Short Sea Shipping

UN RO-RO, the innovative trailership company serving truckers operating between Turkey and Western Europe, has launched a new service between Trieste and Mersin aimed at tapping into the small but growing markets of Iran, Iraq and Syria.Details>>>

Giurgiulesti First Seaport Of Moldova

The first sea route, Giurgiulesti-Istanbul-Giurgiulesti, is being conducted on 17 March 2009 having 80 passengers.Details>>>

Sustainability and efficiency through Intermodal Best Practice

After 3 successful years, the PROMIT project (Promoting Innovative Intermodal Freight Transport), a Coordination Action funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme, has come to an end.Details>>>

A campaign to address the global shortage of seafarers

Organization (IMO) in association with the International Labour Organization, the "Round Table" of shipping organizations - BIMCO, ICS/ISF, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO1 - and the International Transport Workers' Federation.Details>>>

First departure from Hamburg of new Grimaldi Lines Euro-Aegean service

As the first vessel to be used in the new Euro-Aegean service of the Grimaldi Lines shipping company, the RoRo ship Grande Sicilia was dispatched at Hamburg's Unikai Terminal on 27 December 2008.Details>>>

Weekly European shortsea report No:3

On the plus side, open tonnage is clearly slimming down as orders pick up to a degree across the board of European coaster routes and, at the same time, increasing numbers of owners are opting to simply park their ships until better days arrive.Details>>>

Safe Transport of Containers by Sea

ICS and the World Shipping Council (WSC) have published ‘Safe Transport of Containers by Sea, Guidelines on Best Practices’, with a view to minimising the dangers to containerships, their crews, and all personnel involved with containers throughout the transport chain.Details>>>

East Mediterranean Linked With a New Service

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) announced today its plan to launch the second East Mediterranean feeder service `TIX2` in January 2009. This shall further strengthen its network, widen its service scope, and reduce its transshipment cost.Details>>>

Weekly European shortsea report

This week the winter navigation season officially started in northern Europe; however, the only thing that is frozen so far is the freight market where we see the same situation that has been paralysing the market for weeks: too little freight combined with too much tonnage around.
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UAE company buys Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti

Rak Investment, a company from the United Arab Emirates, has bought a 100% stake in Georgia's Black Sea merchant port of Poti, the Georgian Economic Development Ministry announced on Tuesday.
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Calgary team shows how to scrub CO2 from the air

University of Calgary climate change researchers say they are close to figuring out how to commercialize the capture of carbon dioxide directly from the air with a simple system that could be set up anywhere in the world.
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RO-RO's Carbondioxide Emmissions

Over the last 30 years CO2 emissions per trailer shipped by sea have gone down by more than 65%. Between Salerno and Valencia ships emit one third of CO2 compared to trucks.
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Source: Grimaldi News / April -June 2008

Top Mediterranean Container Ports

Transhipment is credited for rapid rise of Ambarli
THE Turkish port of Ambarli, around 40 km outside Istanbul on the European side of the city, continues to experience a rapid surge in its container throughput.
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Source: Llyod List Gazetesi

A potential country in the Short Sea Shipping

Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs' General Directorate of Maritime Trade Mehdi Gönülalçak said that Turkey enjoys a big potential in the combined transport. Details >>>
Source: www.DenizHaber.Com.tr