A number of shipping lines from across the region has put in place restrictions, first and foremost regarding passenger traffic, however, some services have been suspended altogether to limit the spread of the virus.
The multimodal route connects the ports of Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe with Hamburg and Duisburg via the Chinese Port of Taiciang and then along the New Silk Road through Xi'an, Alashankou, Nur-Sultan, and Brest/Małaszewicze.
The shipping line has partnered with GoodFuels, a supplier of sustainable marine biofuel, to test the use of the company's Bio-Fuel Oil (MR1-100 or BFO) on the Autosky car carrier.
The Australian state-owned TT-Line Company, holder of the ferry brand Spirit of Tasmania, has decided to relocate the building of its two new ro-paxes from Germany to Finland.
Tallink Grupp, its largest shareholder AS Infortar, and the City of Tallinn have signed an MoU to develop the city-owned architectural monument Tallinn City Hall and its adjacent properties.
The German Baltic seaport has commissioned Siemens to set up another onshore power supply (OPS) facility, expected to come online within the 2020 cruise ship season.
The two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at tightening their cooperation so as to contribute to the marine industry's ongoing digital transformation.
In the near future, the Norwegian shipping line's new facility, commissioned in the Danish Port of Hirtshals, will take care of all supplies for the company's ferry services connecting Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany.
Rainmaking, a corporate innovation and venture development firm, has matched Cargotec, HHLA, Inmarsat, Shell, and Wärtsilä with a total of eight start-ups through its Trade & Transport Impact Programme.
LKW WALTER, Stena Line, the Port of Kiel, and CFL multimodal have jointly launched a new kombi service that runs between Kiel’s Schwedenkai terminal and the Intermodal Terminal Bettembourg-Dudelange.
