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European Commission Fines Car Carriers 395 Million Euros for Participating in #Cartel – gCaptain
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The European Commission on Wednesday fined four shipping companies a total of 395 million euros for taking part in cartel relating to the transportation of new cars and other vehicles by sea in violation of EU competition laws.

In a statement, the Commission said it had imposed the fines on the roll-on/roll-off shipping companies CSAV, K-Line, NYK and WWL-EUKO for forming and participating in the cartel with the goal of aligning prices and dividing up customers to their benefit. A fifth shipping company, MOL, was also involved in the cartel but did not receive a fine because it had alerted the Commission to the cartel.

All five companies admitted to participation in the cartels and agreed to settle the cases.

“For almost six years, between October 2006 and September 2012, sales managers from these companies met at each other’s offices, in bars, restaurants and other social gatherings. They were also in contact over the phone on a regular basis,” the Commission said.

Australia Fines NYK $25 Million for ’Criminal Cartel Conduct’ – gCaptain
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The Federal Court of Australia has convicted Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) of criminal #cartel conduct and ordered it to pay a fine of $25 million relating to the transportation of motor vehicles to Australia between 2009 and 2012.

The fine is the second-highest fine ever imposed by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). The judgment also marks the first successful prosecution under the criminal cartel provisions of the country’s Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA).

Following an extensive investigation by the ACCC, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions charged NYK with “giving effect to cartel provisions in an arrangement or understanding with other shipping lines” over the transportation of vehicles to Australia between 2009 and 2012, the ACCC said in a statement.

“The cartel operated from at least February 1997 and affected vehicles transported to Australia by NYK and other shipping lines from locations in Asia, the US and Europe on behalf of major car manufacturers including Nissan, Suzuki, Honda, Toyota and Mazda,” The ACCC said.

… and Europe…

#transport_maritime #cartellisation

American Traveler Unearths Decades-Old Photos of Hiroshima and Japan From the 1970s · Global Voices

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After rediscovering a treasure trove of photographs taken more than 40 years ago, one American man has created a blog that provides a unique insight into life during the “Japanese miracle,” when the country reconstructed itself after World War II.

The blog “Larry in Japan 40 Years Ago” features Larry Rosensweig’s photos and journal entries from his time in Japan in the late 1960s and early 1970s:

In 1968-69 I lived in Sendai, Japan, as a Rotary Exchange Student at Ikuei Gakuen High School. In 1973-74 I lived in Hiroshima and worked for a company, then called Mazda Unyu, which transported Mazda vehicles and auto parts. I kept a journal both times, recently rediscovered along with some black-and-white negatives that had been stored away in a box for decades.

#japon #hiroshima #nucléaire

Wide range of cars emit more pollution in realistic driving tests, data shows | Environment | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/30/wide-range-of-cars-emit-more-pollution-in-real-driving-conditions-tests (30/09/15)

New diesel cars from Renault, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat, Volvo and other manufacturers have been found to emit substantially higher levels of pollution when tested in more realistic driving conditions, according to new data seen by the Guardian.

Research compiled by Adac, Europe’s largest motoring organisation, shows that some of the diesel cars it examined released over 10 times more #NOx than revealed by existing EU tests, using an alternative standard due to be introduced later this decade.

Adac put the diesel cars through the EU’s existing lab-based regulatory test (NEDC) and then compared the results with a second, UN-developed test (WLTC) which, while still lab-based, is longer and is believed to better represent real driving conditions. The WLTC is currently due to be introduced by the EU in 2017.

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The factor shown is how many times greater the WLTC test emissions were than the NEDC test. Vehicles with the biggest factor would be expected to emit significantly more NOx on the road than regulatory tests suggest.

Peter Mock, one of the team at the International Council on Clean Transportation who exposed the VW diesel scandal, said the Adac test centre was “_absolutely trustworthy”.

But Mock said the high profile now being given to the issue of misleading emissions data left him with mixed feelings. “I feel happy, but I also feel sad because there was enough data and people knew for a long time. The emissions in cities have not gone down like we expected and they could have been reduced a long time ago.”

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