The shipping company from Lübeck has entrusted the Jinling Shipyard of China Merchants Industry Holdings to construct the gas-run, hybrid, 240-metre-long ro-pax.
Across Europe, ports are racing to meet their ambitious targets on cutting carbon emissions. The shipping industry, responsible for nearly 3.0% of global CO2 emissions, is under growing pressure to decarbonise its operations - and the first battleground is at berth.
Liebherr Rostock has handed over the 2,000th mobile harbour crane, an LHM 600, to Marcegaglia, which will use it at its Ravenna site for handling steel coils, billets, and plates.
The Danish seaport, the Esbjerg Municipality, and INEOS Energy have hosted the groundbreaking ceremony for a terminal, part of what is hailed as the first full value chain for carbon capture & storage (CCS) in the EU.
WALLENIUS SOL has successfully carried out sea trials of the brand-new ro-ro, which is due to replace ML Freyja on the Turku-Southern Paldiski-Bremerhaven-Zeebrugge-Tilbury-Cuxhaven service.
The 364-metre-long MSC Rose, able to carry up to 15,294 TEUs, has inaugurated the new direct Asia-North Europe service of MSC, including calls to the Baltic ports of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Klaipėda.
In a deal worth €1.3 billion, the Grimaldi Group has entrusted China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) with delivering nine brand-new ferries, six of the Next Generation Med and three of the Hansa Superstar class.
The Polish ferry line will deploy the 216-metre-long newbuild Varsovia, offering room for 920 passengers and 2,940 lane metres for cargo, on the Świnoujście-Ystad crossing on 27 July 2024.
The ports of Cartagena, Trieste, Monfalcone, Riga, and North Sea Port have teamed up to work on sustainability, energy transition, digitalisation, and the European transport network.
The company has launched a twice-a-week rail service for trailers (incl. non-craneable) and containers (incl. tank) between Cargo-Terminal Lehmann in Germany and Interporto Quadrante Europa in Italy.
