Commissioner for Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas has recently presented the Clean Transport Corridor Initiative, which seeks to accelerate the deployment of heavy-duty vehicles recharging infrastructure across key freight corridors. The initiative will start with the Scandinavian-Mediterranean and North-Sea Baltic Corridors as the first test cases.

The Clean Transport Corridor Initiative

The Initiative, endorsed by nine Member States along the two transport corridors, will be highlighted at a signing ceremony of a Ministerial Declaration on truck recharging infrastructure in Brussels. It represents both a joint political commitment and strategic guide for current and future policies on truck recharging infrastructure.

The countries involved in the initiative are the following: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, and Sweden.

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