Tag: inland shipping

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.

During the last summers, the low water levels in most of Europe’s inland waterways have created serious operational problems leading to reduced capacity, steep price increases and sometimes even the impossibility to use inland waterways. Taking this into consideration, EFIP and ESPO call for a concerted answer to respond to this problem.

Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) is unveiling new designs for what it claims to be the first ever electric pusher vessel for use on Europe’s inland waterways called the ‘Electric Eel’.

The Nationaal Groeifonds, an initiative of the Dutch Ministries of Economic Affairs & Climate Change and Finance, is investing in Zero Emission Services (ZES) to accelerate the implementation of ZES’ innovative system solution for inland shipping.