Romantika, which had recently been operating in the Med. between Tanger Med and Sète, will join Silja Europa in billeting participants of Glasgow's 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties.
The first train set, comprising 43 forty-foot containers loaded with timber, has been dispatched from Kyiv and will arrive in Xi'an after an 18-day-long journey.
The Hamburg-headquartered container shipping line intends to acquire 30% shares in Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and 50% of Rail Terminal Wilhelmshaven (RTW).
COSCO Shipping Ports (CSPL), part of the Shanghai-based COSCO Shipping Group, will take a 35% share in Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) operated by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA).
According to the terminal operator, the completion of the £300m investment will "coincide with the delivery of a new wave of 24,000 TEU vessels in 2023/2024, which will all be operated between Asia and Europe."