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 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.
EEW Special Pipe Constructions and Vattenfall have become the first parties to use the 1,600t of lifting capacity crane, otherwise employed by Liebherr for its internal logistics in the Port of Rostock.
The municipalities of Trelleborg and Ystad are going to carry out a preliminary study to explore the prospects for managing the two seaports through one port company.
The ferry line has become the first shipping company in the world to have its capability to manage and prevent infection risks verified in line with the My Care methodology.
