EU organizations want 45-foot containers

45-foot containers used in short sea shipping meets problems when transported on trucks in both EU and Norway. It's time to do something to fix this problem.

Challenges in the Kiel Canal

Damages and need for renovation creates problems for the popular canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Check the real story

The Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union (NTF) has made a trip around Europe to get support for a conflict at Risavika Terminal AS outside Stavanger in Norway. Please check the other side of the story!

A bizarre situation

There is an escalating conflict between the Norwegian port workers union – Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund (NTF) – and four port terminals in Norway.

The PortsEYE sees the sulphure

We wonder – how are the authorities going to control that ship owners follow the Sulphur Directive for the SECA-area when 2015 comes?

More freight to road in 2015

It is likely that the transport of goods is transferred from sea to road when the sulfur directive comes into force, says a working group at The Nordic Council. This is very undesirable from an environmental perspective.

- Dock workers sabotaging maritime transport

Norwegian Logistics and Freight Association’s Managing Director, Mr. Tom Rune Nilsen, is in a fighting mood.

Traffic jam of trucks for Norway

This image is from the Norwegian Coastal Administrations webcam at Svinesund, the new bridge which is the main gate from Sweden to Norway. What you see is a part of a 15 kilometer long and extremely slow moving queue of trucks.

Keep cool - find a solution

The collective bargaining agreements of the dock workers organised in The Norwegian Transport Federations is claimed to give them the rights to perform all loading and unloading of ships. – To old-fashioned in a modern society, says CEO of North Sea Container Line AS, Mr. Arne Jakobsen.

The most expensive lunch in the world

Norwegian port directors and port organisations have had enough of the collective bargaining agreements of the dock workers organised in The Norwegian Transport Federations.

A step in the right direction

The Norwegian Coastal administration proposes to reduce the cost of pilotage next year. This represents a saving of NOK 70 million for the shortsea industry. Thank you!

Foreign containers in Norway

The use of foreign containers in Norway was the topic in a meeting with the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs on November 8th.

Threats of boycott

The Norwegian Transport Workers Federation has lost twice in court. Now the union has issued threats of boycott.

A tool to increase shortsea shipping

A new Norwegian shortsea shipping policy is on its way.

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