The 364-metre-long MSC Rose, able to carry up to 15,294 TEUs, has inaugurated the new direct Asia-North Europe service of MSC, including calls to the Baltic ports of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Klaipėda.
The Swedish shipping company plans to kick off a new container feeder loop in the first week of 2025, connecting the Baltic ports of Kokkola, Oulu, Tornio and Piteå with Antwerp and Rotterdam.
As of 23 September 2024, the company's three Finnecos (each offering 5,800 lane metres of cargo capacity) will call to Peel Ports' London Medway in the Port of Sheerness on a weekly basis.
As of 20 October 2024, the Scandinavia Baltic Express (SBX) loop, to be served by two container ships, will connect the ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Fredericia, Gdynia, Rauma, and Gävle, with the Polish seaport enjoying two calls per week.
The ports of Cartagena, Trieste, Monfalcone, Riga, and North Sea Port have teamed up to work on sustainability, energy transition, digitalisation, and the European transport network.
Starting from 25 July 2024, Transfennica's Northern Baltic con-ro & break-bulk service will call at CLdN's Albert II terminal in the Port of Zeebrugge every other Thursday.
Milence - a JV of Daimler Truck, the TRATON GROUP, and the Volvo Group - has opened in the Port of Antwerp its first in Belgium and the company's largest in Europe e-truck charging station.
MOL and Volvo Penta are trialling the RME225 terminal tractor, featuring three battery packs (270kWh in total), an EPT802 gearbox, two 200kW propulsion motors, and a separate 50kW one to power the hydraulic system and the fifth wheel.
