Tag: inland shipping

On 31 March a collision occurred in the Oder Lagoon in Poland between the passenger ship Junker Jörg and the inland motor tanker Argonaut.

Argentina has relaxed safety regulations on shipments traveling along the crucial Parana-Paraguay waterway, a move that could increase cargo traffic by up to 7%, according to Security Minister Patricia Bullrich.

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has published a brief providing an overview of inland waterway freight transportation development in the United States, including key policy and regulatory frameworks to enhance inland water transport. 

TT Club pointed out that there are alarming warning signs that severe climatic events are already impacting inland waterway operations.

On 5 December a containership and an autonomous vessel collided on the river Scheur near Rotterdam, leading to four containers being knocked into the water. 

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has issued a paper on China’s new policy, jointly released by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), aimed at scrapping and renewing coastal and inland river ships.

In a recent video, CCO Jeroen Zwijnenburg of Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals (RST), reveals his ambition for RST to become the best in class shortsea terminal in Europe within a few years.

ETF urged for the eradication of social dumping practices in Inland Waterways Transport (IWT), saying that IWT functions without having flag state legislation.

The Port of Rotterdam officially started using integrated planning to handle inland container shipping.

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) filed a complaint against ZIM to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), for period since the beginning of 2020 through the first quarter of 2022.