Cargo transport has shown positive development the last three years, partly at the expense of the number of passengers, which has been affected by travel restrictions due to the corona situation for the second year…
Samskip broadens Baltic operations through the acquisition of…
European transport group Samskip has broadened its Baltic operations by acquiring shortsea specialist Sea Connect. Acquisition of the Baltic shortsea operator extends regional links into Samskip’s pan-European multimodal network. The Klaipeda-based shipping company, Sea Connect…
Landmark project to capture and store CO2
Baker Hughes and Borg CO2 to collaborate to develop Carbon Capture & Storage Hub for Industrial Cluster in Norway. The project aims to capture and store up to 90% of the CO2 emissions from the involved industrial…
New director hired in the Port of Hirtshals
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…