As of 13 August the company's ro-paxes Stena Gothica and Urd will also make a Thursday evening call to the Port of Karlskrona on their way from Latvia to Germany.
SilverRail, Snälltåget, and Airmee will use SEK100k granted by Vinnova, a research & development company set up by the Swedish government, to investigate the feasibility of introducing a rail service that combines cargo and passenger transportation between Stockholm and Malmö.
A 360 m-long, 60 m-wide, and 15 m-tall storage tent has been erected in what will ultimately be a 45k m2-big transshipment facility located in-between the port's container and ro-ro terminals.
After receiving a green light from the European Commission, the Swedish government has introduced a temporary support programme for the country's shipping industry.
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 facility is located within the port and five kilometres from the company's liquefied natural gas terminal from which tank trucks source the bunker.
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.