by Przemysław Myszka

Apart from the elephant in the room - the corona pandemic that wiped much of the Baltic Sea region's passenger ferry traffic and almost all of its cruise itinerary, forcing many shipping companies to lay off staff and throwing at least one party, Birka Cruises, overboard - the past year has kept on sporting a trend so vividly noticed in the previous round-up of the most-important transport & logistics events, namely the push for all sorts of technological solutions to make the industry, both on- and offshore, greener as well as more up-to-date.

Other long-lasting trends, like the use of liquefied natural gas/biogas (LNG/LBG) as bunker, are still out there; though, they have moved to the background a bit.

Ports continue to develop in the more traditional way, too, with one notable addition to the Baltic pack, namely the brand-new Stockholm Norvik.

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