Following Norway's ban on cruise shipping with over 100 passengers on-board, TUI Cruises has decided to send its Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 to the Baltic.

As of 13 August the company's ro-paxes Stena Gothica and Urd will also make a Thursday evening call to the Port of Karlskrona on their way from Latvia to Germany.

The Estonian ferry company will prolong sailings across the Helsinki-Riga and Tallinn-Turku routes till January and March 2021, respectively.

The Australian shipping line has decided to pull back from the memorandum of understanding signed in February for the construction of two ro-paxes.

The Latvian stevedore Jaunzeltiņi and the Icelandic manufacturer of timber pallets Tandrabretti ehf have partnered to ship sawn timber from Latvia and Belarus through the Port of Riga.

A total of €10m has been granted to the ports of Helsinki and Tallinn within the TWIN-PORT IV project, while €3.3m has been allocated for the Hansalink II initiative carried out together with Lübeck, plus €900k for fitting the Hernesaari harbour with onshore power supply (OPS).

After receiving a green light from the European Commission, the Swedish government has introduced a temporary support programme for the country's shipping industry.

X-Press Feeders has launched two weekly new connections, one between Germany and Poland, and the other linking Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.

Because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the cruise industry, the Ålandian shipping company, running since 1971, has decided to terminate its operations.

The Swedish arm of the Dutch shipping line has launched a new ro-ro service between the two seaports, offering three departures/week.