The new machinery, offering 154t of lifting capacity and a maximum outreach of 54 m, will be shipped fully-assembled from Liebherr's plant in the Port of Rostock in March.

A fully-loaded train left Xi'an on 6 March for the Russian Baltic Port of Kaliningrad, where the goods will be loaded onto a vessel heading for the Danish Port of Fredericia.

The Norwegian Höegh Autoliners' new link connects the Swedish seaport to Australia and New Zealand via South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, and Madagascar.

The British arm of the Italian Saipem has selected the German Baltic port as the site from which it will carry out laying 275 km of gas pipes, with depths ranging from four to 57 metres.

Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has partnered with the Holland Shipyards Group (HSG) to retrofit the vessel to a zero-emissions hydrogen propulsion system.

The design, which could turn into reality in 2030-2035, features self-sufficient compartments for carrying different types of bulk goods, as well as solutions to make the ship zero-carbon, including telescopic wing sails and a shark skin hull.

The feeder & short sea arm of DP World has introduced a new weekly service that links Russia with the German North Sea, Belgium and England, and then also included Poland into the rotation.

The multinational consultancy has won the safety, reliability, availability and maintainability (RAMS) contract, awarded by RB Rail AS, a consortium that's in charge of setting up the standard-gauge freight & passenger 1,000 km-long rail line from Estonia to Poland.

The company's Test & Training Centre in the Danish Aalborg will soon begin looking into two types of marine fuels, methanol and biofuels made from waste.

The IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sintef, the University of Iceland, Stena Rederi, and Powercell Sweden have initiated a new study on how hydrogen and fuel cells compare to other alternative fuels for sea shipping.