Global trade in coal by sea rose 3.7% last year thanks to higher production in India, Indonesia and Russia, the German lobby of VDKI coal importers said on Friday. Imports and exports reached 1.202 billion tonnes, up from 1.159 billion tonnes in 2017, VDKI chief executive Franz-Josef Wodopia said in a speech made available to […]
Month: January 2019
Color Line opens new freight route and doubles sea freight capacity between Oslo and Kiel
On January 10, the M/S Color Carrier will sail for the first time from Hjortneskaia in Oslo to Kiel in Germany. With the newly purchased ro-ro ship, Color Line can transport approx. 80,000trailers annually on this stretch, including today’s tonnage. This corresponds to a continuous chain of trailers from Oslo to Tromsø in the far […]
Managers plan Ramsgate / Ostend ferry service – The Isle Of Thanet News
Ramsgate port photo Trevor Shonk Seaborne Freight grabbed the headlines after securing a £ 13.8million government contract to provide additional ferry capacity in the event of a no-deal Brexit on March 29 – despite being a start -up with no ships or history yet. The company, which offers to operate a Ramsgate / Ostend service, […]
Prospects for maritime trade: the energy transition
Economic activity is the main driver of maritime transport. DNV GL has developed a model to forecast future volumes of cargo to be transported by sea, with a focus on crude oil, petroleum products, gas, bulk and containerized freight. The Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) model was developed by DNV GL to forecast the energy transition […]