Shipping

• 16 September 19 Decarbonising the Port and Shipping Industries “At the annual ESPO Conference, Dr Martin Stopford, President of Clarkson Research, discussed the ways in which the shipping and port industries can decarbonise to meet emissions reduction targets.” International shipping is a huge... Read more ›
• 05 September 19 HELCOM published report on alternative fuels for shipping in the Baltic Sea region HELCOM in April 2019 published its “Alternative fuels for shipping in the Baltic Sea region” report, as part of the EnviSuM project that looks into clean shipping solutions from both a technical and socio-economic... Read more ›
• 04 September 19 Dialogue and collaboration – the key to short sea success Short sea shipping has a lot to be optimistic about – provided it can stay competitive by maintaining an air of communication and collaboration. That was the take-home message from this year’s Coastlink conference,... Read more ›
• 27 August 19 Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company to test Batumi-Constanta ports container service Constanta, Romania – August 27, 2019 – At a meeting of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor International Association in Tbilisi, Georgia, it was agreed that the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) will launch a... Read more ›
• 02 August 19 RPAS drones now monitoring ship emissions in Danish waters EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) is now being used by the Danish authorities to monitor ship emissions around the area of the Great Belt where many large tankers transit on their... Read more ›
• 30 July 19 First private highway in Russia to connect China with Western Europe expects to attract about 3.5% of the container traffic via the Suez Canal A very ambitious project for the first private toll highway project in Russia, which is going to provide the missing section in the China-Western Europe road link, has been approved by the Russian government... Read more ›
• 24 July 19 World Maritime University of the IMO contributes to the UN SDG 2030 The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentwere adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at a historic UN Summit. They came into force on 1 January 2016 and are... Read more ›
• 28 June 19 Slovenian Minister Bratušek visited China to talk the importance of the initiative for the new Silk Road and the One Belt One Road Initiative Minister Alenka Bratušek continued her visit to China with the delegation.  She first met with Yang Huantang, Vice President of China’s People’s Political Conference and former longtime Minister of Transport – June  2019 They talked... Read more ›
• 14 June 19 EU to finance autonomous shipping initiative for european waters EU Horizon 2020 – Autonomous Shipping Initiative for European Waters – May 24, 2019 While the shipbuilding market has been advantaging Asian lower-cost manufacturing in the last decades, AUTOSHIP will build around two EU... Read more ›
• 07 June 19 Shipowners’ Global Trade Association Launches Annual Review International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has launched its Annual Review 2019, providing in-depth insight into the most pressing issues confronting shipping, which moves about 90% of global trade. ICS Chairman, Esben Poulsson, explains: “The... Read more ›