An even stronger Samskip

Samskip acquires Euro Container Line AS to further strengthen its presence in Nordic area

Dock workers loose in internation court

The dock worker monopoly is decleared illigal in Norway by a European court of law.

New ways for shippers

Cargo owner gain more from multimodal transport if they cooperate. Read this interesting story from the Netherlands.

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.

Study concludes that big is not always best

In the quest for economy of scale, shortsea shipping lines employ larger ships. This may not always be the best solution for the customers according to DnV GL. Learn more about unmanned ports and ship and zero emission here!

Nor Lines offers better service to Norway

Nor Lines is renewing the fleet and its service to Norway and between the Nordic countries.

Shippers pay to much for haulage

Shippers in many cases are overpaying for haulage services because of too strict requirements that add costs to carriers.

Maersk builds giant feeder vessels

Maersk has signed a newbuilding contract on behalf of Seago Line for new ships for the European market. The ships are mega-sized shortsea vessels.

Transport of cars is getting more eco-friendly

UECC orders two dual fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) with 1A super Finnish/Swedish ice class.

Expansion of the port of Oslo

The port of Oslo wants to double its container throughput and the work has now started with the purchase of new and modern cranes.

CargoFerry introduced to EU

This week our CargoFerry-project was presented to the EU transport department (DG Move) and representatives of transport ministries from all EU countries. See presentation here.

Competitive coastal shipping

Is it possible to move cargo from road to domestic coastal shipping in Norway? We believe it is!

Won prize for energy efficiency

Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Koji Sekimizu, named Fjord Line's new cruise ferry MS "Stavangerfjord" as winner of the prize for energy efficiency under the recently organized Nor-Shipping.

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