Tag: sweden

Amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, Port of Gothenburg's customers are experiencing an unexpected shortage of empty containers for cargo export.

Aker Arctic Technology Inc along with the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) inked a contract for the development and the design of next generation icebreakers.

Petra Sviberg, a seafarer on Viking Line's ferry Viking Cinderella, focuses on the role women have in the shipping industry, highlighting that women have still a stereotypical image and presenting the Swedish #metoo movement in Sweden called Vågrätt.

On Thursday, Gothenburg City Council passed a resolution to grant more than 1,2 billion kronor (€120,000,000) to finance the Skandia Gateway project, which is aimed at deepening the fairway leading into the Port of Gothenburg.

Ports of Stockholm, Hutchison Ports Stockholm, Mälarhamnar and Wallenius Marine have teamed up to launch inland shipping between Stockholm Norvik Port and the strategically positioned Mälarhamnar ports of Västerås and Köping.

Lloyd's Register along with Swedish Transport Administration, Trafikverket shake their hands and signed a £2m framework agreement in order to deliver third party assessment services for the region's rail network.

Gothenburg and Sweden could be the first in the world to create a joint infrastructure for the transport of liquefied carbon dioxide extracted using CCS technology.

A consortium led by Swedish Carbon Energy Company Liquid Wind will work on the Power-to-Fuel project, eyeing production of liquid, carbon neutral fuel from captured carbon dioxide (CCU) and green hydrogen (from renewable electricity). 

To ensure the continuous flow of shipping and the transport of goods between Sweden and its neighbouring countries, Ports of Stockholm has halved port fees for ferries at all three of the company’s ports.

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) and the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) inked a cooperation agreement for the design of the next generation of icebreakers. It is reported that the design of the icebreakers will be conducted as a joint project. However, the partners have only discussed about the design of the icebreakers and not about the possible construction of the icebreakers.