Year 2018 is drawing to its conclusion. The past months, alike life itself, were full of ups and downs. It was a real Dickens of a job putting all the issues of the Baltic Transport Journal and the Harbours Review together - dozens of articles and hundreds of news items and Market SMSes, not to mention all the add-ons, such as our maps or the Baltic Yearbook.
The Chinese Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard has handed over to the Finish shipping line Containerships the first in a series of four 1,400 TEU-big carriers powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Finferries, a state-owned ferry operator, and Rolls-Royce have successfully carried out what is said to be the first fully autonomous ferry crossing in the world.
The Meyer Turku shipyard has started to work on the Carnival XL1 project, a GT 180k-big cruise ship that, once delivered, will be the biggest in the fleet of the Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line.
The Estonian shipping line has signed a letter of intent with Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) covering the construction of a dual-fuel shuttle ferry for the Helsinki-Tallinn route.
Furetank, Erik Thun, and Älvtank, all members of the Gothia Tanker Alliance, have entrusted Skangas with supplying their existing and future vessels with liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The two parties have entered into a long-term agreement covering the supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the Haaga and Viikki dry bulkers through the Port of Oxelösund.
The Danish shipping company will on 24 September deploy a larger container carrier on a loop that connects England's east shore with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, and Finland.
