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The Antwerp-located Training Centre for Dockworkers (OCHA) will grow with two hybrid straddle carriers, which will join five other machines of this type from Kalmar. "OCHA's straddle carrier programme comprises …

Two brand-new 174,000-m³ gas carriers, Danuta Siedzikówna-Inka and Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki, have received their names at Hanwha Ocean's shipyard in the South Korean Geoje. Each will be able to transport …

The Turku-based tech company will furnish the currently under-construction, to-be-completed-in-2027 facility with a passenger and cargo traffic management system. Apart from the software, the solution will include gates, measuring devices, …

The 147.7-by-25.4-metre double-ended, brand-new hybrid ferry, an investment of €84 million by Scandlines, departed from Rødby on her maiden voyage to Puttgarden on the morning of 10 March 2026. Baltic …

The stevedore, part of the Rhenus Group, will buy a new crane, modernise its mobile cargo handling fleet, and erect two warehouses in the Polish port. Specifically, the funds will …

The 14-day crossing to/from the Norwegian seaport in Tromsø operated by Egil Ulvan Rederi's Oddrun With has swapped its port of call in Denmark from Hantsholm to Hirtshals. The 2022-built, …

The Finnish Nurminen Logistics and the Italian Lanzi Trasporti have partnered to kick off a weekly intermodal service that will link Frövi (near Örebro) and Parma. The connection will launch …

From October 2026, the output from SCA's Munksund Paper Mill, which earlier was dispatched by train to Umeå for shipping, will head to the Port of Piteå. Munksund produces around …

Shipbuilders from Ferus Smit have been entrusted with putting together two product tankers for Erik Thun Group's Thun Tankers. Each Ice Class 1A, 89-by-13.35-metre vessel will offer 5,000 m³ of …

KN Energies, Akmenės cementas, SCHWENK Latvija, Larvik Shipping, and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have teamed up to form the CCS Baltic Consortium to develop Lithuania's first full carbon capture and storage …

Through its Industrial Leap programme, the Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK31 million (€2.9m) to Nordion Energi for making the project in question investment-decision ready. To be established in the …

The Port of Gdynia saw the completion of upgrading nearly 800 metres of the quay wall in question, including dredging it to 15.5 metres. As such, ships with a 14.5-metre …

The Finnish Nurminen Logistics and the Italian Lanzi Trasporti have partnered to kick off a weekly intermodal service that will link Frövi (near Örebro) and Parma. The connection will launch …

The EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, has officially awarded the nearly €3.1 million support to the Finnish seaports for setting up onshore power supply (OPS) at …

The Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard will construct two freighters of the Stream Roro 1700 concept for the Ålandic company, with an option for an additional pair. The 125-by-24-metre ro-ros …

The logistics & stevedore from the Finnish Inkoo will further digitalise its various operations with the Port Management Information System (PMIS) from Grieg Connect. Through the PMIS, Inkoo Shipping will …

The shipping company from Lübeck has entrusted the Jinling Shipyard of China Merchants Industry Holdings to construct the gas-run, hybrid, 240-metre-long ro-pax. Classified by RINA, the ferry will also be …

Danish Business Authority has committed DKK17.5 million (some €2.34m) through the Just Transition Fund for supporting the project tasked with making Hirtshals a focal point for CO₂ handling. The funds …

The ceremony took place at the Austal Philippines shipyard in Balamban, marking the first construction step towards delivering the 130-metre-long high-speed ferry to her Swedish owners at Gotland Company in …

Acwa, a Saudi energy company, EnBW, a German energy supplier, VNG, a gas importer and infrastructure operator from Leipzig, and the Port of Rostock have put their pens to a …

The Helsinki-based supplier of raw materials and chemicals will add a new storage facility in Loviisa, slated for opening this year, and new tank capacity in Kokkola (2027). In the …

Replacing and consolidating existing solutions, the Port Management Information System (PMIS) will serve as the Finnish seaport's primary platform for managing daily planning, operations, and financial processes. The suite includes …

POLSCA, which brings the Polish Polferries and Unity Line under one banner, is working to establish a new connection between the ports of Gdańsk and Karlshamn later this year. Two …

The Stena Nautica ferry of Stena Line will ply on the crossing between Denmark and Sweden until 30 April 2026. "The reason for this decision is that we have faced …

Three LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes will be shipped from the manufacturer's Rostock site to the ports of Miami and Houston. The high-rise configuration, hydrostatic drive machines, equipped with custom …

ShoreLink will deliver the 6.5MVA chargers to be installed in the ports of Helsinki and Tallinn between which the Ålandic ferry line plies with soon-to-house-batteries Finlandia. "To ensure smooth operations, …

The Jiangsu Zhenjiang shipyard has been entrusted with constructing the 120-by-21.6-metre, 6,800-deadweight (dwt), 1A Ice Class, DP2 vessel, scheduled for delivery by the beginning of 2028. Designed in co-op with …

Progressive Energy and Pipe58 have signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint advancement of Highway58, a cross-border carbon capture, storage and utilisation network in the Baltic Sea region. In …

The Port of Gävle and Inter Terminals (IT) have signed a new 25-year agreement, covering the latter's operations in the Swedish seaport. IT, a provider of storage and logistics solutions …

The Swedish seaport has commissioned Takorama Elteknik with the installation of a 4.0MWh power bank near its ferry berth 8. Completion of the project is expected by 1 December 2026 …

The Latvian company has won a tender put out by Marsa Maroc to transport a double jib level luffing crane. The machinery, of German production, will be shipped fully assembled …

Interreg Øresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak will provide project financing (up to €740 thousand) for the three-year €1.2 million project led by Ocean Valley, an innovation hub of Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP). Following a …

After running into a one-and-a-half-month delay, Molslinjen has finally put its second all-electric ferry on its subsidiary Samsølinjen's route between Ballen and Kalundborg. The 116.8-by-18.2-metre ship, offering room for 600 …

The brand-new ferry of Polsca (an umbrella company of the Polish Polferries and Unity Line) started plying between the ports of Świnoujście and Trelleborg as of 20 January 2026. The …

As of 28 January 2026, Ellerman City Liners' 14-day-rotation Baltic Express (BALTEX) service will start plying between the ports of Riga, Gdynia, Teesport, Tilbury, Rotterdam, and Oslo. The 803-TEU Kristin …

Interreg Øresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak will provide project financing (up to €740 thousand) for the three-year €1.2 million project led by Ocean Valley, an innovation hub of Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP). Following a …

Berths 10 and 11 have been furnished with onshore power supply (OPS), making it now possible for four of TT-Line's ferries to draw electricity from the shore while calling at …

The steel-cutting ceremony for the FLEXI LNG 7800 M3 – HYBRID project took place at the Turkish RMK Marine shipyard. The 112.9-by-19-metre, 1A Ice Class, battery-equipped vessel is scheduled to …

The U.S. Coast Guard has tasked the Finnish shipbuilders from Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) to deliver two arctic security cutters (ASC). These medium polar icebreakers, designed by Seaspan Shipyards in …

The Port of Tallinn has secured co-financing of up to 30% of its €39.7 million Port of Tallinn Onshore Power Supply (PoTOPS) project, which will see two Old City Port …

Wasaline's ferry's pack grew from 2.2 to 12.6MWh, which is expected to cut the ship's energy use by approximately 10,000MWh/year. The installation of AYK Energy's lithium iron phosphate batteries was …

Berths 10 and 11 have been furnished with onshore power supply (OPS), making it now possible for four of TT-Line's ferries to draw electricity from the shore while calling at …

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The Danish ferry company has contracted Incat Tasmania to deliver another battery-electric high-speed ferry in a total investment worth DKK3.5 billion (about €469 million, with DKK180m/€24m support from Denmark's Investeringsstøttefonden/Investment …

The Oslo-based provider of digital solutions for ports and maritime actors extends its footprint to Finland by taking over a developer of port management and maritime information systems. "Wellamo Data …

A consortium formed by RP Infra and Industry Service Partner will carry out the approx. €4.0-million-worth project at Berth No. 16 that houses Stena Line's ferry terminal. The onshore power …

The shipping arm of Idemitsu Kosan, a Japanese petroleum company, will see two of its new very large crude carriers (VLCC; to be built by Japan Marine United Corporation and …

CINEA has selected the project - a joint proposal by the Municipality of Norrköping and the ports of Norrköping and Södertälje - to proceed to the final grant agreement phase …