A total of €10m has been granted to the ports of Helsinki and Tallinn within the TWIN-PORT IV project, while €3.3m has been allocated for the Hansalink II initiative carried out together with Lübeck, plus €900k for fitting the Hernesaari harbour with onshore power supply (OPS).

After receiving a green light from the European Commission, the Swedish government has introduced a temporary support programme for the country's shipping industry.

X-Press Feeders has launched two weekly new connections, one between Germany and Poland, and the other linking Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.

Because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the cruise industry, the Ålandian shipping company, running since 1971, has decided to terminate its operations.

The Swedish arm of the Dutch shipping line has launched a new ro-ro service between the two seaports, offering three departures/week.

The German Federal Government has decided to waive traffic dues till end-2020.

The company has purchased for €8.5m the 1987-built Sailor, most recently owned by Navirail and chartered to DFDS for serving the Kapellskär-Paldiski route.

FRS is going to establish a ferry service between the German island of Rügen and southern Sweden, connecting the ports of Mukran (Sassnitz) and Ystad as of mid-September.

The Icelandic and Greenlandic shipping lines have partnered to jointly offer a service connecting the islands of Iceland and Greenland with a number of Baltic seaports.

Göteborg Energi, Nordion Energi, Preem, St1, Renova, and Gothenburg Port Authority have established the CinfraCap venture tasked with investigating the logistics of transporting and storing captured carbon dioxide for onward shipping.