As shipping faces the twin pressures of decarbonisation and maintaining commerciality, retrofit strategies are becoming a defining factor in competitiveness.
The 2025 edition of the Baltic Ports Conference (BPC), organised by the Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) and hosted this time around by the Port of Gdańsk, was held during the 23rd International Maritime and Military Fair BALTEXPO in Gdańsk on 6-8 October.
Nuclear-powered vessels have a long history in naval and icebreaker applications, though atom-freighters did not leave the demonstration-project period of 1962-72 (with one still working since the late 1980s exception).
The global conversation around decarbonisation has reached a fever pitch, with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) even failing to reach a decision on the Net-zero Framework during the autumn meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee - the vote delaying the decision for a year.
The annual autumn gathering of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) brought this time around 600 people to Amsterdam to assess the state of the industry.
I hope you had a proper summer break, perchance as a ferry or cruise traveller in our beautiful Baltic Sea region. In its southern parts, the weather was rather summer-ish; but like many things in life, it depends on your liking - of the particular temperature indications, how strongly the wind teases your tangles, or how frequently rain ruins your coiffure altogether. While my Mum would label the summer of 2025 as 'nightmarishly autumn,' I more than enjoyed the long forest treks without the sun boiling my doggies (and my brain, for that matter). And that's also the case with transport & logistics: circumstances alter cases.
