘Visualisation laboratory’ at its headquarters in Milton Keynes. The laboratory will allow designers and engineers to use cutting edge virtual reality technology to improve the UK’s transport network. The laboratory includes the UK’s first commercially available omnidirectional treadmill built by Swedish […]
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), today announced that Tom Walker, managing director of CTS-Australasia, will discuss new transportation technologies at the upcoming Australian Transport Summit held in Sydney, Australia on July 31. Jointly presented by the Australian Tourism & Transport Forum and UITP (International Association of Public Transport) […]
Following the slogan “A commitment to who it is important for you”, Ford Brazil hold a consumer media oriented event in order to spread safe and reliable orientations for pet owners on how to best transport their animals during car journeys. The initiative was focused on demonstrating and highlighting EcoSport’s features that play an important […]
A 2,500 sq ft Intelligent Mobility incubator is the first confirmed quarter of Innovation Birmingham’s Serendip space within the new £8m iCentrum® building. Centro – the region’s public transport co-ordinator – and the Transport Systems Catapult, which is the UK’s innovation centre for Intelligent Mobility, have both signed up as joint partners for the specialist […]
Two calls for proposals in the areas of Green Vehicles and Mobility for Growth are open with a deadline on 15 October. In total €48,5 million will be made available to the applicants from Horizon 2020 (H2020), the EU’s research and innovation framework programme. The Green Vehicles call focuses on road transport research and innovation. […]
