Per Holm Nørgaard has been hired as the new director of the Port of Hirtshals. There was great interest in the position and an extensive recruitment process. Per Holm Nørgaard comes from a position in…
Go with the flow – avoid being stuck…
The ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center Germany (SPC) is a public-private partnership aimed at making the waterway a larger part of the transportation chain. Three strategic focus areas support their goal of reduced emissions through…
Inland-shipping shuttle service between Stockholm Norvik and Port…
May 2021 sees the start of Sweden’s first container barge shuttle service on inland waterways between the newly opened Stockholm Norvik Port and Port of Västerås. Sweden’s first inland shipping shuttle service is to be…
Samskip with a commitment to sustainable marine biofuels
SAMSKIP extends green marine fuels initiative in new commercial commitment with Goodshipping to lower carbon footprint. Scale-up plans indicate CO2 reductions of up to 80%. Samskip has increased its commitment to greener shipping through a…
Viasea establishes a direct route from England to…
In January, Viasea opened offices in Immingham, and now the company is starting a direct service to Norway. The first sailing from Immingham is on May the 1st. The service will go directly to four…
Sustainability integrated into each fiber
Smurfit Kappa is one of the world's leading suppliers of paper-based packaging, with sustainability central to its circular business model. The company challenged its logistics and reduced CO2 emissions on transport by an incredible 9.3…
Port of Bergen with growth in container traffic…
A demanding year due to Covid-19, the port of Bergen had a volume growth in container traffic of 3.9% and thus passed the peak year in 2012. 40,671 TEUs in 2020 represent an increase of…
760,000 tonnes moved from road to sea
Since 2017, the Norwegian Coastal Administration has provided grants to shipowners to establish new sea transport services that can compete with road transport. The results to date are more than 760,000 tonnes of goods moved…
Sustainable logistics from production to market
Nutrimar on Frøya annually sends 14,000 tonnes of processed goods to Europe, the USA, and Asia, 95% by sea. According to the company, the most sustainable way to export. Ninety-five percent of Nutrimar's exports go…
How to cover the market communication gap in…
This autumn, the Shortsea Promotion Center and Maritim Forum conducted a national goods owner survey, based on the government's goal of goods transfer from road to sea and rail. The National Transport Plan forecasts growth…