sustainable transport

• 08 September 16 Green collaboration for sustainable shipping The Green Award Foundation and RightShip are to increase their collaboration to promote safe, sustainable shipping. Green Award executive director Jan Fransen and RightShip CEO Warwick Norman have signed an agreement to strengthen the... Read more ›
• 01 August 16 Hybrid locomotives at Hamburg Rail subsidiary Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), Metrans, has opted for new Alstrom hybrid technology locomotives to more efficiently shunt volumes around at the Port of Hamburg. The Prima H3 locomotives will increase... Read more ›
• 04 March 16 Carbon War Room Launches Shipping Efficiency Advisory Board Six leaders and influencers from across the shipping industry will join global NGO Carbon War Room’s (CWR’s) Shipping Operation Advisory Board. Their backgrounds span the shipowning, chartering, technical analysis, finance, and academic worlds. The... Read more ›
• 19 February 16 Contargo awarded for eco operations Contargo has been given the ‘Eco Performance Award’ for its “integrated” sustainability concept and tariff calculation system. The international logistics service provider was awarded for its “integrated concept, the defining of measurable objectives, and... Read more ›
• 24 October 13 Samskip expands intermodal network 22 Oct 2013 Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal is expanding its intermodal network by adding rail shuttle services between Duisberg in Germany and Copenhagen in Denmark. The new service will link Copenhagen up with Scandinavia,... Read more ›
• 10 October 13 Sustainability in the Port and Shipping Industry: insights on the Port of Antwerp second Sustainability Report October 10, 2013 Governments, ports and shipping operators are paying increasing attention to environmental performance of the Shipping sector and to the improvement of operations towards a more sustainable set of practices: the scrutiny... Read more ›
• 24 September 13 Kathrin Obst is New EFIP Director 20 Sep 2013 The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) is the official voice of nearly 200 inland ports in 18 countries of the European Union, maritime transport. Kathrin Obst has been appointed as... Read more ›
• 18 September 13 Paving the way to Motorways of the Sea   17 Sep 2013 The B2MOS project paves the path for Businesses to connect to the Motorways of the Sea 22 partners and 5 implementing bodies from Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Germany and United... Read more ›
• 09 September 13 15 – 18 October 2013: TEN-T days September 6, 2013 Under  the framework set by the European Union in order to establish  an efficient trans-European transport network (TEN-T); the “TEN-T Days” event will take place in Tallin, Estonia from October 15... Read more ›