A consortium of 11 parties from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, including seaports, will get additional funding of up to NOK3.0m (ca. €300k) to prepare Nordic ports for the expanding offshore wind industry.
The memorandum of agreement (MoA) includes two annual fellowships for well-qualified applicants from emerging countries to enrol in the World Maritime University's (WMU) master's in maritime affairs.
The Chinese Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding has delivered Nabucco, the fourth and last of the 7,700-vehicle-capacity car carriers ordered by Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
The Swedish Maritime Administration has commissioned the Port of Hargshamn's new fairway, now offering 12.5 m of clearance depth (also in the port basin).
The ro-pax Finnfellow (2,200 lane metres of cargo capacity, room for 452 passengers) will be replaced with Europalink (4,215 lm/554 pax) across the Naantali-Långnäs-Kapellskär crossing.
The 144t of lifting capacity mobile harbour crane has joined the German Baltic port's existing fleet of five Liebherr machines, including two other LHMs (of the 400 design).
