As the trade between the Asian and European markets accelerates, Deutsche Post DHL Group, the world's largest logistics company out of Germany, is busy utilising the New Silk Road to further boost growth.
Imagine you go to a car dealer and ask the manufacturer to produce a vehicle that has a maximum speed of exactly 218 km/h and must not weigh more than one tonne.
The year 2019, when the valuations of various freight transport-related start-ups were sky high, and every little innovation was hailed as a revolutionary change, felt so "century ago" by March 2020, all because of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
This year's end grants us with a good opportunity to summarize the entire second decade of the 21st century, hence provide us with the answer whether it was favourable to the European shipbuilding industry in general and to the Baltic Sea region in particular. No, it was not.
The three-year ongoing IHATEC-funded project Port Energy Management Dashboard - dashPORT strives to enable port companies and terminal operators to achieve cost savings through a holistic energy-management of both the entire port and all parties that operate within.
To make the decarbonization of the maritime shipping sector successful, the coming three decades will need to see a fundamental shift towards zero carbon energy sources.
Triple F, a research & innovation (R&I) programme of the Swedish Transport Administration, has been launched to aid Sweden's transport industry in its transition towards fossil-free operations.
Air quality has been the main concern of ports in Europe since several years now, as stated by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) in its environmental reports.
