The Japanese container shipping line has introduced the SCX (Scandinavia Express) service that links the ports of Rotterdam, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Aarhus, and Copenhagen.
The German company handling biofuels will start its operations in the Swedish seaport at the beginning of 2025, following a long-term terminal area & quay access lease deal with the Ports of Halland.
The sister ship of Wallenius Marine's Future Way, which took her first shipment of Volkswagens from Europe to the US in September 2024, also began her charter for the German car manufacturer.
The Norwegian-Swedish company has placed an order for two additional 11,700-CEU pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) at China Merchants Jingling Shipyard, plus decided to up-scale two earlier orders from 9,300 to 11,700 CEUs.
The joint project of the ports of Aarhus, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg, and Stockholm will receive €18.8 million from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the set-up of cold ironing infrastructure for container ships.
The Swedish port authority, with the help of Bravida and Halmstads Energi och Miljö, has set up a high-voltage transformer station to create sufficient charging capacity to electrify the machinery fleet of the Port of Halmstad's container terminal.
The project - launched by the Ports of Stockholm, the Baltic Ports Organization, and Interlegal - will receive €17.3 thousand in grant within the Ukraine Cooperation Programme to help Ukrainian ports move closer to EU standards and the block's transport network.
Citing the lack of governmental support, the Swedish-American firm has abandoned its plans to establish a battery factory within the Port of Malmö, instead looking at setting up the plant in the US.
The Norwegian-Swedish shipping line has decided to make four (out of 12 ordered) car carriers bigger, adding six metres in length and two in width, thus making it possible to have 14 instead of 12 decks.
